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15-letter words containing t, o, l, h

  • indicator light — a device for indicating that a motor vehicle is about to turn left or right; blinker
  • infants' school — kindergarten.
  • inter-parochial — of, relating to, or financially supported by one or more church parishes: parochial churches in Great Britain.
  • interior salish — in Canada, a division of the peoples who speak Salish languages
  • interscholastic — between schools, or representative of different schools, especially secondary schools: interscholastic athletics.
  • isolation booth — a soundproof booth located within a television studio, used to prevent the occupant, usually a contestant in a game show, from hearing certain parts of the show.
  • isopropyl ether — a colorless, volatile, flammable, slightly water-soluble liquid, C 6 H 14 O, used chiefly as a solvent for waxes, fats, and resins.
  • isothermal-line — Meteorology. a line on a weather map or chart connecting points having equal temperature.
  • javelin thrower — a person who throws a javelin
  • jerusalem thorn — See under Christ's-thorn.
  • 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-household — a type of extended family composed of parents, their children, and the children's spouses and offspring in one household.
  • joseph pulitzer — Joseph, 1847–1911, U.S. journalist and publisher, born in Hungary.
  • kinesthesiology — The medical and therapeutic study of the movement of muscles and joints.
  • knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
  • labour shortage — a shortage or insufficiency of qualified candidates for employment (in an economy, country, etc)
  • labyrinthodonts — Plural form of labyrinthodont.
  • 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.
  • langston hughes — Charles Evans, 1862–1948, U.S. jurist and statesman: chief justice of the U.S. 1930–41.
  • largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
  • laryngotracheal — of, relating to, or involving the larynx and trachea.
  • latter prophets — a subdivision of the books constituting the second main part of the Hebrew Bible, comprising those books which in Christian tradition are alone called the Prophets and which are divided into Major Prophets and Minor Prophets
  • lavatory humour — humour characterized by excessive mention of lavatories and the excretory functions; vulgar or scatological humour
  • law of the mean — the theorem that for a function continuous on a closed interval and differentiable on the corresponding open interval, there is a point in the interval such that the difference in functional values at the endpoints is equal to the derivative evaluated at the particular point and multiplied by the difference in the endpoints.
  • lay it on thick — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
  • lay of the land — the general state or condition of affairs under consideration; the facts of a situation: We asked a few questions to get the lay of the land.
  • lay on the line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
  • learn the ropes — become familiar with sth
  • length over all — Nautical. the entire length of a vessel, measured from the foremost point of the bow to the aftermost point of the stern.
  • lethal mutation — a gene that under certain conditions causes the death of an organism.
  • leukodystrophic — Of or pertaining to leukodystrophy.
  • level two cache — secondary cache
  • lichenification — a leathery hardening of the skin, usually caused by chronic irritation.
  • 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.
  • lie of the land — the topography of the land
  • light pollution — unwanted or harmful light, as from bright street lights or neon signs.
  • lighthouse tube — a vacuum tube with the electrodes arranged in parallel layers closely spaced, giving a relatively high-power output at high frequencies.
  • literary theory — the systematic analysis and study of literature using general principles
  • lithochromatics — the art or process of painting in oil on stone and taking impressions from the result
  • local authority — council, local government
  • locomotive shed — a shed in which locomotives are kept
  • logarithmically — In a logarithmic manner.
  • longhorn cattle — cattle of a long-horned breed, usually red or variegated, formerly common in SW US
  • longshore drift — beach drift.
  • longsightedness — Farsight; farsightedness; far sight; long sight.
  • look-say method — a method of teaching beginners to read by memorizing and recognizing whole words, rather than by associating letters with sounds
  • lose your heart — If you lose your heart to someone, you fall in love with them.
  • low bandwidth x — (networking)   (LBX) An implementation of the X Window System designed to improve performance over ISDN, WAN, and serial lines.
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