15-letter words that end in le
- nonattributable — not capable of being attributed to a particular source or cause
- noncommunicable — not communicable, especially with reference to a disease that is not transmitted through contact with an infected or afflicted person.
- noncompressible — not able to be compressed
- noncontrollable — not able to be controlled
- nonexchangeable — capable of being exchanged.
- nonquantifiable — not capable of being quantified
- nonreproducible — Unable to be reproduced; not reproducible.
- nonsaponifiable — not capable of being saponified
- nonsedimentable — incapable of being sedimented
- nontransferable — Not transferable; not able to be transferred.
- northern oriole — an oriole, Icterus galbula, of North America, with highly distinctive eastern and western subspecies that interbreed in the Great Plains region.
- obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
- old wives' tale — a traditional belief, story, or idea that is often of a superstitious nature.
- on one's mettle — roused to putting forth one's best efforts
- once in a while — at one time in the past; formerly: I was a farmer once; a once powerful nation.
- operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
- operating table — table on which surgery is performed
- order of battle — the organization or hierarchy of military forces in preparation for a battle.
- ordered n-tuple — a set of n objects or quantities, where n is an integer, especially such a set arranged in a specified order (ordered n-tuple)
- paperbark maple — a shrub or tree, Acer griseum, native to China, cultivated for its attractive papery brownish bark.
- parhelic circle — a white, horizontal band passing through the sun, either incomplete or extending around the horizon, produced by the reflection of the sun's rays from the vertical faces of ice prisms in the atmosphere.
- past participle — a participle with past, perfect, or passive meaning, as fallen, sung, defeated; perfect participle: used in English and other languages in forming the present perfect, pluperfect, and passive and as an adjective.
- pectoral girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the forelimbs.
- pectoral muscle — muscle of the chest
- peculiar people — a small sect of faith healers founded in London in 1838, having no ministers or external organization
- peter principle — any of several satirical “laws” concerning organizational structure, especially one that holds that people tend to be promoted until they reach their level of incompetence.
- photodegradable — (of a substance) capable of being broken down by light.
- plug compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
- plug-compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
- predeterminable — able to be predetermined; able to be determined in advance
- prittle-prattle — foolish or idle talk; babble
- pure and simple — sheer, utter
- radiator grille — a grille in an automobile or the like for air cooling of the liquid in the cooling system.
- random variable — a quantity that takes any of a set of values with specified probabilities.
- reconstitutable — to constitute again; reconstruct; recompose.
- reentrant angle — in a polygon, an interior angle greater than 180°, with its point turning back into the figure rather than out from it
- reentry vehicle — the section of a spacecraft or ballistic missile designed to return to earth.
- refectory table — a long, narrow table having a single stretcher between trestlelike supports at the ends.
- renal corpuscle — Malpighian body (sense 2)
- richard neville — Earl of (Richard Neville, Earl of Salisbury"the Kingmaker") 1428–71, English military leader and statesman.
- rouget de lisle — Claude Joseph [klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1760–1836, French army officer and composer of songs: wrote and composed Marseillaise.
- russian thistle — a saltwort, Salsola kali tenuifolia, that has narrow, spinelike leaves, a troublesome weed in the central and western U.S.
- sauce espagnole — brown sauce.
- scolding bridle — branks.
- self-compatible — able to be fertilized by its own pollen.
- seminal vesicle — either of two small saclike glands, located on each side of the bladder in males, that add nutrient fluid to semen during ejaculation.
- semisubmersible — Also called semisubmersible rig. a self-propelled barge that is mounted on partially submerged legs supported by underwater pontoons, rides at anchor, and serves as a work base and living quarters in deep offshore drilling operations.
- shoulder girdle — pectoral girdle (def 2).
- show to a table — When you show a customer to a table in a restaurant, you take them to the table where you want them to sit and help them sit down.
- single-cut file — a file with teeth in one direction only: used for filing soft material