15-letter words containing a, l, n, i, g
- the saint leger — an annual horse race run at Doncaster since 1776: one of the classics of the flat-racing season
- thermal imaging — Thermal imaging is the use of special equipment that can detect the heat produced by people or things and use it to produce images of them.
- tintagel castle — a ruined castle on a promontory in SW England on the W coast of Cornwall, which is the legendary birthplace of King Arthur
- toilet training — child: process of learning to use toilet
- topgallant sail — a sail or either of two sails set on the yard or yards of a topgallant mast.
- trading capital — the total amount of money available for buying assets
- traffic calming — Traffic calming consists of measures designed to make roads safer, for example making them narrower or placing obstacles in them, so that drivers are forced to slow down.
- training manual — instructional book
- training school — a school that provides training in some art, profession, or vocation.
- training wheels — a pair of small wheels attached one on each side of the rear wheel of a bicycle for stability while one is learning to ride.
- transgressional — of or relating to transgression
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- travelling wave — a wave carrying energy away from its source
- treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
- triple integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of three variables and which requires three applications of the integration process to evaluate.
- tumbling barrel — a rotating drum for subjecting materials or small manufactured objects, loosely placed inside, to a tumbling action, as to mix materials or to polish objects by friction with one another or with an abrasive.
- twitching trail — a logging road sufficiently developed to allow the hauling of logs along it by horse or tractor.
- ultracentrifuge — a high-speed centrifuge for subjecting sols or solutions to forces many times that of gravity and producing concentration differences depending on the weight of the micelle or molecule.
- uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
- unchronological — arranged in the order of time: a chronological list of events.
- uncomplainingly — in an unresentful or resigned manner
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- ungentlemanlike — unlike a gentleman
- ungrammatically — in an ungrammatical manner
- union catalogue — a catalogue listing every publication held at cooperating libraries
- universal stage — a small theodolite mounted on the stage of a polarizing microscope and used in the petrographic analysis of rocks.
- unmanageability — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
- unscintillating — animated; vivacious; effervescent: a scintillating personality.
- upper arlington — a city in central Ohio, near Columbus.
- urban guerrilla — a member of any underground political group engaged in terrorism or violence in urban areas, especially during the 1970s.
- urban sociology — the sociological study of cities and their role in the development of society.
- uropygial gland — a gland opening on the back at the base of the tail in most birds that secretes an oily fluid used by the bird in preening its feathers.
- vaginal dryness — abnormal dryness of the vagina, caused by lack of natural lubrication
- van diemen gulf — an inlet of the Timor Sea in N Australia, in the Northern Territory
- variable region — a configuration in the upper branches of the Y of an antibody molecule, unique in each antibody type, that binds with the determinant of a specific antigen.
- vegetable knife — a knife designed to cut up vegetables
- vertical angles — one of two opposite and equal angles formed by the intersection of two lines.
- viewing gallery — an area in a building or outside for viewing an activity, the surrounding scenery, etc
- viral marketing — a marketing strategy that focuses on spreading information and opinions about a product or service from person to person, especially by using unconventional means such as the Internet or email: Which online social networks can help with viral marketing?
- vulgar fraction — common fraction.
- walking catfish — an Asian catfish, Clarias batrachus, that can survive out of water and move overland from one body of water to another: introduced into Florida.
- walking holiday — a holiday on which you walk a lot, esp in the countryside
- walking wounded — casualties, as of a military conflict, who are wounded but ambulatory.
- wallace nutting — Wallace, 1861–1941, U.S. antiquary, author, and illustrator.
- walpurgis night — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- washing-up bowl — plastic bowl used for washing dishes
- washington lily — a lily, Lilium washingtonianum, of the western coast of the U.S., having whorled leaves and fragrant, purple-spotted white flowers.
- washington palm — a palm tree, Washingtonia filifera, of California and Florida, having large fan-shaped leaves and small black fruits
- wearing apparel — clothing; garments.