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15-letter words containing t, o, n, l, e, s

  • supporting role — acting: secondary part
  • swallow-tanager — a tropical American bird, Tersina viridis, related to the true tanagers but with longer, swallowlike wings.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • the anglo-irish — the inhabitants of Ireland of English birth or descent
  • 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 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • tokelau islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean belonging to New Zealand. 4 sq. mi. (10 sq. km).
  • torsion balance — an instrument for measuring small forces, as electric attraction or repulsion, by determining the amount of torsion or twisting they cause in a slender wire or filament.
  • toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
  • transequatorial — of, relating to, or near an equator, especially the equator of the earth.
  • transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another
  • transgressional — of or relating to transgression
  • transliteration — to change (letters, words, etc.) into corresponding characters of another alphabet or language: to transliterate the Greek Χ as ch.
  • tricotyledonous — having three cotyledons.
  • troubleshooting — to act or be employed as a troubleshooter: She troubleshoots for a large industrial firm.
  • two-dimensional — having the dimensions of height and width only: a two-dimensional surface.
  • ultra-modernist — very advanced in ideas, design, or techniques.
  • unadventurously — in an unadventurous manner
  • unconstrainable — unable to be confined
  • unconstrainedly — in an unconfined manner
  • uncontrollables — incapable of being controlled or restrained: uncontrollable anger.
  • uncontroversial — of, relating to, or characteristic of controversy, or prolonged public dispute, debate, or contention; polemical: a controversial book.
  • universal joint — piece that couples two rotating shafts
  • universal motor — a series-wound motor, of one-half horsepower or less, using alternating or direct current.
  • unpretentiously — without pretension
  • unquestioningly — in manner that accepts something without expressing doubt or uncertainty
  • unsportsmanlike — a man who engages in sports, especially in some open-air sport, as hunting, fishing, racing, etc.
  • vector analysis — the branch of calculus that deals with vectors and processes involving vectors.
  • velcro fastener — a fastener made of Velcro
  • venetian school — any of various groups of artists identified with Venice throughout the history of Italian art but most notably the painters of the 18th century, as Giovanni Battista Tiepolo, Francesco Guardi, and Antonio Canaletto.
  • vespertilionine — of or relating to the bats of the subfamily Vespertilioninae, common in temperate regions and including most familiar species.
  • volume discount — a reduced price for goods given by a seller on the basis that the buyer buys a large quantity
  • volunteer state — Tennessee (used as a nickname).
  • well-positioned — condition with reference to place; location; situation.
  • well-understood — simple past tense and past participle of understand.
  • wentworth scale — a scale for specifying the sizes (diameters) of sedimentary particles, ranging from clay particles (less than 1⁄256 mm) to boulders (over 256 mm)
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