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13-letter words containing a, d, l, o, g

  • knowledgebase — Alternative spelling of knowledge base.
  • lake onondaga — a salt lake in central New York State. Area: about 13 sq km (5 sq miles)
  • lambda prolog — (language)   An extension of standard Prolog defined by Dale A. Miller and Gopalan Nadathur in 1986, in which terms are strongly typed lambda terms. Clauses are higher order hereditary Harrop formulas. The main novelties are universal quantification on goals and implication. The Prolog/Mali compiler compiles Lambda Prolog for the MALI abstract memory system. Mailing list: [email protected]
  • landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
  • language code — (human language, standard)   A set of standard names and abbreviations maintained by ISO for identifying human languages, natural and invented, past and present. Each language has a list of English and French names and an ISO 639-2 three-letter code. Some also have an ISO 639-1 two-letter code. The list even includes the Klingon language from the Star Trek science fiction series. There are also country codes.
  • leading block — lead block.
  • leather goods — products made of animal skin
  • legal holiday — a public holiday established by law, during which certain work, government business, etc., is restricted.
  • load shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
  • load-shedding — the deliberate shutdown of electric power in a part or parts of a power-distribution system, generally to prevent the failure of the entire system when the demand strains the capacity of the system.
  • long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
  • long-standing — existing or occurring for a long time: a longstanding feud.
  • losing hazard — an unavoidable danger or risk, even though often foreseeable: The job was full of hazards.
  • lounge around — to pass time idly and indolently.
  • lounge lizard — a foppish man who frequents bars, cafés, hotel lounges, etc., with or in search of women.
  • macrodiagonal — the longer of two diagonals
  • main diagonal — a diagonal line or plane.
  • mannheim gold — a brass alloy used to imitate gold; red brass.
  • mid glamorgan — a county in S Wales. 393 sq. mi. (1019 sq. km).
  • moderate gale — a wind of 32–38 miles per hour (14–17 m/sec).
  • modula-prolog — Adds a Prolog layer to Modula-2. "Modula-Prolog: A Software Development Tool", C. Muller IEEE Software pp.39-45 (Nov 1986).
  • molding board — a board upon which bread is kneaded, cookies prepared, etc.
  • molding plane — a plane having a blade or a number of blades profiled to form moldings.
  • mood-altering — (especially of drugs) capable of changing one's emotional state.
  • muzzleloading — Of a gun, having ammunition loaded from the front of the barrel where it will exit.
  • national grid — a network of high-voltage power lines connecting major power stations
  • nodding lilac — a showy Chinese lilac, Syringa reflexa, of the olive family, having nodding clusters of pinkish flowers.
  • non-obligated — to bind or oblige morally or legally: to obligate oneself to purchase a building.
  • nondegradable — not subject to or capable of degradation or decomposition: nondegradable waste.
  • nondelegation — A failure or refusal to delegate.
  • nonjudgmental — not judged or judging on the basis of one's personal standards or opinions: They tried to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude that didn't reflect their own biases. My guidance counselor in high school was sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
  • oil hardening — to quench (steel) in a bath of oil.
  • old and young — people of all ages
  • old bulgarian — the Bulgarian language of the Middle Ages.
  • old norwegian — the language of Norway as spoken and written from the middle of the 12th to the end of the 14th centuries.
  • old stone age — the Paleolithic period.
  • olduvai gorge — a gorge in Tanzania in which is located a site containing Australopithecine and human skeletal and cultural remains.
  • onondaga lake — salt lake northwest of Syracuse, N.Y.: c. 5 sq mi (13 sq km)
  • optical wedge — a wedge-shaped filter whose transmittance decreases from one end to the other: used as an exposure control device in sensitometry.
  • organ-builder — a maker of organs
  • orthodiagonal — the axis in a crystal
  • outgeneralled — Simple past tense and past participle of outgeneral.
  • outstandingly — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
  • overleveraged — (of a business organization) having an excessively high ratio of debt capital to equity capital
  • overpedalling — the overuse of the piano's pedals
  • paddling pool — A paddling pool is a shallow artificial pool for children to paddle in.
  • paleopedology — the branch of pedology dealing with the soils of past geologic ages.
  • parotid gland — Also called parotid gland. a salivary gland situated at the base of each ear.
  • pearl molding — a molding having the form of a row of pearls.
  • pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
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