15-letter words containing a, g

leakage-current — an act of leaking; leak.
leapfrog attack — Use of userid and password information obtained illicitly from one host (e.g. downloading a file of account IDs and passwords, tapping TELNET, etc.) to compromise another host. Also, the act of TELNETting through one or more hosts in order to confuse a trace (a standard cracker procedure).
leaves of grass — a book of poems (first edition, 1855; final edition, 1891–92) by Walt Whitman.
leaving present — a present given to a person when they leave a job, place etc
legacy software — legacy system
legal successor — a person or thing that legally follows, esp a person who succeeds another in an office
lemon-grass oil — a yellowish to brownish oil distilled from the leaves of certain lemon grasses, especially Cymbopogon citratus, used chiefly in perfumery.
lending library — Also called circulating library, rental library. a small library that is maintained by a commercial establishment, as a drugstore, and is composed largely of current books that are lent to customers for a fee.
length over all — Nautical. the entire length of a vessel, measured from the foremost point of the bow to the aftermost point of the stern.
leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
leukaemogenesis — the development of leukaemia
lexical meaning — the meaning of a base morpheme.
lexical scoping — lexical scope
lexicographical — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
lexicologically — Describing a relation to lexicology.
library binding — a tough, durable cloth binding for books. Compare edition binding.
lift-drag ratio — the ratio of the lift to the drag of an airfoil.
light and shade — If you say that there is light and shade in something such as a performance, you mean you like it because different parts of it are different in tone or mood.
light artillery — guns and howitzers of small caliber.
light in august — a novel (1932) by William Faulkner.
lightheadedness — Alternative spelling of light-headedness.
like grim death — as if afraid for one's life
limiting factor — Physiology. the slowest, therefore rate-limiting, step in a process or reaction involving several steps.
line management — those managers in an organization who are responsible for the main activity or product of the organization, as distinct from those, such as transport, accounting, or personnel, who provide services to the line management
linear argument — (theory) A function argument which is used exactly once by the function. If the argument is used at most once then it is safe to inline the function and replace the single occurrence of the formal parameter with the actual argument expression. If the argument was used more than once this transformation would duplicate the argument expression, causing it to be evaluated more than once. If the argument is sure to be used at least once then it is safe to evaluate it in advance (see strictness analysis) whereas if the argument was not used then this would waste work and might prevent the program from terminating.
linear ordering — an ordering that is reflexive, antisymmetric, transitive, and connected, as less than or equal to on the involved integers
linear topology — (theory) A linear topology on a left A-module M is a topology on M that is invariant under translations and admits a fundamental system of neighborhood of 0 that consists of submodules of M. If there is such a topology, M is said to be linearly topologized. If A is given a discrete topology, then M becomes a topological A-module with respect to a linear topology.
linear-tracking — (of a tone arm) designed to move across a phonograph record in a straight line, instead of an arc, so that as the needle tracks the groove, its orientation remains unchanged.
linguistic area — a geographical area in which several languages sharing common features are spoken.
little magazine — a magazine, usually small in format and of limited circulation, that publishes literary works.
living quarters — accommodation
living standard — standard of living.
loading program — a series of instructions entered automatically in a program that starts the processing.
logarithmically — In a logarithmic manner.
logging company — a company that fells trees and sells timber
logical address — virtual address
logical atomism — a philosophy developed from linguistic analysis asserting that a proposition can be analyzed into simple, independent elements of meaning corresponding to elements making up basic facts about the world and reality.
long parliament — the Parliament that assembled November 3, 1640, was expelled by Cromwell in 1653, reconvened in 1659, and was dissolved in 1660.
long-case clock — tall-case clock.
long-grain rice — a type of rice that has long grains, rather than round grains
long-sufferance — long-suffering.
long-tailed tit — a small European songbird, Aegithalos caudatus, with a black, white, and pink plumage and a very long tail: family Paridae (tits)
longhorn cattle — cattle of a long-horned breed, usually red or variegated, formerly common in SW US
look daggers at — to look at with anger or hatred
lord-in-waiting — a nobleman in attendance on a British monarch or the Prince of Wales.
lost generation — the generation of men and women who came of age during or immediately following World War I: viewed, as a result of their war experiences and the social upheaval of the time, as cynical, disillusioned, and without cultural or emotional stability.
low archipelago — a group of French islands in the S Pacific. 332 sq. mi. (860 sq. km).
lowland gorilla — the eastern lowland gorilla or western lowland gorilla. See under gorilla.
lubricating oil — an oily substance that is used to cover or treat machinery so as to lessen friction
lucrezia borgia — Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1476?–1507, Italian cardinal, military leader, and politician.

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