15-letter words containing e, l, o, g, y
- ethnomusicology — The study of the music of different cultures, especially non-Western ones.
- ethnopsychology — The scientific study of psychological concepts as they exist across different ethnic groups.
- ethylene glycol — a colorless, viscous liquid, HOCH2CH2OH, used as an antifreeze, as a solvent, in resins, etc.
- flying fortress — a heavy bomber, the B-17, with four radial piston engines, widely used over Europe and the Mediterranean by the U.S. Air Force in World War II.
- food technology — a branch of technology that is involved in the production of food
- gene technology — manipulation of DNA
- general holiday — a public holiday
- geomagnetically — In a geomagnetic way; through geomagnetism.
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
- geotectonically — from a geotectonic point of view
- glen canyon dam — Adam Clayton, Jr. 1908–72, U.S. clergyman, politician, and civil-rights leader: congressman 1945–67, 1969–71.
- gloucester city — a city in W New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
- glycogenic acid — gluconic acid.
- glyconeogenesis — gluconeogenesis.
- golden boy/girl — If you refer to a man as a golden boy or a woman as a golden girl, you mean that they are especially popular and successful.
- gorlin syndrome — a rare congenital disorder in which cancer destroys the facial skin and causes blindness; skeletal anomalies can also occur
- governmentality — (sociology) The organized practices (mentalities, rationalities, and techniques) through which subjects are governed and influenced.
- grandiloquently — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- greenbottle fly — any of several metallic-green blowflies, as Phaenicia sericata.
- gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
- haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- hemiglossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a portion of the tongue.
- heterogeneously — different in kind; unlike; incongruous.
- hieroglyphology — the study of hieroglyphic writing.
- 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).
- holiday cottage — a cottage used for accommodation for a family, couple, etc, on holiday
- holiday feeling — the positive feeling people experience while on holiday and during holiday periods such as the Christmas period
- holiday village — a park with villas where holidaymakers stay and which has a central area with a shop, entertainment, etc
- hydrometallurgy — the technique or process of extracting metals at ordinary temperatures by leaching ore with liquid solvents.
- hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
- hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- hyperpolarizing — Present participle of hyperpolarize.
- hypoventilating — Present participle of hypoventilate.
- ideographically — an ideogram.
- inhomogeneously — lack of homogeneity.
- interrogatingly — So as to interrogate; with urgent or bullying questioning.
- interrogatively — In an interrogative manner; by means of a question.
- island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
- isotope geology — the study and application of stable and radioactive isotopes to geological processes and their time scales
- keyhole surgery — operation done by laparoscopy
- kinesthesiology — The medical and therapeutic study of the movement of muscles and joints.
- laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
- laryngotracheal — of, relating to, or involving the larynx and trachea.
- laser ring gyro — a system of aerial navigation in which rotation is sensed by the measuring of the frequency shift of laser light in a closed circuit in a horizontal plane
- lay a finger on — to harm
- legacy software — legacy system
- lepidopterology — the branch of zoology dealing with butterflies and moths.
- let yourself go — If you let yourself go, you relax and behave much more freely than usual.
- lexicologically — Describing a relation to lexicology.
- linear topology — (theory) A linear topology on a left A-module M is a topology on M that is invariant under translations and admits a fundamental system of neighborhood of 0 that consists of submodules of M. If there is such a topology, M is said to be linearly topologized. If A is given a discrete topology, then M becomes a topological A-module with respect to a linear topology.