15-letter words containing s, o, l, e, t
- television tube — a cathode-ray tube designed for the reproduction of television pictures
- tensor analysis — the branch of mathematics dealing with the calculus of tensors, especially the study of properties that are unaffected by a change of coordinate system.
- tentaculiferous — having tentacles
- thalassographer — a person who studies the sea; an oceanographer
- thalassotherapy — the use of sea water and marine products as a therapeutic treatment
- the anglo-irish — the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
- the cordilleras — the complex of mountain ranges on the W side of the Americas, extending from Alaska to Cape Horn and including the Andes and the Rocky Mountains
- the devil's own — a very difficult or problematic (thing)
- the early hours — If something happens in the early hours, in the small hours, or in the wee hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
- the jos plateau — a plateau in Nigeria with an average altitude of 1280 metres
- the kos channel — a strait separating Kos from SW Turkey
- the last moment — If someone does something at the last moment, they do it at the latest time possible.
- the lost tribes — the ten tribes deported from the N kingdom of Israel in 721 bc and believed never to have returned to Palestine
- the lower ranks — people who have a low rank in a military organization
- the peloponnese — the S peninsula of Greece, joined to central Greece by the Isthmus of Corinth: chief cities in ancient times were Sparta and Corinth, now Patras. Pop: 503 300 (2001). Area: 21 439 sq km (8361 sq miles)
- the pleistocene — the Pleistocene epoch or rock series
- the small hours — If something happens in the early hours or in the small hours, it happens in the early morning after midnight.
- the whole shoot — everything
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- thoughtlessness — lacking in consideration for others; inconsiderate; tactless: a thoughtless remark.
- threshold price — the highest price a retailer is allowed to sell a particular good at
- thromboembolism — the blockage of a blood vessel by a thrombus carried through the bloodstream from its site of formation.
- tirso de molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- titius-bode law — Bode's law.
- to lie in state — If the dead body of an important person lies in state, it is publicly displayed for a few days before it is buried.
- to lose contact — If you lose contact with someone who you have been friendly with, you no longer see them, speak to them, or write to them.
- to play footsie — If someone plays footsie with you, they touch your feet with their own feet, for example under a table, often as a playful way of expressing their romantic or sexual feelings towards you.
- tokelau islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean belonging to New Zealand. 4 sq. mi. (10 sq. km).
- torsion balance — an instrument for measuring small forces, as electric attraction or repulsion, by determining the amount of torsion or twisting they cause in a slender wire or filament.
- tortoise beetle — any of several turtle-shaped leaf beetles, as Chelymorpha cassidea (argus tortoise beetle or milkweed tortoise beetle) which resembles the ladybird beetle and feeds primarily on bindweed and milkweed.
- total serialism — (in some music after 1945) the use of serial techniques applied to such elements as rhythm, dynamics, and tone colour, as found in the early works of Stockhausen, Boulez, etc
- toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
- transequatorial — of, relating to, or near an equator, especially the equator of the earth.
- transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another
- transgressional — of or relating to transgression
- transliteration — to change (letters, words, etc.) into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language: to transliterate the Greek Χ as ch.
- traveller's joy — a ranunculaceous Old World climbing plant, Clematis vitalba, having white flowers and heads of feathery plumed fruits
- tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
- troubled waters — a confused or chaotic state of affairs: The situation was terrible, but like many politicians he was attracted by troubled waters.
- troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
- tutorial system — a system of education, especially in some colleges, in which instruction is given personally by tutors, who also act as general advisers of a small group of students in their charge.
- twelve apostles — the twelve disciples chosen by Jesus to go forth to teach the gospel
- two-dimensional — having the dimensions of height and width only: a two-dimensional surface.
- two-star petrol — leaded petrol that has a low octane number; inferior leaded petrol
- two-thirds rule — a former rule in the Democratic Party, effective 1832–1936, requiring a vote of at least two thirds of its national convention delegates to nominate a presidential and vice-presidential candidate.
- ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
- ultra-religious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- ultramicroscope — an instrument that uses scattering phenomena to detect the position of objects too small to be seen by an ordinary microscope.
- unadventurously — in an unadventurous manner
- unconstrainable — unable to be confined