15-letter words containing s, e, r, n
- kincardineshire — a former county in E Scotland.
- kindergarteners — a child who attends a kindergarten.
- kindheartedness — The quality of being kindhearted.
- knebworth house — a Tudor mansion in Knebworth in Hertfordshire: home of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton; decorated (1843) in the Gothic style
- knife-sharpener — a kitchen implement that is used to sharpen knives
- knuckle-dusters — brass knuckles.
- kreutzer sonata — a sonata for violin and piano (1803, Op. 47) by Ludwig van Beethoven.
- labor relations — worker-employer relationship
- labor-intensive — requiring or using a large supply of labor, relative to capital.
- ladrone islands — a group of 15 small islands in the Pacific, E of the Philippines: divided into Guam, a possession of the U.S., and the North Marianas, formally under U.S. trusteeship. 453 sq. mi. (1127 sq. km).
- lady's-earrings — any of several plants having pendent flowers thought to resemble earrings, as the jewelweed or the fuchsia.
- lancaster sound — an arm of Baffin Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada, leading W to the Parry Channel. 200 miles (320 km) long and 40 miles (64 km) wide.
- land of promise — Promised Land.
- 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
- large intestine — intestine (def 3).
- laser machining — Laser machining is a process in which material is removed from a surface using light from a laser.
- laser ring gyro — a system of aerial navigation in which rotation is sensed by the measuring of the frequency shift of laser light in a closed circuit in a horizontal plane
- laser treatment — any of various medical and surgical techniques using lasers, such as the removal of small growths
- laundry service — clothes-washing business
- lazaro cardenas — Lázaro [lah-sah-raw] /ˈlɑ sɑˌrɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1970, Mexican general and political reformer: president 1934–40.
- 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.
- learner's chain — an inexperienced team of slaughtermen working in a freezing works
- 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
- leeward islands — a group of islands in the Caribbean, in the N Lesser Antilles between Puerto Rico and Martinique
- leibnitz's rule — a rule for finding the derivative of the product of two functions. For a first derivative it is d(uv)/dx = udv/dx + vdu/dx
- lemon-grass oil — a yellowish to brownish oil distilled from the leaves of certain lemon grasses, especially Cymbopogon citratus, used chiefly in perfumery.
- 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
- lesser dionysia — (in ancient Attica) the wine feasts, processions, and dramatic performances composing one of the festivals honoring Dionysus, held in the middle of December.
- 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.
- levelling screw — a screw, often one of three, for adjusting the level of an apparatus
- 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
- liberalizations — Plural form of liberalization.
- library science — the study of the organization and administration of a library and of its technical, informational, and reference services.
- licensing hours — hours during which alcoholic drinks may be sold legally
- liechtensteiner — a small principality in central Europe between Austria and Switzerland: economically linked with Switzerland. 65 sq. mi. (168 sq. km). Capital: Vaduz.
- linguistic area — a geographical area in which several languages sharing common features are spoken.
- living quarters — accommodation
- lobster newburg — (sometimes lowercase) lobster cooked in a thick seasoned cream sauce made with sherry or brandy.
- loft conversion — an extra room added to a house by converting the roof space
- lone star state — Texas (used as a nickname).
- long-sufferance — long-suffering.
- longshore drift — beach drift.
- lons-le-saunier — a department in E France. 1952 sq. mi. (5055 sq. km). Capital: Lons-le-Saunier.
- loss prevention — Loss prevention is the things that are done to make a process safe.