19-letter words containing a, g, l, e, m

glottalic airstream — a current of air in the pharynx produced by the action of the glottis.
go jump in the lake — a body of fresh or salt water of considerable size, surrounded by land.
gold-rimmed glasses — spectacles with gold-coloured frames
golden lion tamarin — a monkey, Leontopithecus rosalia rosalia, of tropical rain forests of southeastern Brazil, having a silky golden coat and a long golden mane: threatened with extinction.
grammatical meaning — the meaning of an inflectional morpheme or of some other syntactic device, as word order.
grandmother's clock — a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter.
granuloma inguinale — a venereal disease marked by deep ulceration of the skin of the groin and external genitals, caused by the bacterium Calymmatobacterium granulomatis.
guillaume de lorris — 13th-century French poet who wrote the first 4058 lines of the allegorical romance, the Roman de la rose, continued by Jean de Meung
humanist technology — (philosophy) Technology centered around the interests, needs, and well-being of humans.
hysterosalpingogram — An X-ray image taken during hysterosalpingography.
imperative language — (language) Any programming language that specifies explicit manipulation of the state of the computer system, not to be confused with a procedural language, which specifies an explicit sequence of steps to perform. An example of an imperative (but non-procedural) language is a data manipulation language for a relational database management system. This specifies changes to the database but does not necessarily require anyone to specify a sequence of steps. Both contrast with declarative languages, which specify neither explicit state manipulation nor a sequence of steps.
information algebra — Theoretical formalism for DP, never resulted in a language. Language Structure Group of CODASYL, ca. 1962. Sammet 1969, 709.
insulating material — anything that is used as insulation
jacques montgolfier — Jacques Étienne [zhahk ey-tyen] /ʒɑk eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1745–99, and his brother Joseph Michel [zhaw-zef mee-shel] /ʒɔˈzɛf miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA) 1740–1810, French aeronauts: inventors of the first practical balloon 1783.
james gould cozzens — James Gould, 1903–78, U.S. novelist.
james' dsssl engine — (text, tool) (JADE) A DSSSL tool by James J. Clark. Jade is an implementation of the DSSSL style language for Unix and Microsoft Windows. It can turn the SGML source of the DSSSL standard into an RTF file of about 200 pages using a fairly complex DSSSL specification.
judgment by default — a judgment in the plaintiff's favour when the defendant fails to plead or to appear
jumping bristletail — any of several thysanuran insects that live in dark, warm, moist places, as under leaves, bark, and dead tree trunks and along rocky seacoasts, and are active jumpers, making erratic leaps when disturbed.
jumping plant louse — any of numerous lice, of the family Psyllidae, that feed on plant juices and are sometimes pests of fruits and vegetables.
kingdom of lorraine — an early medieval kingdom on the Meuse, Moselle, and Rhine rivers: later a duchy
large munsterlander — a strongly built gun dog with a long dense black-and-white coat
leading aircraftman — the rank above aircraftman
league championship — the competition to become league champions
licensing agreement — an agreement that sets out the fees and terms of use for something available only under licence
light entertainment — entertainment that requires less mental effort to enjoy, or is considered frivolous
logical unit number — (storage) (LUN) A 3-bit identifier used on a SCSI bus to distinguish between up to eight devices (logical units) with the same SCSI ID.
long live/ long may — You use long live and long may in expressions such as 'long live the Queen' and 'long may it continue' to express your support for someone or something and your hope that they will live or last a long time.
magnetic levitation — the suspension of an object above or below a second object by means of magnetic repulsion or attraction.
magnetic north pole — the point on Earth to where a compass needle points, and which is situated near the geographic North Pole. However, with time, the exact location can vary.
mail transfer agent — Message Transfer Agent
male chauvinist pig — male chauvinist.
malice aforethought — a predetermination to commit an unlawful act without just cause or provocation (applied chiefly to cases of first-degree murder).
manned space flight — space travel in vehicles with a human crew
marriage settlement — a formal agreement made before marriage disposing of the property of the couple to be married
mechanical scanning — Electronics. a technique for varying the sector covered by a transmitting or receiving antenna by rotating it.
mechanical-engineer — the branch of engineering dealing with the design and production of machinery.
meningoencephalitic — Relating to meningoencephalitis.
meningoencephalitis — Inflammation of the membranes of the brain and the adjoining cerebral tissue.
mermaid's wineglass — a colony of green algae, Acetabularia crenulata, of warm seas, having a cup-shaped cap on a slender stalk.
metatarsophalangeal — (anatomy) Relating to the metatarsus and phalange.
midnight regulation — a rule or directive approved by the federal government near the end of a president’s term of office
military government — a government in defeated territory administered by the military commander of a conquering nation.
missing fundamental — a tone, not present in the sound received by the ear, whose pitch is that of the difference between the two tones that are sounded
molecular biologist — a specialist in the study of biological phenomena at the molecular level
napierian logarithm — natural logarithm.
national government — A national government is a government with members from more than one political party, especially one that is formed during a crisis.
oak-leaved geranium — a geranium, Pelargonium quercifolium, of southern Africa, having oaklike leaves with purple veins and sparse clusters of purple flowers with darker markings.
open-angle glaucoma — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
outplacement agency — an agency that provides counselling and careers advice, esp to redundant executives, which is paid for by their previous employer
parliament building — structure housing legislative offices

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