16-letter words containing a, n, g, e, l

equational logic — (logic) First-order equational logic consists of quantifier-free terms of ordinary first-order logic, with equality as the only predicate symbol. The model theory of this logic was developed into Universal algebra by Birkhoff et al. [Birkhoff, Gratzer, Cohn]. It was later made into a branch of category theory by Lawvere ("algebraic theories").
eternal triangle — You use the eternal triangle to refer to a relationship involving love and jealousy between two men and a woman or two women and a man.
ethnic cleansing — genocide
ethnographically — Regarding the ethnography (of a region).
evangelistically — In an evangelistic manner.
external storage — storage, as on disk or tape, supplemental to and slower than main storage, not under the direct control of the CPU and generally contained outside it: Secondary storage for this system is contained on videodisk.
facial neuralgia — paroxysmal darting pain and muscular twitching in the face, evoked by rubbing certain points of the face.
falling sickness — epilepsy.
false dragonhead — a North American plant, Physostegia virginiana, of the mint family, having a spike of tubular, two-lipped, pink or white flowers.
fellow passenger — a person travelling on the same vehicle, plane, ship etc as you
feulgen reaction — a reaction in which an aldehyde combines with a modified Schiff's reagent to produce a purplish compound: used especially to test for the presence of DNA
fielding average — a measure of the fielding ability of a player, obtained by dividing the number of put-outs and assists by the number of put-outs, assists, and errors and carrying out the result to three decimal places. A player with ten errors in 600 chances has a fielding average of .984.
fire regulations — rules intended to make sure that people and property stay safe in the event of a fire
flabbergastation — (colloquial) Bewildered shock or surprise; the state or condition of being flabbergasted.
flabbergastingly — Surprisingly, astonishingly or amazingly.
flight attendant — an airline employee who serves meals, attends to passengers' comfort, etc., during a flight.
flower arranging — Flower arranging is the art or hobby of arranging cut flowers in a way which makes them look attractive.
flying ambulance — an aircraft used to take sick or injured people to hospital
flying phalanger — any of various small phalangers of Australia and New Guinea, having a parachutelike fold of skin on each side of the body to give gliding assistance in leaping.
foreign language — language not one's mother tongue
foreign national — citizen of another country
freeboard length — the length of a vessel, measured on the summer load line from the fore side of the stem to some part of the stern, usually the after side of the rudderpost.
freight terminal — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
fringed polygala — a North American milkwort, Polygala paucifolia, having flowers with purplish-pink, winglike petals and a fringed tube.
galenic pharmacy — the art or practice of preparing and dispensing galenicals.
gallium arsenide — a crystalline and highly toxic semiconductor, GaAs, used in light-emitting diodes, lasers, and electronic devices.
galvanic battery — battery (def 1a).
gas blowoff line — A gas blowoff line is a safety device to control sudden increases in pressure.
gas liquefaction — Gas liquefaction is the process of refrigerating a gas to a temperature that is below its critical temperature in order to form a liquid.
gasoline-powered — using gasoline as fuel
gastroenterology — the study of the structure, functions, and diseases of digestive organs.
gastrointestinal — of, relating to, or affecting the stomach and intestines.
gelatin dynamite — a high explosive consisting of a gelatinized mass of nitroglycerin with cellulose nitrate added.
general american — any form of American English speech considered to show few regional peculiarities, usually including all dialects except for eastern New England, New York City, Southern, and South Midland (no longer in technical use). Abbreviation: GA.
general assembly — the legislature in some states of the U.S.
general aviation — aviation including business flying, sports flying, and crop dusting.
general delivery — a postal service that delivers mail to a specific post office where it is held for pickup by the addressee.
general election — U.S. Politics. a regularly scheduled local, state, or national election in which voters elect officeholders. Compare primary (def 15). a state or national election, as opposed to a local election.
general electric — (company) (GE) A US company that manufactured computers from 1956 until 1970, when it sold its computer division to Honeywell and left the computer business. Notable GE computers were the GE-265, which supported the Dartmouth Time-sharing System (DTSS), and the GE-645 used for Multics development. See also GCOS. Not to be confused with the General Electric Company (GEC) in the UK (where FOLDOC's first seeds were sown).
general expenses — miscellaneous expenses
general factotum — a person who does all sorts of jobs; general assistant
general hospital — A general hospital is a hospital that does not specialize in the treatment of particular illnesses or patients.
general medicine — non-surgical branch of medicine
general practice — family practice.
general quarters — a condition of readiness for combat on a warship, during which crew members remain at their battle stations and have guns and ammunition ready for immediate loading.
general sessions — a court of general jurisdiction in criminal cases in some U.S. states.
general solution — a solution to a differential equation that contains arbitrary, unevaluated constants.
generalisability — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of generalizability.
generalizability — The quality of being generalizable.
genetic material — material that stores genetic information; DNA

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