15-letter words containing c, l, a, d, g
- direction angle — an angle made by a given vector and a coordinate axis.
- disarticulating — Present participle of disarticulate.
- disenchantingly — In a disenchanting manner.
- disgracefulness — The state or quality of being disgraceful.
- dramaturgically — the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
- drilling jacket — A drilling jacket is a small steel platform used for drilling wells in shallow and calm water.
- dysteleological — Of or pertaining to dysteleology.
- endocrine gland — anatomy: hormone-secreting gland
- epidemiological — Of or pertaining to epidemiology.
- feelgood factor — When journalists refer to the feelgood factor, they mean that people are feeling hopeful and optimistic about the future.
- floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
- flying dutchman — a legendary Dutch ghost ship supposed to be seen at sea, especially near the Cape of Good Hope.
- french marigold — a composite plant, Tagetes patula, of Mexico, having yellow flowers with red markings.
- french togoland — a former United Nations Trust Territory in W Africa, administered by France (1946–60), now the independent republic of Togo
- gale-force wind — a wind of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour
- gila woodpecker — a dull-colored woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
- gladbach-rheydt — a former city in W Germany; now part of Mönchengladbach.
- glen canyon dam — Adam Clayton, Jr. 1908–72, U.S. clergyman, politician, and civil-rights leader: congressman 1945–67, 1969–71.
- 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.
- goal difference — the number of goals scored by a team minus the number of goals it has conceded
- graduate school — a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.
- graphic display — the way in which line drawings and text are displayed
- 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.
- highland cattle — a breed of cattle with shaggy hair, usually reddish-brown in colour, and long horns
- 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
- hydrobiological — of or relating to hydrobiology
- ideographically — an ideogram.
- indicator light — a device for indicating that a motor vehicle is about to turn left or right; blinker
- laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
- leading article — Also called leader. the most important or prominent news story in a newspaper.
- leading counsel — the more senior of two counsels
- logical address — virtual address
- magna cum laude — with great praise: used in diplomas to grant the next-to-highest of three special honors for grades above the average.
- 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.
- monchengladbach — a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
- needle exchange — A needle exchange is a place where drug addicts are able to obtain new syringes in exchange for used ones.
- oligosaccharide — any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis, as two, three, or four.
- package holiday — a holiday arranged by a travel company in which your travel and accommodation are booked for you
- pectoral girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the forelimbs.
- pelargonic acid — a colorless, oily, water-immiscible liquid, C 9 H 1 8 O 2 , occurring as an ester in a volatile oil in species of pelargonium: used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of lacquers and plastics.
- predicate logic — (logic) (Or "predicate calculus") An extension of propositional logic with separate symbols for predicates, subjects, and quantifiers. For example, where propositional logic might assign a single symbol P to the proposition "All men are mortal", predicate logic can define the predicate M(x) which asserts that the subject, x, is mortal and bind x with the universal quantifier ("For all"): All x . M(x) Higher-order predicate logic allows predicates to be the subjects of other predicates.
- purchase ledger — a record of a company's purchases of goods and services showing the amounts paid and due
- pyrogallic acid — pyrogallol
- pyrogallic-acid — a white, crystalline, water-soluble, poisonous, solid, phenolic compound, C 6 H 3 (OH) 3 , obtained by heating gallic acid and water: used chiefly as a developer in photography, as a mordant for wool, in dyeing, and in medicine in the treatment of certain skin conditions.