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15-letter words containing e, d, g, r, t, o

  • hydrometallurgy — the technique or process of extracting metals at ordinary temperatures by leaching ore with liquid solvents.
  • i beg to differ — You say 'I beg to differ' when you are politely emphasizing that you disagree with someone.
  • integral domain — a commutative ring in which the cancellation law holds true.
  • interdigitation — An interlinking that resembles the fingers of two hands being locked together.
  • interior design — the design and coordination of the decorative elements of the interior of a house, apartment, office, or other structural space, including color schemes, fittings, furnishings, and sometimes architectural features.
  • interrecord gap — the area or space separating consecutive physical records of data on an external storage medium.
  • into the ground — beyond what is requisite or can be endured; to exhaustion
  • ipod generation — members of the generation of adults born after 1970, who are less financially secure than their parents, due to student debt, high house prices, and job insecurity
  • laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
  • lepidopterology — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
  • liquid nitrogen — nitrogen in a liquid state
  • longshore drift — beach drift.
  • look daggers at — to look at with anger or hatred
  • macroaggregated — in the form of a macroaggregate
  • managing editor — an editor assigned to the supervision and coordination of certain editorial activities of a newspaper, magazine, book publishing company, or the like. Abbreviation: M.E., m.e.
  • mis-categorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • mortgage lender — a financial institution which provides money to borrowers for mortgages
  • nitrogen oxides — Nitrogen oxides are compounds of nitrogen and oxygen produced during combustion.
  • nondegenerative — tending to degenerate.
  • oligodendrocyte — A glial cell similar to an astrocyte but with fewer protuberances, concerned with the production of myelin in the central nervous system.
  • ortega saavedra — (José) Daniel [haw-se dah-nyel] /hɔˈsɛ dɑˈnyɛl/ (Show IPA), born 1945, Nicaraguan political leader: president 1985–90.
  • outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
  • overdramatizing — Present participle of overdramatize.
  • overexaggerated — Simple past tense and past participle of overexaggerate.
  • pectoral girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the forelimbs.
  • 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.
  • prestidigitator — sleight of hand; legerdemain.
  • product manager — sb who oversees product development
  • radiator grille — a grille in an automobile or the like for air cooling of the liquid in the cooling system.
  • radiogoniometer — a device used to detect the direction of radio waves, consisting of a coil that is free to rotate within two fixed coils at right angles to each other
  • radiogoniometry — the science of detecting the direction of radio waves
  • radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
  • radiotelegraphy — the constructing or operating of radiotelegraphs.
  • registered bond — a bond recorded in the name of the owner.
  • registered port — (networking)   Any TCP or UDP port with a number in the range 1025 to 65535 (i.e. not a well-known port) that is registered with IANA.
  • registered post — a Post Office service by which compensation is paid for loss or damage to mail for which a registration fee has been paid
  • robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
  • rotary debugger — (Commodore) Essential equipment for those late-night or early-morning debugging sessions. Mainly used as sustenance for the hacker. Comes in many decorator colours, such as Sausage, Pepperoni, and Garbage.
  • 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.
  • routeing domain — (networking)   (US "routing") A set of routers that exchange routeing information within an administrative domain.
  • rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • second mortgage — a mortgage the lien of which is next in priority to a first mortgage.
  • secundogeniture — the state of being the second born child
  • shoulder-length — Shoulder-length hair is long enough to reach your shoulders.
  • 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.
  • sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
  • stage direction — an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
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