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15-letter words containing s, a, n, c, r, l

  • learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
  • learner's chain — an inexperienced team of slaughtermen working in a freezing works
  • lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
  • leyland cypress — a fast-growing cypress, Cupressocyparis leylandii, that is a hybrid produced by crossing the macrocarpa with the Nootka cypress (Chamaecyparis nootkatensis): widely grown for hedging
  • liaison officer — a person who liaises between groups or units
  • library science — the study of the organization and administration of a library and of its technical, informational, and reference services.
  • linguistic area — a geographical area in which several languages sharing common features are spoken.
  • long-sufferance — long-suffering.
  • machinery steel — low-carbon steel that can be easily machined.
  • manasseh cutler — Manasseh, 1742–1823, U.S. Congregational clergyman and scientist: promoted settlement of Ohio; congressman 1801–05.
  • martensitically — in a martensitic manner
  • masculine rhyme — a rhyme of but a single stressed syllable, as in disdain, complain.
  • master cylinder — the hydraulic pump of an automotive braking system that contains a cylinder and one or two pistons, is actuated by the brake pedal, and supplies hydraulic fluid under pressure to the brakes at each wheel.
  • menstrual cycle — (in women of reproductive age) the cycle of physiological changes affecting the reproductive organs that takes place typically over a month and includes ovulation, thickening of the lining of the womb and menstruation if fertilization of the egg has not occurred
  • minidisc player — a device for playing minidiscs
  • misarticulation — an act or the process of articulating: the articulation of a form; the articulation of a new thought.
  • moccasin flower — the lady's-slipper.
  • monoculturalism — The practice of actively preserving a culture to the exclusion of external influences.
  • muscle relaxant — A muscle relaxant is any drug which relaxes muscles and may be used to treat muscle spasms and muscle pain.
  • muslim calendar — the lunar calendar used by Muslims and reckoned from a.d. 622: the calendar year consists of 354 days and contains 12 months: Moharram, Safar, Rabi I, Rabi II, Jumada I, Jumada II, Rajab, Shaban, Ramadan, Shawwal, Dhu ʾl-Qaʿda, and Dhu ʾl-hijjah. In leap years the month Dhu ʾl-hijjah contains one extra day.
  • nanocrystalline — Of, pertaining to, or composed of nanocrystals.
  • napoleonic wars — French-led war in early 19th century
  • natal horoscope — the horoscope based on an individual's birth.
  • natural justice — accepted moral principles
  • natural science — a science or knowledge of objects or processes observable in nature, as biology or physics, as distinguished from the abstract or theoretical sciences, as mathematics or philosophy.
  • necessary stool — close-stool.
  • necrobacillosis — any disease of cattle, horses, sheep, and swine marked by necrotic areas in which a bacillus, Fusobacterium necrophorum, is found.
  • neomercantilism — an economic doctrine or policy during the early 20th century that set high tariffs and other import restrictions in order to protect domestic industries.
  • neuroplasticity — the capacity of the nervous system to develop new neuronal connections: research on neuroplasticity of the brain after injury.
  • newton's cradle — an ornamental puzzle consisting of a frame in which five metal balls are suspended in such a way that when one is moved it sets all the others in motion in turn
  • nicholas ridley — Nicholas, c1500–55, English bishop, reformer, and martyr.
  • nicobar islands — a group of 19 islands in the Indian Ocean, south of the Andaman Islands, with which they form a territory of India. Area: 1645 sq km (635 sq miles)
  • non-chromosomal — any of several threadlike bodies, consisting of chromatin, that carry the genes in a linear order: the human species has 23 pairs, designated 1 to 22 in order of decreasing size and X and Y for the female and male sex chromosomes respectively.
  • non-crystalline — of or like crystal; clear; transparent.
  • nonastronomical — not astronomical
  • nondisciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
  • nonrelativistic — not concerned with or involving the theory of relativity
  • normally-closed — Normally-closed switch contacts are in a closed state at rest.
  • not necessarily — If you reply 'Not necessarily', you mean that what has just been said or suggested may not be true.
  • nuclear fission — fission (def 2).
  • nuclear physics — the branch of physics that deals with the behavior, structure, and component parts of atomic nuclei.
  • nuclear testing — the process of carrying out a test on a nuclear weapon to determine effectiveness, etc
  • nuisance caller — someone who makes an unsolicited telephone call such as a prank call or a call for telemarketing purposes
  • optical scanner — the process of interpreting data in printed, handwritten, bar-code, or other visual form by a device (optical scanner or reader) that scans and identifies the data.
  • orchestrational — Of or pertaining to orchestration.
  • organochlorines — Plural form of organochlorine.
  • overspeculation — the contemplation or consideration of some subject: to engage in speculation on humanity's ultimate destiny.
  • painter's colic — Pathology. lead poisoning causing intense intestinal pain.
  • paracel islands — a group of uninhabited islets and reefs in the N South China Sea, the subject of territorial claims by China and Vietnam
  • paralinguistics — the study of paralanguage.
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