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18-letter words containing a, n, g, l, o, c

  • magnetorheological — (physics) describing a substance whose rheological properties are modified by a magnetic field.
  • malicious wounding — the intentional violent wounding or injuring of someone
  • marine archaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the recovery of ancient objects found beneath the sea, as shipwrecks or remains from submerged islands, and with the techniques of underwater exploration, excavation, and retrieval.
  • menthol cigarettes — cigarettes that are flavoured with menthol
  • mexican gold poppy — an annual wildflower, Eschscholzia mexicana, having orange-gold, cup-shaped flowers, found in dry, mountainous regions of western North America.
  • microgravitational — Of or pertaining to microgravitation.
  • micropalaeontology — the branch of palaeontology concerned with the study of microscopic fossils
  • moccasin telegraph — the transmission of rumour or secret information; the grapevine
  • molecular genetics — a subdivision of genetics concerned with the structure and function of genes at the molecular level.
  • negative cash flow — the situation when income is less than payments
  • neurophysiological — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
  • neuropsychological — Of or pertaining to neuropsychology, the relation or combination of brain and mind.
  • noninterchangeable — That cannot be interchanged with another.
  • nonpharmacological — Not pharmacological.
  • oath of allegiance — pledge to one's nation
  • occupational group — An occupational group is a category used by insurance companies to classify jobs according to how hazardous they are.
  • on delicate ground — in a situation requiring tact
  • optical brightener — an additive that dyes and brightens fabric or paper
  • organic solidarity — social cohesiveness that is based on division of labor and interdependence and is characteristic of complex, industrial societies.
  • oscillating engine — a steam engine having piston rods connected directly to the crankshaft and cylinders oscillating on trunnions.
  • parallel computing — parallel processing
  • pathologic anatomy — the branch of pathology dealing with the morphologic changes in tissues.
  • people trafficking — the practice of bringing immigrants into a country illegally
  • percussion flaking — a method of forming a flint tool by striking flakes from a stone core with another stone or a piece of bone or wood.
  • phantasmagorically — having a fantastic or deceptive appearance, as something in a dream or created by the imagination.
  • pontifical college — the chief body of priests in ancient Rome.
  • precedence lossage — /pre's*-dens los'*j/ A misunderstanding of operator precedence resulting in unintended grouping of arithmetic or logical operators when coding an expression. Used especially of mistakes in C code due to the nonintuitively low precedence of "&", "|", "^", "<<" and ">>". For example, the following C expression, intended to test the least significant bit of x, x & 1 == 0 is parsed as x & (1 == 0) which is always zero (false). Some lazy programmers ignore precedence and parenthesise everything. Lisp fans enjoy pointing out that this can't happen in *their* favourite language, which eschews precedence entirely, requiring one to use explicit parentheses everywhere.
  • principal diagonal — a diagonal line or plane.
  • psychogalvanometer — a type of galvanometer for detecting and measuring psychogalvanic currents.
  • publishing company — a firm which publishes books
  • racial segregation — social policy: separation of races
  • reprocessing plant — a plant where materials are treated in order to make them reusable
  • rolling resistance — The rolling resistance of a wheel or ball is its resistance to movement caused by friction between it and the surface it is rolling on.
  • school-leaving age — the minimum age that children are legally allowed to leave school - in Britain and the United States, this is 16
  • seagate technology — (company)   A major manufacturer of hard disk drives, founded in 1979 as "Shugart Technology" by Alan F. Shugart and Finis Conner. That name is on the original patents for the 5.25" hard disk drive. They changed the name to Seagate Technology soon after to avoid confusion, and also to avoid friction with Xerox, which had since purchased Alan's earlier company, Shugart Associates. Address: 920 Disc Drive, Scotts Valley, CA 95066, USA. Fax: +1 (408) 438 3320.
  • secondary diagonal — a diagonal line or plane.
  • self-glorification — a glorified or more splendid form of something.
  • self-gratification — the act of pleasing or satisfying oneself, especially the gratifying of one's own impulses, needs, or desires.
  • shugart technology — Seagate Technology
  • significant symbol — a verbal or nonverbal gesture, as a word or smile, that has acquired a conventionalized meaning.
  • sleeping policeman — a bump built across roads, esp in housing estates, to deter motorists from speeding
  • social bookmarking — the practice of saving bookmarked Web pages to a public website as a way to share the links with other Internet users: Social bookmarking is a tool that allows you to add tags and comments to your bookmarks.
  • social engineering — the application of the findings of social science to the solution of actual social problems.
  • societal marketing — marketing that takes into account society's long-term welfare
  • sociotechnological — of, relating to, or signifying the combination or interaction of social and technological factors.
  • soft touch sealing — Soft touch sealing is a copolymer seal for a tank, with characteristics designed for softness, used instead of a metal seal to help avoid fire when sparks are generated.
  • spackling compound — spackle
  • stepping-off place — jumping-off place (def 2).
  • stinking chamomile — mayweed.
  • strathclyde region — a former local government region in W Scotland: formed in 1975 from Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Lanarkshire, Buteshire, Dunbartonshire, and parts of Argyllshire, Ayrshire, and Stirlingshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Glasgow, Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, Argyll and Bute, East Dunbartonshire, West Dunbartonshire, North Ayrshire, South Ayrshire, and East Ayrshire
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