15-letter words containing s, t, e, r, i, l
- gloucester city — a city in W New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
- gloucestershire — a county in SW England. 1255 sq. mi. (2640 sq. km). County seat: Gloucester.
- golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
- governmentalism — the trend toward expansion of the government's role, range of activities, or power.
- governmentalist — one who promotes the philosophy of governmentalism
- grammaticalness — (of language) The state or attribute of obeying the rules of grammar; grammatical correctness.
- greenfield site — a site located in a rural area which has not previously been built on
- griqualand east — a former district in S South Africa, SW of Natal.
- griqualand west — a former district in S South Africa, N of the Orange River and W of the Orange Free State: diamonds found 1867.
- gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
- hair specialist — an expert in the treatment and care of human hair
- hamiltonstovare — a large strong short-haired breed of hound with a black, brown, and white coat
- health minister — a government minister who is responsible for health
- heterosexualism — Discrimination of non-heterosexual people on the basis of their sexual orientation.
- heterosexuality — sexual feeling or behavior directed toward a person or persons of the opposite sex.
- high resolution — a great amount of detail visible in a photographic, TV, or video image
- high-resolution — having or capable of producing an image characterized by fine detail: high-resolution photography; high-resolution lens.
- holocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having only crystalline components and no glass
- horatius cocles — a legendary Roman hero of the 6th century bc, who defended a bridge over the Tiber against Lars Porsena
- horse artillery — cavalry equipped with artillery
- horse latitudes — the latitudes near 30°N or 30°S at sea, characterized by baffling winds, calms, and high barometric pressure
- hospital corner — a fold on a bed sheet or blanket made by tucking the foot or head of the sheet straight under the mattress with the ends protruding and then making a diagonal fold at the side corner of the sheet and tucking this under to produce a triangular corner.
- human relations — the study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal relationships, as among employees.
- hypercatabolism — an abnormally high metabolic breakdown of a substance or tissue which leads to weight loss and physical deterioration
- hyperextensible — Capable of being stretched and extended.
- hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- hypermetabolism — Biology, Physiology. the sum of the physical and chemical processes in an organism by which its material substance is produced, maintained, and destroyed, and by which energy is made available. Compare anabolism, catabolism.
- hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- hysteresis loop — a closed curve showing the variation of the magnetic flux density of a ferromagnetic material with the external magnetic field producing it, when this field is changed through a complete cycle
- hysteresis loss — the loss of energy by conversion to heat in a system exhibiting hysteresis.
- illustriousness — The state of being illustrious.
- immeasurability — Immeasurableness.
- immensurability — The quality of being immensurable.
- imperial system — a system of measurement units, including the foot, pound, and second, as well as miles and yards
- imperishability — not subject to decay; indestructible; enduring.
- imperscriptible — not supported by written authority
- imprescriptable — Alt form imprescriptible.
- imprescriptible — not subject to prescription.
- imprescriptibly — In an imprescriptible manner; obviously.
- impulse turbine — a turbine moved by free jets of fluid striking the blades of the rotor together with the axial flow of fluid through the rotor.
- in all weathers — If you say that someone does something in all weathers, you mean that they do it regularly whether the weather is good or bad.
- in the doldrums — miserable, depressed
- inalterableness — The state or quality of being inalterable.
- inconsiderately — In an inconsiderate manner.
- incrementalists — Plural form of incrementalist.
- indistributable — of a nature that cannot be distributed
- inertia selling — (in Britain) the illegal practice of sending unrequested goods to householders followed by a bill for the price of the goods if they do not return them
- inertial fusion — a type of nuclear fusion in which the inertia of matter enables it to fuse by impact, as by pulses of laser radiation or high-energy charged particles, rather than by high temperature
- inertial system — a frame of reference in which a body remains at rest or moves with constant linear velocity unless acted upon by forces: any frame of reference that moves with constant velocity relative to an inertial system is itself an inertial system.