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15-letter words containing e, o, l

  • 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.
  • gambling losses — money lost as a result of playing games of chance for money
  • garbage collect — garbage collection
  • gardening tools — tools used for gardening, such as a trowel, spade, rake, etc
  • gatefold sleeve — a record sleeve that opens out like a book
  • gender politics — debate about the roles and relations of men and women
  • gene technology — manipulation of DNA
  • general holiday — a public holiday
  • general journal — A general journal is a journal recording all of the transactions of a business.
  • general officer — an officer ranking above colonel.
  • general-purpose — useful in many ways; not limited in use or function: a good general-purpose dictionary.
  • generalisations — Plural form of generalisation.
  • generalizations — Plural form of generalization.
  • geneva protocol — the agreement in 1925 to ban the use of asphyxiating, poisonous, or other gases in war. It does not ban the development or manufacture of such gases
  • geochronologist — A geologist whose speciality is geochronology.
  • geomagnetically — In a geomagnetic way; through geomagnetism.
  • geomorphologist — A geologist whose speciality is geomorphology.
  • george marshall — Alfred, 1842–1924, English economist.
  • geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
  • geotectonically — from a geotectonic point of view
  • get a handle on — that which may be held, seized, grasped, or taken advantage of in effecting a purpose: The clue was a handle for solving the mystery.
  • get a wiggle on — to hurry up
  • get hold of sth — If you get hold of an object or information, you obtain it, usually after some difficulty.
  • get one's lumps — a piece or mass of solid matter without regular shape or of no particular shape: a lump of coal.
  • get out of jail — to get out of a difficult situation
  • get the feel of — If you get the feel of something, for example a place or a new activity, you become familiar with it.
  • ghetto fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
  • ghetto-fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
  • giant sunflower — a composite plant, Helianthus giganteus, of eastern North America, growing nearly 12 feet (4 meters) high and having very large yellow flower heads.
  • gila woodpecker — a dull-colored woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
  • give the lie to — a false statement made with deliberate intent to deceive; an intentional untruth; a falsehood. Synonyms: prevarication, falsification. Antonyms: truth.
  • glazier's point — a small, pointed piece of sheet metal, for holding a pane of glass in a sash until the putty has hardened.
  • glen canyon dam — Adam Clayton, Jr. 1908–72, U.S. clergyman, politician, and civil-rights leader: congressman 1945–67, 1969–71.
  • globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
  • globe lightning — ball lightning.
  • 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.
  • go into details — If someone does not go into details about a subject, or does not go into the detail, they mention it without explaining it fully or properly.
  • go like a dream — to move, develop, or work very well
  • go through hell — If you go through hell, or if someone puts you through hell, you have a very difficult or unpleasant time.
  • go to the block — to be beheaded
  • go to the devil — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
  • go up in flames — be burned
  • goal difference — the number of goals scored by a team minus the number of goals it has conceded
  • gödel's theorem — either of two theorems published by the mathematician Kurt Gödel in 1931 that prove all mathematical systems are incomplete in that their truth or consistency can only be proved using a system of a higher order
  • gold prospector — a person who searches for the natural occurrence of gold
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