15-letter words containing u, s, t, l, a
- industrialising — Present participle of industrialise.
- industrializing — Present participle of industrialize.
- ineffectualness — Inefficacy.
- inertial fusion — a type of nuclear fusion in which the inertia of matter enables it to fuse by impact, as by pulses of laser radiation or high-energy charged particles, rather than by high temperature
- infrastructural — the basic, underlying framework or features of a system or organization.
- inquisitorially — In an inquisitorial manner.
- inscrutableness — Inscrutability.
- instantaneously — occurring, done, or completed in an instant: an instantaneous response.
- institutionally — of, relating to, or established by institution.
- instrumentalism — the variety of pragmatism developed by John Dewey, maintaining that the truth of an idea is determined by its success in the active solution of a problem and that the value of ideas is determined by their function in human experience.
- instrumentalist — a person who plays a musical instrument.
- instrumentality — the quality or state of being instrumental.
- insubordinately — In an insubordinate manner.
- insubstantially — In an insubstantial manner.
- insulating tape — adhesive tape, impregnated with a moisture-repelling substance, used to insulate exposed electrical conductors
- intellectualise — to seek or consider the rational content or form of.
- intellectualism — devotion to intellectual pursuits.
- intellectualist — devotion to intellectual pursuits.
- interfascicular — pertaining to or forming a fascicle; fasciculate.
- interfoliaceous — situated between leaves, especially opposite leaves.
- interlacustrine — of or relating to a lake.
- intrafascicular — between the xylem and phloem elements of a vascular bundle
- intramuscularly — In an intramuscular manner; within a muscle.
- intravascularly — Within a blood vessel.
- involuntariness — The state of being involuntary; unwillingness; automatism.
- iridocapsulitis — inflammation of the iris and the capsule of the lens.
- italian sausage — salami
- ivan sutherland — Ivan E. Sutherland is widely known for his pioneering contributions. His 1963 MIT PhD thesis, Sketchpad, opened the field of computer graphics. His 1966 work, with Sproull, on a head-mounted display anticipated today's virtual reality by 25 years. He co-founded Evans and Sutherland, which manufactures the most advanced computer image generators now in use. As head of Computer Science Department of Caltech he helped make integrated circuit design an acceptable field of academic study. Dr. Sutherland is on the boards of several small companies and is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and the National Academy of Sciences, the ACM and IEEE. He received the ACM's Turing Award in 1988. He is now Vice President and Fellow of Sun Microsystems Laboratories in Mountain View, CA, USA.
- jerusalem thorn — See under Christ's-thorn.
- jubilate-sunday — Also called Jubilate Sunday. the third Sunday after Easter: so called from the first word of the 65th Psalm in the Vulgate, which is used as the introit.
- jurisprudential — the science or philosophy of law.
- justifiableness — Justifiability.
- juxtapositional — an act or instance of placing close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- labour shortage — a shortage or insufficiency of qualified candidates for employment (in an economy, country, etc)
- lamb's-quarters — the pigweed, Chenopodium album.
- lancaster sound — an arm of Baffin Bay, Nunavut Territory, Canada, leading W to the Parry Channel. 200 miles (320 km) long and 40 miles (64 km) wide.
- landeshauptmann — the head of government in an Austrian state
- langres plateau — a calcareous plateau of E France north of Dijon between the Seine and the Saône, reaching over 580 m (1900 ft): forms a watershed between rivers flowing to the Mediterranean and to the English Channel
- 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.
- lateral fissure — the fissure separating the frontal, temporal, and parietal lobes of the cerebrum.
- lay oneself out — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- liberal studies — a supplementary arts course for those specializing in scientific, technical, or professional studies
- light in august — a novel (1932) by William Faulkner.
- linguistic area — a geographical area in which several languages sharing common features are spoken.
- living quarters — accommodation
- loaded question — a question containing a hidden trap or implication
- lords spiritual — a bishop or archbishop belonging to the House of Lords.
- lose your heart — If you lose your heart to someone, you fall in love with them.