15-letter words containing s, a, r, i, n
- transplantation — to remove (a plant) from one place and plant it in another.
- transubstantial — to change from one substance into another; transmute.
- transvaal daisy — a composite plant, Gerbera jamesonii, native to southern Africa, having showy, many-rayed, variously colored flower heads.
- transverse axis — the axis of a hyperbola that passes through the two foci.
- travel sickness — nausea caused by motion
- treasure island — (italics) a novel (1883) by R. L. Stevenson.
- tristram shandy — a novel (1759–67) by Laurence Sterne.
- trojan asteroid — one of a number of asteroids that have the same mean motion and orbit as Jupiter, preceding or following the planet by a longitude of 60°
- trout fisherman — a fisherman who catches trout
- trypanosomiasis — any infection caused by a trypanosome.
- tungsten rating — a film-speed rating that indicates the relative sensitivity of a particular film stock to light from incandescent lamps with tungsten filaments.
- turbinate bones — the thin scroll-shaped bones situated on the walls of the nasal passages
- twist one's arm — to combine, as two or more strands or threads, by winding together; intertwine.
- ultra-masculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
- ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
- un-considerable — rather large or great in size, distance, extent, etc.: It cost a considerable amount. We took a considerable length of time to decide.
- unanswerability — the quality of not being answerable or contestable
- unapprehensible — not able to be understood or comprehended
- unascertainable — to find out definitely; learn with certainty or assurance; determine: to ascertain the facts.
- unchristianlike — not like a Christian; not in accordance with Christian teaching and values
- uncompromisable — that cannot or should not be compromised
- unconstrainable — unable to be confined
- unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
- uncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
- undemonstrative — not given to open exhibition or expression of emotion, especially of affection.
- underestimation — to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
- understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- unfamiliarities — not familiar; not acquainted with or conversant about: to be unfamiliar with a subject.
- universal chuck — a chuck, as on a lathe headstock, having three stepped jaws moving simultaneously for precise centering of a workpiece of any of a wide range of sizes.
- universal class — (in the theory of classes) the class that includes all other classes and is composed of all individuals composing these classes.
- universal donor — a person with blood of group O.
- universal joint — piece that couples two rotating shafts
- universal motor — a series-wound motor, of one-half horsepower or less, using alternating or direct current.
- universal stage — a small theodolite mounted on the stage of a polarizing microscope and used in the petrographic analysis of rocks.
- university park — a city in N Texas.
- unix conspiracy — [ITS] According to a conspiracy theory long popular among ITS and TOPS-20 fans, Unix's growth is the result of a plot, hatched during the 1970s at Bell Labs, whose intent was to hobble AT&T's competitors by making them dependent upon a system whose future evolution was to be under AT&T's control. This would be accomplished by disseminating an operating system that is apparently inexpensive and easily portable, but also relatively unreliable and insecure (so as to require continuing upgrades from AT&T). This theory was lent a substantial impetus in 1984 by the paper referenced in the back door entry. In this view, Unix was designed to be one of the first computer viruses (see virus) - but a virus spread to computers indirectly by people and market forces, rather than directly through disks and networks. Adherents of this "Unix virus" theory like to cite the fact that the well-known quotation "Unix is snake oil" was uttered by DEC president Kenneth Olsen shortly before DEC began actively promoting its own family of Unix workstations. (Olsen now claims to have been misquoted.)
- unmaterialistic — excessively concerned with physical comforts or the acquisition of wealth and material possessions, rather than with spiritual, intellectual, or cultural values.
- unpractisedness — the quality or state of being unpractised
- unprotestantize — to make something (e.g. a church, country, etc) a religion other than Protestant
- unrealistically — interested in, concerned with, or based on what is real or practical: a realistic estimate of costs; a realistic planner.
- unsarcastically — of, relating to, or characterized by sarcasm: a sarcastic reply.
- unseaworthiness — constructed, outfitted, manned, and in all respects fitted for a voyage at sea.
- unskilled labor — work that requires practically no training or experience for its adequate or competent performance.
- unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
- untransmigrated — not transmigrated; not transferred or caused to be transferred
- untransmissible — intransmissible
- upper peninsula — a peninsula in the northern US between Lakes Superior and Michigan, constituting the N part of the state of Michigan
- urban sociology — the sociological study of cities and their role in the development of society.
- vacation course — a course of study undertaken during a vacation, usually combined with other activities
- vaginal dryness — abnormal dryness of the vagina, caused by lack of natural lubrication