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15-letter words containing c, o, l, e, g

  • galvanomagnetic — of or relating to the creation of an electromagnetic field within a conductor, as a metal, or a semiconductor through which an electric current is passed.
  • garbage collect — garbage collection
  • gender politics — debate about the roles and relations of men and women
  • gene technology — manipulation of DNA
  • general officer — an officer ranking above colonel.
  • geneva protocol — the agreement in 1925 to ban the use of asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases in war. It does not ban the development or manufacture of such gases
  • geochronologist — A geologist whose speciality is geochronology.
  • geomagnetically — In a geomagnetic way; through geomagnetism.
  • geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
  • geotectonically — from a geotectonic point of view
  • gila woodpecker — a dull-colored woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
  • 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).
  • gloucester city — a city in W New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
  • gloucestershire — a county in SW England. 1255 sq. mi. (2640 sq. km). County seat: Gloucester.
  • gluconeogenesis — glucose formation in animals from a noncarbohydrate source, as from proteins or fats.
  • gluconeogenetic — Of or pertaining to gluconeogenesis.
  • glycogenic acid — gluconic acid.
  • glyconeogenesis — gluconeogenesis.
  • go to the block — to be beheaded
  • goal difference — the number of goals scored by a team minus the number of goals it has conceded
  • gold prospector — a person who searches for the natural occurrence of gold
  • goldilocks zone — a zone around a star having temperatures and other conditions that can support life on planets: Mars is thought to lie on the outer edge of the sun's Goldilocks zone.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • gulf of fonseca — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in W Central America
  • haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
  • haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
  • hemiglossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a portion of the tongue.
  • hepaticological — of or relating to hepaticology
  • high technology — any technology requiring the most sophisticated scientific equipment and advanced engineering techniques, as microelectronics, data processing, genetic engineering, or telecommunications (opposed to low technology).
  • holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
  • holiday cottage — a cottage used for accommodation for a family, couple, etc, on holiday
  • hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
  • hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
  • ideographically — an ideogram.
  • intercollegiate — taking place between or participating in activities between different colleges: intercollegiate athletics.
  • knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
  • 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.
  • laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
  • laryngotracheal — of, relating to, or involving the larynx and trachea.
  • leading counsel — the more senior of two counsels
  • leapfrog attack — Use of userid and password information obtained illicitly from one host (e.g. downloading a file of account IDs and passwords, tapping TELNET, etc.) to compromise another host. Also, the act of TELNETting through one or more hosts in order to confuse a trace (a standard cracker procedure).
  • legacy software — legacy system
  • legal successor — a person or thing that legally follows, esp a person who succeeds another in an office
  • lexical scoping — lexical scope
  • lexicographical — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
  • lexicologically — Describing a relation to lexicology.
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