15-letter words containing c, o, l, e, g
- licensing hours — hours during which alcoholic drinks may be sold legally
- lignocellulosic — (biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from lignocellulose; used especially to describe the products of biomass.
- lodgepole creek — a river in SE Wyoming, SW Nebraska, and NE Colorado, flowing E to the South Platte River. 212 miles (341 km) long.
- logical address — virtual address
- long-case clock — tall-case clock.
- long-grain rice — a type of rice that has long grains, rather than round grains
- long-sufferance — long-suffering.
- longhorn cattle — cattle of a long-horned breed, usually red or variegated, formerly common in SW US
- loose chippings — pieces of gravel spread on the top of tarmac that fail to stick to it
- low archipelago — a group of French islands in the S Pacific. 332 sq. mi. (860 sq. km).
- lucrezia borgia — Cesare [che-zah-re] /ˈtʃɛ zɑ rɛ/ (Show IPA), 1476?–1507, Italian cardinal, military leader, and politician.
- magnetic bottle — Physics. a magnetic field so shaped that it can confine a plasma: used in a proposed design for fusion reactors.
- magnetoelectric — of or relating to the induction of electric current or electromotive force by means of permanent magnets.
- malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
- megalithic tomb — a burial chamber constructed of large stones, either underground or covered by a mound and usually consisting of long transepted corridors (gallery graves) or of a distinct chamber and passage (passage graves). The tombs may date from the 4th millennium bc
- megalokaryocyte — Megakaryocyte.
- messier catalog — a catalog of nonstellar objects compiled by Charles Messier in 1784 and later slightly extended, now known to contain nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters.
- metacognitively — In a metacognitive way.
- metallo-organic — organometallic.
- metric topology — a topology for a space in which open sets are defined in terms of a given metric.
- microtechnology — technology that uses microelectronics
- microtunnelling — a technique used to excavate tunnels mechanically for the laying of pipes
- mineralogically — With regard to mineralogy.
- miscegenational — of or relating to miscegenation
- monchengladbach — a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
- multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
- neurobiological — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- neurolinguistic — pertaining to neurolinguistics
- neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
- neuropsychology — The study of the relationship between behavior, emotion, and cognition on the one hand, and brain function on the other.
- neurotoxicology — the science that deals with the effects of poisons on the nervous system.
- new archaeology — a reorientation of archaeology, dating from the 1960s, that emphasizes an explicitly scientific, problem-oriented, deductive approach to research.
- non-egotistical — pertaining to or characterized by egotism.
- non-evangelical — Also, evangelic. pertaining to or in keeping with the gospel and its teachings.
- nonbelligerency — the state or status of not participating in a war.
- nonexchangeable — capable of being exchanged.
- object language — the language to which a metalanguage refers.
- office building — building containing offices
- oligodendrocyte — A glial cell similar to an astrocyte but with fewer protuberances, concerned with the production of myelin in the central nervous system.
- oligonucleotide — a chain of a few nucleotides.
- oligosaccharide — any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis, as two, three, or four.
- omega-algebraic — In domain theory, a complete partial order is algebraic if every element is the lub of some chain of compact elements. If the set of compact elements is countable it is omega-algebraic. Usually written with a Greek letter omega (LaTeX \omega).
- opening balance — the amount of money in an account at the start of an accounting period
- operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
- optical storage — optical disk drive
- organochlorines — Plural form of organochlorine.
- organomercurial — an organic compound containing mercury
- overcontrolling — excessively controlling
- oxygen cylinder — a metal cylinder containing oxygen under pressure
- package holiday — a holiday arranged by a travel company in which your travel and accommodation are booked for you