14-letter words containing c, l, i, n, o, g
- googlewhacking — The action of searching for googlewhacks.
- gouldian finch — a multicoloured finch, Chloebia gouldiae, of tropical N Australia
- grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- graph coloring — graph colouring
- gunstock stile — (in a door) a diminished stile having an oblique transition between the broader and narrower parts.
- gynaecological — Alternative spelling of gynecological.
- hallucinogenic — producing hallucinations: a hallucinogenic drug.
- hanging scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
- helminthologic — of or pertaining to helminthology
- home schooling — Home schooling is the practice of educating your child at home rather than in a school.
- house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- hypoallergenic — designed to reduce or minimize the possibility of an allergic response, as by containing relatively few or no potentially irritating substances: hypoallergenic cosmetics.
- iatrogenically — In an iatrogenic manner.
- incontiguously — in an incontiguous or unconnected fashion; discretely
- interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
- intoxicatingly — causing or capable of causing intoxication: intoxicating beverages.
- jingoistically — (manner) In a jingoistic manner.
- junior college — a collegiate institution offering courses only through the first one or two years of college instruction and granting a certificate of title instead of a degree.
- king's counsel — a body of barristers of a higher status who are specially appointed to be the crown's counsel, and who are permitted to plead inside the bar in the court.
- kochel listing — the chronological number of a composition of Mozart as assigned in the catalog of the composer's works compiled in the 19th century by the Austrian musicologist Ludwig von Köchel (1800–1877) and since revised several times. Abbreviation: K.
- lactoglobulins — Plural form of lactoglobulin.
- landing beacon — a radio transmitter that emits a landing beam
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- laryngological — Of or pertaining to laryngology.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- last knockings — the final stage of a period or activity
- laughing stock — object of others' amusement
- laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
- lending policy — a set of guidelines and criteria developed by a bank and used by its employees to determine whether an applicant for a loan should be granted or refused the loan
- level crossing — grade crossing.
- lichenological — relating to lichenology
- light reaction — the stage of photosynthesis during which light energy is absorbed by chlorophyll and transformed into chemical energy stored in ATP
- lignocellulose — any of various compounds of lignin and cellulose comprising the essential part of woody cell walls.
- load balancing — (operating system, parallel) Techniques which aim to spread tasks among the processors in a parallel processor to avoid some processors being idle while others have tasks queueing for execution. Load balancing may be performed either by heavily loaded processors (with many tasks in their queues) sending tasks to other processors; by idle processors requesting work from others; by some centralised task distribution mechanism; or some combination of these. Some systems allow tasks to be moved after they have started executing ("task migration") others do not. It is important that the overhead of executing the load balancing algorithm does not contribute significantly to the overall processing or communications load. Distributed scheduling algorithms may be static, dynamic or preemptive. Static algorithms allocate processes to processors at run time while taking no account of current network load. Dynamic algorithms are more flexible, though more computationally expensive, and give some consideration to the network load before allocating the new process to a processor. Preemptive algorithms are more expensive and flexible still, and may migrate running processes from one host to another if deemed beneficial. Research to date indicates that dynamic algorithms yield significant performance benefits, but that further (though lesser) gains may be had through the addition of process migration facilities.
- locking pliers — pliers whose jaws are connected at a sliding pivot, permitting them to be temporarily locked in a fixed position for ease in grasping and turning nuts.
- logic-chopping — the use of excessively subtle argument
- logical syntax — syntactics.
- lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
- macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
- magnetooptical — Having both magnetic and optical elements.
- malfunctioning — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
- medicine lodge — a structure used for various ceremonials of North American Indians.
- megalomaniacal — a person afflicted with megalomania.
- metallogenetic — metallogenic
- miscounselling — the act of giving bad or incorrect counselling
- model checking — (theory, algorithm, testing) To algorithmically check whether a program (the model) satisfies a specification. The model is usually expressed as a directed graph consisting of nodes (or vertices) and edges. A set of atomic propositions is associated with each node. The nodes represents states of a program, the edges represent possible executions which alters the state, while the atomic propositions represent the basic properties that hold at a point of execution. A specification language, usually some kind of temporal logic, is used to express properties. The problem can be expressed mathematically as: given a temporal logic formula p and a model M with initial state s, decide if M,s \models p.
- modelling clay — mouldable substance fixed in a kiln
- monoglycerides — Plural form of monoglyceride.
- morganatically — In a morganatic manner.
- mounting-block — a block of stone formerly used to aid a person when mounting a horse