15-letter words containing s, t, e, n, o, r
- interdivisional — existing or occurring between divisions, esp the divisions of an organization
- interferometers — Plural form of interferometer.
- interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
- interior design — the design and coordination of the decorative elements of the interior of a house, apartment, office, or other structural space, including color schemes, fittings, furnishings, and sometimes architectural features.
- interior salish — in Canada, a division of the peoples who speak Salish languages
- interior-sprung — (esp of a mattress) containing springs
- interiorscaping — The design, installation, and maintenance of interiorscapes.
- internalisation — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of internalization.
- interparoxysmal — occurring in the period or periods between paroxysms.
- interpersonally — of or pertaining to the relations between persons: He has strong interpersonal skills.
- interpretations — Plural form of interpretation.
- interrogatories — conveying or expressing a question; interrogative.
- interscholastic — between schools, or representative of different schools, especially secondary schools: interscholastic athletics.
- intervalometers — Plural form of intervalometer.
- interventionism — the policy or doctrine of intervening, especially government interference in the affairs of another state or in domestic economic affairs.
- interventionist — the policy or doctrine of intervening, especially government interference in the affairs of another state or in domestic economic affairs.
- intervisitation — the act of visiting.
- intolerableness — The state of being intolerable or insufferable.
- introspectional — Of or relating to introspection.
- introspectively — characterized by introspection, the act or process of looking into oneself.
- introspectivity — The quality of being introspective.
- introsusception — intussusception.
- inverted commas — Inverted commas are punctuation marks that are used in writing to show where speech or a quotation begins and ends. They are usually written or printed as ' ' or " ". Inverted commas are also sometimes used around the titles of books, plays, or songs, or around a word or phrase that is being discussed.
- involuntariness — The state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.
- ironstone china — a tough durable earthenware
- irrationalities — Plural form of irrationality.
- isothermal-line — Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
- isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
- japanese oyster — a commercial oyster, Ostrea gigas, of the Pacific coast of North America, introduced from Japan.
- jerusalem thorn — See under Christ's-thorn.
- job description — an abstract of a job analysis containing the classification of and requirements for a job, used in hiring and placing prospective employees.
- john ousterhout — (person) /oh'st*r-howt/ John K. Ousterhout, the designer of Tcl and Tk, and founder of Scriptics. See also: Ousterhout's dichotomy. E-mail: [email protected]
- joint ownership — sharing of property
- judeo-christian — of or relating to the religious writings, beliefs, values, or traditions held in common by Judaism and Christianity.
- junior minister — politics
- juristic person — a human being, whether an adult or child: The table seats four persons.
- kelmscott manor — a Tudor house near Lechlade in Oxfordshire: home (1871–96) of William Morris
- keynote address — a speech, as at a political convention, that presents important issues, principles, policies, etc.
- keynote speaker — sb: gives opening speech
- knebworth house — a Tudor mansion in Knebworth in Hertfordshire: home of Sir Edward Bulwer-Lytton; decorated (1843) in the Gothic style
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- 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.
- lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
- liberalizations — Plural form of liberalization.