15-letter words containing d, e, g, l, o, r
- 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.
- photodegradable — (of a substance) capable of being broken down by light.
- posthole digger — a tool or device for digging a posthole.
- 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.
- radiator grille — a grille in an automobile or the like for air cooling of the liquid in the cooling system.
- radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
- radiotelegraphy — the constructing or operating of radiotelegraphs.
- recording angel — an angel who supposedly keeps a record of every person's good and bad acts
- red jungle fowl — any of several East Indian, gallinaceous birds of the genus Gallus, as G. gallus (red jungle fowl) believed to be the ancestor of the domestic fowl.
- religious order — monks: monastery
- rolling meadows — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- rouget de lisle — Claude Joseph [klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1760–1836, French army officer and composer of songs: wrote and composed Marseillaise.
- rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- scolding bridle — branks.
- shoulder charge — an instance of a player charging into another so that there is contact between their shoulders (permissible in some circumstances)
- shoulder girdle — pectoral girdle (def 2).
- shoulder-length — Shoulder-length hair is long enough to reach your shoulders.
- sigmoid flexure — Zoology. an S -shaped curve in a body part.
- silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
- smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
- soul-destroying — Activities or situations that are soul-destroying make you depressed, because they are boring or because there is no hope of improvement.
- torre del greco — a city in SW Italy, near Naples.
- völkerwanderung — the migration of peoples, esp of Germanic and Slavic peoples into S and W Europe from 2nd to 11th centuries
- voltage divider — a resistor or series of resistors connected to a voltage source and used to provide voltages that are fractions of that of the source.
- waterford glass — fine cut or gilded glass made in Waterford, Ireland, having a slight blue cast due to the presence of cobalt.
- well-recognized — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.