15-letter words containing u, l, e

rule one's life — If you say that something rules someone's life, you mean that it affects everything they do, usually in a negative way.
rules committee — a special committee of a legislature, as of the U.S. House of Representatives, having the authority to establish rules or methods for expediting legislative action, and usually determining the date a bill is presented for consideration.
rump parliament — the remnant of the Long Parliament established by the expulsion of the Presbyterian members in 1648, dismissed by force in 1653, and restored briefly in 1659–60.
rumpelstiltskin — a dwarf in a German folktale who spins flax into gold for a young woman to meet the demands of the prince she has married, on the condition that she give him her first child or else guess his name: she guesses his name and he vanishes or destroys himself in a rage.
run of the mill — merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
run the gantlet — to be punished by means of the gantlet
run-of-the-mill — merely average; commonplace; mediocre: just a plain, run-of-the-mill house; a run-of-the-mill performance.
running bowline — a type of slipknot formed by running the standing line through the loop formed in a regular bowline
running english — the giving of English or spin to the cue ball to enable it to bounce in the direction of a certain angle. Compare reverse English (def 1).
russell's attic — (mathematics) An imaginary room containing countably many pairs of shoes (i.e. a pair for each natural number), and countably many pairs of socks. How many shoes are there? Answer: countably many (map the left shoes to even numbers and the right shoes to odd numbers, say). How many socks are there? Also countably many, we want to say, but we can't prove it without the Axiom of Choice, because in each pair, the socks are indistinguishable (there's no such thing as a left sock). Although for any single pair it is easy to select one, we cannot specify a general method for doing this.
russell's viper — a large venomous snake, Vipera russelli, common in India and southeastern Asia, having three rows of large, black-edged brown spots on a light-brown body.
russian thistle — a saltwort, Salsola kali tenuifolia, that has narrow, spinelike leaves, a troublesome weed in the central and western U.S.
sagittal suture — a serrated line on the top of the skull that marks the junction of the two parietal bones
saguia el hamra — the N part of Western Sahara.
sale of produce — the selling of something that is produced, esp agricultural products
sales executive — a professional responsible for increasing and developing a company's sales
saline solution — a solution of salt in water, esp one used medicinally or to keep contact lenses moist
salisbury steak — ground beef, sometimes mixed with other foods, shaped like a hamburger patty and broiled or fried, often garnished or served with a sauce.
samuel fb morse — Jedidiah [jed-i-dahy-uh] /ˌdʒɛd ɪˈdaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1761–1826, U.S. geographer and Congregational clergyman (father of Samuel F. B. Morse).
samuel prescott — Samuel, 1751–77, U.S. patriot during the American Revolution: rode with Paul Revere and William Dawes to warn Colonists that British troops were marching from Boston, April 18, 1775.
sauce espagnole — brown sauce.
scaphocephalous — of or relating to scaphocephalus
scheduled caste — (in India) the official name given to the lower castes that are now protected by the government and offered special concessions.
schone mullerin — a song cycle (1823), by Franz Schubert, consisting of 20 songs set to poems by Wilhelm Müller.
school-gate mum — a young family-oriented working mother, considered by political parties as forming a significant part of the electorate
sclerodermatous — Zoology. covered with a hardened tissue, as scales.
sebaceous gland — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
second language — a language learned by a person after his or her native language, especially as a resident of an area where it is in general use.
second republic — the republic established in France in 1848 and replaced by the Second Empire in 1852.
security police — a police force responsible for maintaining order at a specific locale or under specific circumstances, as at an airport or factory.
seleucia pieria — an ancient port in Syria, on the River Orontes: the port of Antioch, of military importance during the wars between the Ptolemies and Seleucids; largely destroyed by earthquake in 526; site of present-day Samandaǧ (Turkey)
self fulfilment — the act or fact of fulfilling one's ambitions, desires, etc., through one's own efforts.
self-accusation — a charge of wrongdoing; imputation of guilt or blame.
self-adjustment — adjustment of oneself or itself, as to the environment.
self-authorized — given or endowed with authority: an authorized agent.
self-caricature — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
self-combustion — the act or process of burning.
self-disclosure — the act or an instance of disclosing; exposure; revelation.
self-evaluation — an act or instance of evaluating or appraising.
self-fulfilling — characterized by or bringing about self-fulfillment.
self-fulfilment — the act or fact of fulfilling one's ambitions, desires, etc., through one's own efforts.
self-inductance — inductance inducing an electromotive force in the same circuit in which the motivating change of current occurs, equal to the number of flux linkages per unit of current.
self-indulgence — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
self-infatuated — to inspire or possess with a foolish or unreasoning passion, as of love.
self-inoculated — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
self-justifying — offering excuses for oneself, especially in excess of normal demands.
self-mutilation — to injure, disfigure, or make imperfect by removing or irreparably damaging parts: Vandals mutilated the painting.
self-persuasion — the act of persuading or seeking to persuade.
self-production — produced by oneself or itself.
self-propulsion — propulsion by a vehicle's own engine, motor, or the like.

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