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15-letter words containing s, o, n, a, d, l

  • monochlamydeous — (of a flower) having a perianth of one whorl of members; not having a separate calyx and corolla
  • moving sidewalk — a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.
  • multidivisional — Of or pertaining to more than one division.
  • municipal bonds — a bond issued by a state, county, city, or town, or by a state authority or agency to finance projects.
  • needless to say — of course, obviously
  • 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)
  • no holds barred — to have or keep in the hand; keep fast; grasp: She held the purse in her right hand. He held the child's hand in his.
  • no--man-s--land — an area between opposing armies, over which no control has been established.
  • non-adversarial — a person, group, or force that opposes or attacks; opponent; enemy; foe.
  • non-condensable — capable of being condensed.
  • non-residential — of or relating to residence or to residences: a residential requirement for a doctorate.
  • non-shareholder — a holder or owner of shares, especially in a company or corporation.
  • nonconsolidated — (financial) Including the financial data of only the parent company.
  • nondisciplinary — of, for, or constituting discipline; enforcing or administering discipline: disciplinary action.
  • nonencapsulated — not encapsulated
  • nonhospitalized — not hospitalized
  • noninsecticidal — absent or free of insecticide
  • nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
  • nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
  • normally-closed — Normally-closed switch contacts are in a closed state at rest.
  • north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
  • northeastwardly — Towards the northeast.
  • northwestwardly — Towards the northwest.
  • obsidional coin — siege piece.
  • oil-based paint — any paint made with a drying oil or solvent such as linseed
  • old age pension — An old age pension is a regular amount of money that people receive from the government when they have retired from work.
  • old clothes man — a person who deals in second-hand clothes
  • old man's beard — fringe tree.
  • old-man's-beard — fringe tree.
  • old-man-the-sea — (in The Arabian Nights' Entertainments) an old man who clung to the shoulders of Sindbad the Sailor for many days and nights.
  • oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
  • one-dimensional — having one dimension only.
  • operationalised — Simple past tense and past participle of operationalise.
  • ordinal numbers — Also called ordinal numeral. any of the numbers that express degree, quality, or position in a series, as first, second, and third (distinguished from cardinal number).
  • personal friend — a person who is a friend, rather than a colleague or acquaintance
  • phoenix islands — a group of eight coral islands in the central Pacific: administratively part of Kiribati. Area: 28 sq km (11 sq miles). The islands and surrounding waters form the Phoenix Islands Protected Area, the world's largest marine protected area. Area: 410 500 sq km (158 500 sq miles)
  • pick-and-shovel — marked by drudgery; laborious: the pick-and-shovel work necessary to get a political campaign underway.
  • platitudinously — in a platitudinal manner
  • polyunsaturated — of or noting a class of animal or vegetable fats, especially plant oils, whose molecules consist of carbon chains with many double bonds unsaturated by hydrogen atoms and that are associated with a low cholesterol content of the blood.
  • post-industrial — of, relating to, or characteristic of an era following industrialization: The economy of the postindustrial society is based on the provision of services rather than on the manufacture of goods.
  • postdevaluation — the period following the devaluation of a currency
  • profit and loss — the gain and loss arising from commercial or other transactions, applied especially to an account or statement of account in bookkeeping showing gains and losses in business.
  • pseudo-national — of, relating to, or maintained by a nation as an organized whole or independent political unit: national affairs.
  • pseudohexagonal — of, relating to, or having the form of a hexagon.
  • random sampling — a method of selecting a sample (random sample) from a statistical population in such a way that every possible sample that could be selected has a predetermined probability of being selected.
  • read oneself in — to assume possession of a benefice by publicly reading the Thirty-nine Articles
  • reconsolidation — an act or instance of consolidating; the state of being consolidated; unification: consolidation of companies.
  • red sandal wood — the fragrant heartwood of any of certain Asian trees of the genus Santalum, used for ornamental carving and burned as incense.
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