15-letter words that end in es
- gros de londres — a cross-ribbed, silk dress fabric with ribs alternating in color or between coarse and fine yarn.
- harmonic series — a series in which the reciprocals of the terms form an arithmetic progression.
- hautes-pyrenees — a department in SW France. 1751 sq. mi. (4535 sq. km). Capital: Tarbes.
- hedonic damages — compensation based on what the victim of a crime might have earned in the future
- hemicolectomies — Plural form of hemicolectomy.
- hernando cortes — Hernando [er-nahn-daw] /ɛrˈnɑn dɔ/ (Show IPA), Hernán [er-nahn] /ɛrˈnɑn/ (Show IPA), 1485–1547, Spanish conqueror of Mexico.
- heterogeneities — the quality or state of being heterogeneous; composition from dissimilar parts; disparateness.
- hoffman estates — a city in NE Illinois.
- holiday clothes — the clothes worn and bought for travelling on holiday, such as swimwear, skiwear, or clothes for hot or cold weather, etc
- homosexualities — Plural form of homosexuality.
- horatius cocles — a legendary Roman hero of the 6th century bc, who defended a bridge over the Tiber against Lars Porsena
- horse latitudes — the latitudes near 30°N or 30°S at sea, characterized by baffling winds, calms, and high barometric pressure
- housemistresses — Plural form of housemistress.
- human resources — (used with a plural verb) people, especially the personnel employed by a given company, institution, or the like.
- hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.
- impossibilities — Plural form of impossibility.
- in difficulties — in distress, esp. financially
- in the eighties — between 80–89 degrees in temperature
- in the nineties — between 90–99 degrees in temperature
- inconsistencies — Plural form of inconsistency.
- inconveniencies — inconvenience.
- individualities — Plural form of individuality.
- inevitabilities — Plural form of inevitability.
- infinite series — a sequence of numbers in which an infinite number of terms are added successively in a given pattern; the sequence of partial sums of a given sequence.
- infrastructures — Plural form of infrastructure.
- inhomogeneities — lack of homogeneity.
- insufficiencies — Plural form of insufficiency.
- interpenetrates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interpenetrate.
- interrogatories — conveying or expressing a question; interrogative.
- interstratifies — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of interstratify.
- irrationalities — Plural form of irrationality.
- isothiocyanates — Plural form of isothiocyanate.
- kaffeeklatsches — Plural form of kaffeeklatsch.
- kegel exercises — Often, Kegel exercises. exercise performed to strengthen the pubococcygeus and other muscles of the pelvic floor, in order to control incontinence, improve sexual response, etc.
- kleptoparasites — Plural form of kleptoparasite.
- ladies'-tresses — any of a genus (Spiranthes) of wild orchids with small, white flowers arranged spirally on spikes
- lake miraflores — an artificial lake in Panama, in the S Canal Zone of the Panama Canal
- langston hughes — Charles Evans, 1862–1948, U.S. jurist and statesman: chief justice of the U.S. 1930–41.
- law of averages — a statistical principle formulated by Jakob Bernoulli to show a more or less predictable ratio between the number of random trials of an event and its occurrences.
- learn the ropes — become familiar with sth
- lesser antilles — group of islands in the West Indies, southeast of Puerto Rico, including the Leeward Islands, the Windward Islands, & the islands off the N coast of Venezuela
- liberal studies — a supplementary arts course for those specializing in scientific, technical, or professional studies
- line of apsides — a line joining the lower and higher apsides, forming the major axis of the orbit
- living expenses — money spent on basic needs
- lopez y fuentes — Gregorio [gre-gaw-ryaw] /grɛˈgɔ ryɔ/ (Show IPA), 1895–1966, Mexican writer.
- macrostructures — Plural form of macrostructure.
- make allowances — to take mitigating circumstances into account in consideration (of)
- mashed potatoes — potatoes that have been boiled and then crushed into a soft pulpy mass
- mastoidectomies — Plural form of mastoidectomy.
- medical studies — a course of study leading to qualification as a doctor of medicine