15-letter words containing c, a, l, g
- glass harmonica — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated, revolving glass bowls, the rims of which are moistened and set in vibration by friction from the fingertips.
- gleichschaltung — the enforcement of standardization and the elimination of all opposition within the political, economic, and cultural institutions of a state
- glen canyon dam — Adam Clayton, Jr. 1908–72, U.S. clergyman, politician, and civil-rights leader: congressman 1945–67, 1969–71.
- globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
- glossographical — relating to glossography
- glucuronic acid — Biochemistry. an acid, C 6 H 10 O 7 , formed by the oxidation of glucose, found combined with other products of metabolism in the blood and urine.
- glycaemic index — an index indicating the effects of various foods on blood sugar. Fast-releasing foods that raise blood sugar levels quickly are high on the index, while slow-releasing foods, at the bottom of the index, give a slow but sustained release of sugar
- glycogenic acid — gluconic acid.
- glycuronic acid — glucuronic acid.
- gnotobiological — relating to gnotobiology
- goal difference — the number of goals scored by a team minus the number of goals it has conceded
- governing class — the social class that holds the power in a country
- graduate school — a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.
- grammaticalness — (of language) The state or attribute of obeying the rules of grammar; grammatical correctness.
- gramophonically — in a gramophonic manner
- graph colouring — (application) A constraint-satisfaction problem often used as a test case in research, which also turns out to be equivalent to certain real-world problems (e.g. register allocation). Given a connected graph and a fixed number of colours, the problem is to assign a colour to each node, subject to the constraint that any two connected nodes cannot be assigned the same colour. This is an example of an NP-complete problem. See also four colour map theorem.
- graphic display — the way in which line drawings and text are displayed
- graphologically — In terms of or by means of graphology.
- gravimetrically — (chemistry) Using a gravimetric method.
- grecian profile — a profile distinguished by the absence of the hollow between the upper ridge of the nose and the forehead, thereby forming a straight line.
- guild socialism — a form of socialism developed in England in the 20th century, emphasizing decentralization of industry and services with control to be vested in autonomous guilds of workers.
- gulf of fonseca — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in W Central America
- haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- hanging glacier — a glacier situated on a shelf above a valley or another glacier; it may be joined to the lower level by an icefall or separate from it
- haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- heliacal rising — rising of a celestial object at approximately the same time as the rising of the sun
- hepaticological — of or relating to hepaticology
- highland cattle — a breed of cattle with shaggy hair, usually reddish-brown in colour, and long horns
- histopathologic — the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.
- holding company — a company that controls other companies through stock ownership but that usually does not engage directly in their productive operations (distinguished from parent company).
- holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
- holding paddock — a paddock in which cattle or sheep are kept temporarily, as before shearing, etc
- holiday cottage — a cottage used for accommodation for a family, couple, etc, on holiday
- holographically — In a holographic way.
- hydrobiological — of or relating to hydrobiology
- hygroscopically — In a hygroscopic way.
- hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
- hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- ideographically — an ideogram.
- immunologically — the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.
- indicator light — a device for indicating that a motor vehicle is about to turn left or right; blinker
- insignificantly — Of such extremely small quantity or degree that it is not worth measuring.
- insuring clause — the clause in an insurance policy setting forth the kind and degree of coverage granted by the insurer.
- interchangeable — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
- interchangeably — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
- intercollegiate — taking place between or participating in activities between different colleges: intercollegiate athletics.
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
- label switching — (networking) A routing technique that uses information from existing IP routing protocols to identify IP datagrams with labels and forwards them to a modified switch or router, which then uses the labels to switch the datagrams through the network. Label switching combines the best attributes of data link layer (layer two) switching (as in ATM and Frame Relay) with the best attributes of network layer (layer three) routing (as in IP). Prior to the formation of the MPLS Working Group in 1997, a number of vendors had announced and/or implemented proprietary label switching.
- lactovegetarian — Also called lactarian. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products.
- language school — A language school is a private school where a foreign language is taught.