15 Letter Words
Secrecy or a type of agreement not to disclose details publicly.
CONFIDENTIALITY
Add a letter to anti to get this word for a shenanigan.
ANTIC
In 1997 this company known as Big Brown from the color of its trucks was hit by a Teamsters strike.
UPS (UNITED PARCEL SERVICE)
The ASL alphabet uses one hand; that of BSL short for this (tell me the name) uses 2.
BRITISH SIGN LANGUAGE
The Brooklyn Bridge & the Williamsburg Bridge both span this river.
THE EAST RIVER
The glow of certain protozoans is the result of this natural ability to produce light.
BIOLUMINESCENCE
It's a protagonist who lacks the typical qualities of great courage or morality.
ANTIHERO
Massive rhyming term for your standard tractor-trailer truck.
The best way to find Belize's Mennonites is to look for modestly dressed blonde people & listen for this language.
GERMAN
The forest around it is called the Lungs of the World because it supplies so much of the Earth's oxygen.
AMAZON
This type of doctor will see how you see & see you now.
AN OPHTHALMOLOGIST
Enacted in 1890 the U.S. government's first law of this kind was named for Ohio Senator John Sherman.
ANTI-TRUST
A high center of gravity & excessive speed on a curve can both lead to this deadliest type of trucking accident.
ROLLOVER
Language groups as disparate as Celtic Slavic & Indo-Iranian are part of the family called Indo-this.
INDO-EUROPEAN
This Amazon tributary was called The River of Doubt until explored in 1914 by the president for whom it's named.
THE ROOSEVELT
The 1935, 1964 & 2018 State of the Union addresses used this word for the poor & needy.
UNDERPRIVILEGED
It was the capital of the ancient kingdom of Syria & home to Monty Python's holy hand grenade.
ANTIOCH
Also called splash guards these on a truck help prevent splashing on following cars.
MUD FLAPS
In French words, like garçon & français this diacritical mark goes under the C to soften it to an S sound, not a K sound.
A CEDILLA
The ancient city of Ur lay along this river that helped make the Fertile Crescent fertile.
THE EUPHRATES
It's the removal of harmful substances such as radioactive material or poisonous gas from an area.
DECONTAMINATION
In 1130 Pietro Pierleoni became Anacletus II an anti this:
POPE
Moving a container from a truck to a train is nicknamed this:
PIGGYBACKING
Formed in 1906 the party to represent speakers of this language in Finland is still going strong.
SWEDISH
Flowing through 5 of Brazil's states the Tocantins River of South America is named after one of these animals.
A TOUCAN