14-letter words containing e, c, o, l, g
- herpetological — Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
- hieroglyphical — Hieroglyphic: related to or resembling hieroglyphs.
- hierographical — hierographic
- home schooling — Home schooling is the practice of educating your child at home rather than in a school.
- horace greeley — Horace, 1811–72, U.S. journalist, editor, and political leader.
- house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- hypergolically — in a hypergolic manner
- 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.
- interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
- jacobite glass — an English drinking glass of the late 17th or early 18th century, engraved with Jacobite mottoes and symbols.
- 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.
- kilogram-force — a meter-kilogram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity, when acting on a mass of one kilogram. Abbreviation: kgf.
- 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.
- landing beacon — a radio transmitter that emits a landing beam
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- legal document — a document concerning a legal matter; a document drawn up by a lawyer
- 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.
- lexicographers — Plural form of lexicographer.
- lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
- 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
- light-coloured — having a light colour
- lignocellulose — any of various compounds of lignin and cellulose comprising the essential part of woody cell walls.
- lleras camargo — Alberto [ahl-ver-taw] /ɑlˈvɛr tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1906–89, Colombian journalist, writer, and political leader: president 1945–46, 1958–62.
- 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 emulator — A system of FPGAs, programmable interconnect and software which automatically configures itself into an operating prototype of a large-scale logic design, such as a microprocessor. An emulated design can be connected into the target system and really operated and tested before the design is made into an integrated circuit.
- logic variable — (programming) A variable in a logic programming language which is initially undefined ("unbound") but may get bound to a value or another logic variable during unification of the containing clause with the current goal. The value to which it is bound may contain other variables which may themselves be bound or unbound. For example, when unifying the clause sad(X) :- computer(X, ibmpc). with the goal sad(billgates). the variable X will become bound to the atom "billgates" yielding the new subgoal "computer(billgates, ibmpc)".
- logistic curve — a curve, shaped like a letter S , defined as an exponential function and used to model various forms of growth.
- long-neck clam — soft-shell clam.
- long-term care — continuing help and attention
- longcase clock — tall freestanding timepiece
- low technology — any technology utilizing equipment and production techniques that are relatively unsophisticated (opposed to high technology).
- lower michigan — the southern part of Michigan, S of the Strait of Mackinac.
- luggage locker — a large locker at a transport terminal or airport where luggage can be left temporarily
- magnetooptical — Having both magnetic and optical elements.
- malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
- marrons glaces — chestnuts cooked in syrup and glazed
- medicine lodge — a structure used for various ceremonials of North American Indians.
- medigap policy — A Medigap policy is a private extra health insurance plan in the U.S. that provides coverage for medical expenses that are not or only partially covered by Medicare.
- megalocephalic — Cephalometry, Craniometry. macrocephalic.
- megalomaniacal — a person afflicted with megalomania.
- megascopically — macroscopically
- megatechnology — high technology that is developing rapidly
- metallogenetic — metallogenic
- metapsychology — speculative thought dealing systematically with concepts extending beyond the limits of psychology as an empirical science.
- meteorological — pertaining to meteorology or to phenomena of the atmosphere or weather.