15-letter words containing c, a, n, t, g
- leakage current — A leakage current is an electric current in an unwanted conductive path under normal operating conditions.
- leakage-current — an act of leaking; leak.
- limiting factor — Physiology. the slowest, therefore rate-limiting, step in a process or reaction involving several steps.
- 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.
- longhorn cattle — cattle of a long-horned breed, usually red or variegated, formerly common in SW US
- lubricating oil — an oily substance that is used to cover or treat machinery so as to lessen friction
- lung specialist — doctor specializing in lung conditions
- magnetic bottle — Physics. a magnetic field so shaped that it can confine a plasma: used in a proposed design for fusion reactors.
- magnetic bubble — a tiny mobile magnetized area within a magnetic material, the basis of one type of solid-state storage medium (magnetic bubble memory)
- magnetic course — a course whose bearing is given relative to the magnetic meridian of the area.
- magnetic domain — a portion of a ferromagnetic material where the magnetic moments are aligned with one another because of interactions between molecules or atoms.
- magnetic mirror — a region in a magnetic bottle where the magnetic field increases abruptly, causing charged particles that enter it to be reflected.
- magnetic moment — a vector quantity associated with a given electric current, magnet, or the like, having the property that its vector product with the magnetic induction equals the torque acting on the given object.
- magnetic needle — a slender magnetized steel rod that, when adjusted to swing in a horizontal plane, as in a compass, indicates the direction of the earth's magnetic fields or the approximate position of north and south.
- magnetic pickup — a phonograph pickup in which the vibrations of the stylus cause variations in or motions of a coil in a magnetic field that produces corresponding variations in an electrical voltage.
- magnetic pulley — a magnetic device for separating metal from sand, refuse, etc.
- magnetic stripe — magnetic strip.
- magnetoelectric — of or relating to the induction of electric current or electromotive force by means of permanent magnets.
- magnetoreceptor — The part of an organism responsible for magnetoreception.
- malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
- megacorporation — a giant company formed from two or more large companies or a number of companies of various sizes.
- metacognitively — In a metacognitive way.
- metalinguistics — the study of the relation between languages and the other cultural systems they refer to.
- metallo-organic — organometallic.
- microangiopathy — any disease of the small blood vessels.
- microgeneration — the small-scale generation of electrical power, through means such as solar or wind power
- micromanagement — The direct management of a project etc to an excessive degree, with too much attention to detail and insufficient delegation.
- miscegenational — of or relating to miscegenation
- miscoordinating — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- narcotics agent — an undercover agent who provides information to the police about illegal drugs, illegal drug trafficking, and users of illegal drugs
- navigation acts — any of several acts of Parliament between 1651 and 1847 designed primarily to expand British trade and limit trade by British colonies with countries that were rivals of Great Britain.
- negative charge — a charge that has more electrons than protons and has a lower electrical potential
- negative income — invested income that has produced a loss and hence may yield a tax deduction.
- neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
- niche marketing — marketing aimed at a specialized group
- nightwatchwoman — (rare) The female equivalent of a nightwatchman.
- non-egotistical — pertaining to or characterized by egotism.
- non-grammatical — (of a sentence or expression) not conforming to the grammatical rules of a given language.
- nonagricultural — not applied to or generally practicing agriculture: a nonagricultural nation.
- nonantagonistic — acting in opposition; opposing, especially mutually.
- nonintoxicating — Not intoxicating; not causing drunkenness.
- nonphotographic — not involving photographic equipment or techniques
- nuclear testing — the process of carrying out a test on a nuclear weapon to determine effectiveness, etc
- object exchange — (protocol) (OBEX) A Bluetooth protocol in the Core Protocol Stack for data exchange.
- object language — the language to which a metalanguage refers.
- opencast mining — mining by excavating from the surface
- operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
- optical pumping — a method for increasing the number of atoms or molecules occupying higher energy levels by irradiating them with light of the proper frequencies to raise them to those levels.
- optical tooling — the technique of establishing precise reference lines and planes by means of telescopic sights, especially for the purpose of aligning machinery, machine-shop work, etc.