15-letter words containing a, d, g, i, o
- meibomian gland — any of the small sebaceous glands in the eyelid, beneath the conjunctiva
- microradiograph — an enlarged version of an image obtained by a form of radiography that reveals minute details
- mid-ocean ridge — any of several seismically active submarine mountain ranges that extend through the Atlantic, Indian, and South Pacific oceans: each is hypothesized to be the locus of seafloor spreading.
- mineral kingdom — minerals collectively.
- mis-categorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- miscoordinating — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- mogi das cruzes — a city in SE Brazil, E of São Paulo.
- mohandas gandhi — Indira [in-deer-uh] /ɪnˈdɪər ə/ (Show IPA), 1917–84, Indian political leader: prime minister 1966–77 and 1980–84 (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru).
- mollier diagram — a graph showing the enthalpy of a substance as a function of its entropy when some physical property of the substance, as temperature or pressure, is kept at a specified constant value.
- mongolian idiot — a person affected with Down syndrome
- moving sidewalk — a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.
- nation-building — Journalists sometimes use nation-building to refer to government policies that are designed to create a strong sense of national identity.
- nodding pogonia — a rare orchid, Triphora trianthophora, of the eastern U.S., bearing three pink flowers.
- non-disparaging — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
- nondegenerative — tending to degenerate.
- nonintimidating — not intimidating, free of intimidation
- nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
- nonwithstanding — Misspelling of notwithstanding.
- north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- not give a damn — If you say that someone does not give a damn about something, you are emphasizing that they do not care about it at all.
- notwithstanding — in spite of; without being opposed or prevented by: Notwithstanding a brilliant defense, he was found guilty. She went to the game anyway, doctor's orders notwithstanding.
- nuisance ground — a garbage dump.
- obsidian dating — a method of dating obsidian artifacts or debitage by calculating how long it has taken to produce a given thickness of a hydration layer within such matter.
- old age pension — An old age pension is a regular amount of money that people receive from the government when they have retired from work.
- old high german — High German before 1100. Abbreviation: OHG.
- oligodendroglia — Oligodendrocytes collectively.
- oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
- oligosaccharide — any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis, as two, three, or four.
- on a knife-edge — To be on a knife-edge means to be in a situation in which nobody knows what is going to happen next, or in which one thing is just as likely to happen as another.
- one-night stand — a single performance in one locale, as by a touring theatrical company, before moving on to the next engagement.
- orange chromide — an Asian cichlid fish, Etropus maculatus, with a brownish-orange spotted body
- orange milkweed — butterfly weed (def 1).
- ordinary degree — a university degree without honours
- ordinary rating — a rank in the Royal Navy comparable to that of a private in the army
- organic disease — a disease in which there is a structural alteration (opposed to functional disease).
- organized chaos — a complex situation or process that appears chaotic while having enough order to achieve progress or goals
- organized crime — illegal activities co-ordinated by groups
- organized labor — all workers who are organized in labor unions.
- outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
- outstandingness — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
- outward-looking — looking beyond oneself; open-minded and reaching out to other people, organizations, etc
- overdramatizing — Present participle of overdramatize.
- oxidizing agent — a substance that oxidizes another substance, being itself reduced in the process. Common oxidizing agents are oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, and ferric salts
- package holiday — a holiday arranged by a travel company in which your travel and accommodation are booked for you
- paedophile ring — a group of people who take part in illegal sexual activity involving children
- paphian goddess — Aphrodite, worshiped in Cyprus as the goddess of sexual love.
- pectoral girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the forelimbs.
- pedagoguishness — the quality of being pedagoguish
- pelargonic acid — a colorless, oily, water-immiscible liquid, C 9 H 1 8 O 2 , occurring as an ester in a volatile oil in species of pelargonium: used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of lacquers and plastics.
- phonocardiogram — the graphic record produced by a phonocardiograph.