15-letter words containing t, o, n, e, l
- streamline flow — the flow of a fluid past an object such that the velocity at any fixed point in the fluid is constant or varies in a regular manner.
- strobe lighting — a high-intensity flashing beam of light produced by rapid electrical discharges in a tube or by a perforated disc rotating in front of an intense light source: used in discotheques, etc
- student council — a representative body composed chiefly of students chosen by their classmates to organize social and extracurricular activities and to participate in the government of a school or college.
- subalimentation — hypoalimentation.
- subintellection — an implication that is more or less understood
- sunflower state — Kansas (used as a nickname).
- superexaltation — extreme or supreme exaltation; the act of superexalting; the process or condition of being superexalted
- superinvolution — an act or instance of involving or entangling; involvement.
- superior planet — any of the five planets whose orbits are outside the orbit of the earth, namely, the planets Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
- supplementation — the act or process of supplementing.
- supporting role — acting: secondary part
- swallow-tanager — a tropical American bird, Tersina viridis, related to the true tanagers but with longer, swallowlike wings.
- take lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- tank locomotive — a steam locomotive carrying its own fuel and water without the use of a tender.
- tantalus monkey — a long-tailed African monkey, Cercopithecus tantalus (or C. aethiops tantalus), of central African grasslands, having a long face framed by upswept whiskers.
- teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
- techno-thriller — a suspense novel in which the manipulation of sophisticated technology, as of aircraft or weapons systems, plays a prominent part.
- technologically — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
- telamonian ajax — Ajax (def 1).
- telecommunicate — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
- telephone booth — a more or less soundproof booth containing a public telephone.
- telescopic lens — a lens that makes distant objects appear larger and brighter
- television film — a feature-length film that is made specifically to be shown on television
- television tube — a cathode-ray tube designed for the reproduction of television pictures
- ten-pin bowling — game of skittles
- tensor analysis — the branch of mathematics dealing with the calculus of tensors, especially the study of properties that are unaffected by a change of coordinate system.
- tentaculiferous — having tentacles
- tetrafunctional — pertaining to molecules or groups that can bond at four sites.
- the anglo-irish — the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
- the colophonian — a native of Colophon.
- the common weal — the good of society
- the daily round — the usual activities of one's day
- the devil's own — a very difficult or problematic (thing)
- the kos channel — a strait separating Kos from SW Turkey
- the last moment — If someone does something at the last moment, they do it at the latest time possible.
- the lower ranks — people who have a low rank in a military organization
- the lower rhine — the part of the Rhine River between Bonn, Germany, and the North Sea, and the area around it
- the peloponnese — the S peninsula of Greece, joined to central Greece by the Isthmus of Corinth: chief cities in ancient times were Sparta and Corinth, now Patras. Pop: 503 300 (2001). Area: 21 439 sq km (8361 sq miles)
- the pleistocene — the Pleistocene epoch or rock series
- thermal neutron — a neutron with low kinetic energy, especially one slowed by the moderator in a nuclear reactor.
- think little of — small in size; not big; not large; tiny: a little desk in the corner of the room.
- thiocarbanilide — a gray powder, C 13 H 12 N 2 S, used as an intermediate in dyes and as an accelerator in vulcanization.
- thorndike's law — the principle that all learnt behaviour is regulated by rewards and punishments, proposed by Edward Lee Thorndike (1874–1949), US psychologist
- thoughtlessness — lacking in consideration for others; inconsiderate; tactless: a thoughtless remark.
- time dilatation — Physics. (in relativity) the apparent loss of time of a moving clock as observed by a stationary observer.
- tirso de molina — Luis [loo-ees] /luˈis/ (Show IPA), 1535–1600, Spanish Jesuit theologian.
- to lie in state — If the dead body of an important person lies in state, it is publicly displayed for a few days before it is buried.
- to lose contact — If you lose contact with someone who you have been friendly with, you no longer see them, speak to them, or write to them.
- to my knowledge — as far as I am aware
- tobacco planter — a tool that was formerly used by tobacco farmers to plant tobacco with