15-letter words containing t, e, n, o, i, s
- investigational — Of, or relating to investigating, or to an investigation.
- investment bond — a single-premium life-assurance policy in which a fixed sum is invested in an asset-backed fund
- 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.
- isothiocyanates — Plural form of isothiocyanate.
- isotopic number — the number of neutrons minus the number of protons in an atomic nucleus.
- italian spinone — a strongly-built gun dog with a wiry white coat and pendulous ears
- 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 lewis list — a list used by clerks in the House of Commons to assess the amount that may reasonably be claimed for various items by Members of Parliament as living expenses
- joint ownership — sharing of property
- joint-household — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
- 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.
- juxtapositioned — Simple past tense and past participle of juxtaposition.
- kinesthesiology — The medical and therapeutic study of the movement of muscles and joints.
- labor relations — worker-employer relationship
- labor-intensive — requiring or using a large supply of labor, relative to capital.
- lake saint john — a lake in Canada, in S Quebec: drained by the Saguenay River. Area: 971 sq km (375 sq miles)
- lake washington — a lake in W Washington, forming the E boundary of the city of Seattle: linked by canal with Puget Sound. Length: about 32 km (20 miles). Width: 6 km (4 miles)
- lake-saint-john — Henry, 1st Viscount Bolingbroke, Bolingbroke, 1st Viscount.
- latensification — (in photography) the process of intensifying a latent image by the use of chemicals, extra exposure to light, or other means
- learned society — an organization devoted to the scholarly study of a particular field or discipline, as modern languages, psychology, or history.
- leptomeningitis — (pathology) inflammation of the leptomeninges.
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- lex non scripta — unwritten law; common law.
- liberalizations — Plural form of liberalization.
- lick into shape — to pass the tongue over the surface of, as to moisten, taste, or eat (often followed by up, off, from, etc.): to lick a postage stamp; to lick an ice-cream cone.
- line of descent — someone's line of descent is all the people they are descended from
- loaded question — a question containing a hidden trap or implication
- loan investment — a loan made as an investment
- lofoten islands — group of Norwegian islands within the Arctic Circle, off the NW coast of Norway: c. 550 sq mi (1,424 sq km)
- loft conversion — an extra room added to a house by converting the roof space
- long sweetening — liquid sweetening, as maple syrup, molasses, or sorghum.
- longshore drift — beach drift.
- longsightedness — Farsight; farsightedness; far sight; long sight.
- loss prevention — Loss prevention is the things that are done to make a process safe.
- lost generation — the generation of men and women who came of age during or immediately following World War I: viewed, as a result of their war experiences and the social upheaval of the time, as cynical, disillusioned, and without cultural or emotional stability.
- madison heights — a city in SE Michigan: suburb of Detroit.
- magnesioferrite — (mineralogy) A magnesium iron oxide mineral, a member of the magnetite series of spinels, which forms black metallic octahedral crystals.
- magnetic course — a course whose bearing is given relative to the magnetic meridian of the area.
- make no mistake — believe me, let me assure you
- malpresentation — Abnormal positioning of a fetus at the time of delivery.
- manorial system — manorialism.
- materialisation — Alternative spelling of materialization.
- mean solar time — time measured by the hour angle of the mean sun.
- mediastinoscopy — (medicine) A procedure for examining the inside of the mediastinum and the organs it encloses through a small incision, using an endoscope. This is a surgical procedure normally done under general anesthesia.
- mental disorder — any of the various forms of psychosis or severe neurosis.