15-letter words that end in ns
- green mountains — a mountain range in E North America, extending from Canada through Vermont into W Massachusetts: part of the Appalachian system. Highest peak: Mount Mansfield, 1338 m (4393 ft)
- hair extensions — synthetic or human hair attached to the hair on someone's head to give the appearance of longer hair
- human relations — the study of group behavior for the purpose of improving interpersonal relationships, as among employees.
- humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
- identical twins — one of a pair of twins who develop from a single fertilized ovum and therefore have the same genotype, are of the same sex, and usually resemble each other closely.
- identifications — Plural form of identification.
- immunoglobulins — Plural form of immunoglobulin.
- immunoreactions — Plural form of immunoreaction.
- implementations — Plural form of implementation.
- interpretations — Plural form of interpretation.
- kissing cousins — any more or less distant kin familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss, as a cousin (kissing cousin)
- labor relations — worker-employer relationship
- liberalizations — Plural form of liberalization.
- louis d'orleans — Louis Philippe Joseph [lwee fee-leep zhaw-zef] /lwi fiˈlip ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), Duc (Philippe Égalité) 1747–93, French political leader.
- maid of orléans — Saint ("the Maid of Orléans") 1412?–31, French national heroine and martyr who raised the siege of Orléans.
- microinjections — Plural form of microinjection.
- miscalculations — Plural form of miscalculation.
- monovision lens — Ophthalmology. one of a pair of contact lenses that adjust one eye for farsightedness and the other for nearsightedness, used as an alternative to bifocal lenses.
- nominalizations — Plural form of nominalization.
- open admissions — a policy of admitting applicants to an institution, especially a university, regardless of previous academic record or grades.
- ozark mountains — an eroded plateau in S Missouri, N Arkansas, and NE Oklahoma. Area: about 130 000 sq km (50 000 sq miles)
- pairs champions — competitors in or winners of a pairs championship
- peter of amiens — c1050–1115, French monk: preacher of the first Crusade 1095–99.
- pickling onions — small onions suitable for pickling
- quadragenarians — Plural form of quadragenarian.
- quantifications — Plural form of quantification.
- representations — statements of facts, true or alleged, esp set forth by way of remonstrance or expostulation
- retrofocus lens — a wide-angle lens, for use on single-lens reflex cameras, of inverted telephoto design, with a back focus greater than the focal length.
- rocky mountains — mountain range in USA and Canada
- sayan mountains — a mountain range in S central Russia, in S Siberia. Highest peak: Munku-Sardyk, 3437 m (11 457 ft)
- september rains — rainy weather during the month of September
- smoky mountains — Great Smoky Mountains
- snowy mountains — a mountain range in SE Australia, part of the Australian Alps: famous hydroelectric scheme
- soft-focus lens — a lens designed to produce an image that is uniformly very slightly out of focus: typically used for portrait work
- spill the beans — the edible nutritious seed of various plants of the legume family, especially of the genus Phaseolus.
- tatra mountains — a mountain range along the border between Slovakia and Poland, extending for about 64 km (40 miles): the highest range of the central Carpathians. Highest peak: Gerlachovka, 2663 m (8737 ft)
- telescopic lens — a lens that makes distant objects appear larger and brighter
- the black ferns — the women's international Rugby Union football team of New Zealand
- uinta mountains — a mountain range in NE Utah: part of the Rocky Mountains. Highest peak: Kings Peak, 4123 m (13 528 ft)
- white mountains — a mountain range in the US, chiefly in N New Hampshire: part of the Appalachians. Highest peak: Mount Washington, 1917 m (6288 ft)
- wide-angle lens — A wide-angle lens is a lens which allows you to photograph a wider view than a normal lens.
- writ of summons — a writ requiring one to appear in court to answer a complaint.