15-letter words containing e, c, o, l, g, i
- flight recorder — an electronic device aboard an aircraft that automatically records some aspects of the aircraft's performance in flight.
- floating charge — an unsecured charge on the assets of an enterprise that allows such assets to be used commercially until the enterprise ceases to operate or the creditor intervenes to demand collateral
- floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
- french marigold — a composite plant, Tagetes patula, of Mexico, having yellow flowers with red markings.
- gaelic football — an Irish game played with 15 players on each side and goals resembling rugby posts with a net on the bottom part. Players are allowed to kick, punch, and bounce the ball and attempt to get it over the bar or in the net
- gale-force wind — a wind of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour
- galvanic couple — voltaic couple.
- 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.
- gender politics — debate about the roles and relations of men and women
- general officer — an officer ranking above colonel.
- 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.
- 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.
- goal difference — the number of goals scored by a team minus the number of goals it has conceded
- 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
- 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.
- haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- 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
- 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.
- laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
- leading counsel — the more senior of two counsels
- lexical scoping — lexical scope
- lexicographical — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- lexicologically — Describing a relation to lexicology.
- 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.
- logical address — virtual address
- long-grain rice — a type of rice that has long grains, rather than round grains
- 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.