15-letter words containing s, t, r, e, l, n
- giant sunflower — a composite plant, Helianthus giganteus, of eastern North America, growing nearly 12 feet (4 meters) high and having very large yellow flower heads.
- gilbert islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific: with Banaba, the Phoenix Islands, and three of the Line Islands they constitute the independent state of Kiribati; until 1975 they formed part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands; achieved full independence in 1979. Pop: 82 902 (2005). Area: 295 sq km (114 sq miles)
- glazier's point — a small, pointed piece of sheet metal, for holding a pane of glass in a sash until the putty has hardened.
- 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.
- grant's gazelle — a large gazelle, Gazella granti, with distinctive long curved horns, native to the eastern African plains.
- 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.
- half-understood — partially understood
- halfheartedness — The characteristic of being half-hearted.
- 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
- heterogeneously — different in kind; unlike; incongruous.
- 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
- hopeful monster — a hypothetical individual organism that, by means of a fortuitous macromutation permitting an adaptive shift to a new mode of life, becomes the founder of a new type of organism and a vehicle of macroevolution.
- 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.
- hyperextensible — Capable of being stretched and extended.
- hypersalivation — the act or process of salivating.
- hypocrystalline — (of igneous rocks) having both glass and crystalline components
- illustriousness — The state of being illustrious.
- immensurability — The quality of being immensurable.
- 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.
- inscrutableness — Inscrutability.
- instrumentalism — the variety of pragmatism developed by John Dewey, maintaining that the truth of an idea is determined by its success in the active solution of a problem and that the value of ideas is determined by their function in human experience.
- instrumentalist — a person who plays a musical instrument.
- instrumentality — the quality or state of being instrumental.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- intellectronics — a field of study that seeks to develop electronic devices, as robots, that have humanlike intellect and skills.
- interdivisional — existing or occurring between divisions, esp the divisions of an organization
- interfascicular — pertaining to or forming a fascicle; fasciculate.
- interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
- interim results — A company's interim results are the set of figures, published outside the regular times, that show whether it has achieved a profit or a loss.
- interior salish — in Canada, a division of the peoples who speak Salish languages
- interlacustrine — of or relating to a lake.
- internal spline — any one of a series of grooves in a mating part into which external splines fit to prevent movement between two parts, esp in transmitting torque