15-letter words containing s, a, l, t
- landeshauptmann — the head of government in an Austrian state
- langres plateau — a calcareous plateau of E France north of Dijon between the Seine and the Saône, reaching over 580 m (1900 ft): forms a watershed between rivers flowing to the Mediterranean and to the English Channel
- langston hughes — Charles Evans, 1862–1948, U.S. jurist and statesman: chief justice of the U.S. 1930–41.
- large intestine — intestine (def 3).
- largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
- las vegas night — an evening of casino-style gambling, usually sponsored by a charitable, religious, or other fund-raising organization.
- laser chemistry — the use of a laser to initiate and control chemical reactions.
- laser treatment — any of various medical and surgical techniques using lasers, such as the removal of small growths
- latensification — (in photography) the process of intensifying a latent image by the use of chemicals, extra exposure to light, or other means
- lateral fissure — the fissure separating the frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes of the cerebrum.
- latino-faliscan — a group of early Italic languages, including Latin and Faliscan.
- latter prophets — a subdivision of the books constituting the second main part of the Hebrew Bible, comprising those books which in Christian tradition are alone called the Prophets and which are divided into Major Prophets and Minor Prophets
- lay oneself out — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- leading strings — strings or straps formerly used to guide and support a young child learning to walk
- learn the ropes — become familiar with sth
- learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
- least killifish — a fish, Heterandria formosa, of coastal swamps from South Carolina to Florida, that feeds on mosquito larvae.
- least sandpiper — a small, American sandpiper, Calidris minutilla, related to the stints of Europe.
- leaving present — a present given to a person when they leave a job, place etc
- legacy software — legacy system
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- lesser antilles — group of islands in the West Indies, southeast of Puerto Rico, including the Leeward Islands, the Windward Islands, & the islands off the N coast of Venezuela
- levant wormseed — the dried, unexpanded flower heads of a wormwood, Artemisia cina (Levant wormseed) or the fruit of certain goosefoots, especially Chenopodium anthelminticum (or C. ambrosioides), the Mexican tea or American wormseed, used as an anthelmintic drug.
- lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
- liberal studies — a supplementary arts course for those specializing in scientific, technical, or professional studies
- liberalizations — Plural form of liberalization.
- lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
- light and shade — If you say that there is light and shade in something such as a performance, you mean you like it because different parts of it are different in tone or mood.
- light in august — a novel (1932) by William Faulkner.
- lightheadedness — Alternative spelling of light-headedness.
- linguistic area — a geographical area in which several languages sharing common features are spoken.
- lithochromatics — the art or process of painting in oil on stone and taking impressions from the result
- living quarters — accommodation
- living standard — standard of living.
- loaded question — a question containing a hidden trap or implication
- loan investment — a loan made as an investment
- lofoten islands — group of Norwegian islands within the Arctic Circle, off the NW coast of Norway: c. 550 sq mi (1,424 sq km)
- logical atomism — a philosophy developed from linguistic analysis asserting that a proposition can be analyzed into simple, independent elements of meaning corresponding to elements making up basic facts about the world and reality.
- lone star state — Texas (used as a nickname).
- look daggers at — to look at with anger or hatred
- look-say method — a method of teaching beginners to read by memorizing and recognizing whole words, rather than by associating letters with sounds
- lords spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
- lose your heart — If you lose your heart to someone, you fall in love with them.
- lost generation — the generation of men and women who came of age during or immediately following World War I: viewed, as a result of their war experiences and the social upheaval of the time, as cynical, disillusioned, and without cultural or emotional stability.
- low pass filter — (electronics, graphics) A filter that attenuates high frequency components of a signal. In image processing, a low pass filter might be used to remove noise from an image.
- low-level waste — waste material contaminated by traces of radioactivity that can be disposed of in steel drums in concrete-lined trenches but not (since 1983) in the sea
- low-pass filter — a filter that transmits all frequencies below a specified value, substantially attenuating frequencies above this value
- lower east side — a section in the borough of Manhattan, New York: noted for its immigrant culture.
- loyalty islands — a group of coral islands in the S Pacific belonging to the French territory of New Caledonia. 761 sq. mi. (1970 sq. km).
- luncheon basket — a basket that you put food in and take somewhere for a picnic