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15-letter words containing e, r, i, n, g, l

  • hanging glacier — a glacier situated on a shelf above a valley or another glacier; it may be joined to the lower level by an icefall or separate from it
  • heartbreakingly — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
  • heliacal rising — rising of a celestial object at approximately the same time as the rising of the sun
  • hiberno-english — Also called Anglo-Irish. the English language as spoken in Ireland.
  • high resolution — a great amount of detail visible in a photographic, TV, or video image
  • high-principled — possessing or displaying very high moral or ethical principles
  • high-resolution — having or capable of producing an image characterized by fine detail: high-resolution photography; high-resolution lens.
  • hindenburg line — a line of elaborate fortifications established by the German army in World War I, near the French-Belgian border, from Lille SE to Metz.
  • holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
  • holding pattern — a traffic pattern for aircraft at a specified location (holding point) where they are ordered to remain until permitted to land or proceed.
  • hovering vessel — a vessel in territorial waters apparently collaborating in illicit operations.
  • hung parliament — a parliament that does not have a party with a working majority
  • hunting leopard — the cheetah.
  • hyperpolarizing — Present participle of hyperpolarize.
  • immaterializing — Present participle of immaterialize.
  • imperial gallon — a British gallon used in liquid and dry measurement equivalent to 1.2 U.S. gallons, or 4.54 liters.
  • impregnableness — The state of being impregnable; impregnability.
  • in the long run — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • inertia selling — (in Britain) the illegal practice of sending unrequested goods to householders followed by a bill for the price of the goods if they do not return them
  • infrared galaxy — a galaxy that radiates strongly in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
  • inguinal hernia — a common type of hernia in which a loop of the intestine protrudes directly through a weak area of the abdominal wall in the groin region.
  • ingush republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: part of the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Republic from 1936 until 1992. Capital: Magas (formerly at Nazran). Pop: 468 900 (2002). Area: 3600 sq km (1390 sq miles)
  • insider dealing — dealing in company securities on a recognized stock exchange, with a view to making a profit or avoiding a loss, by a person who has confidential information about the securities that, if generally known, would affect their price. Its practice by those connected with a company is illegal
  • insuring clause — the clause in an insurance policy setting forth the kind and degree of coverage granted by the insurer.
  • integral domain — a commutative ring in which the cancellation law holds true.
  • interchangeable — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
  • interchangeably — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
  • intercollegiate — taking place between or participating in activities between different colleges: intercollegiate athletics.
  • internal energy — a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, that represents the internal state of a system that is due to the energies of the molecular constituents of the system. The change in internal energy during a process is equal to the net heat entering the system minus the net work done by the system. Symbol: U.
  • interphalangeal — Between phalanges, as with an interphalangeal joint.
  • interrogatingly — So as to interrogate; with urgent or bullying questioning.
  • interrogational — the act of interrogating; questioning.
  • interrogatively — In an interrogative manner; by means of a question.
  • intertanglement — the state or condition of being intertangled
  • intertwistingly — by intertwisting
  • interval signal — a characteristic snatch of music, chimes, etc, transmitted as an identifying signal by a radio station between programme items
  • intransigeantly — intransigently
  • irreligiousness — The state or quality of being irreligious; ungodliness.
  • island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
  • jogger's nipple — painful inflammation of the nipple, caused by friction with a garment when running for long distances
  • journal bearing — a plain cylindrical bearing to support a shaft or axle
  • knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
  • lactovegetarian — Also called lactarian. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products.
  • lady's-earrings — any of several plants having pendent flowers thought to resemble earrings, as the jewelweed or the fuchsia.
  • large intestine — intestine (def 3).
  • laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
  • laser machining — Laser machining is a process in which material is removed from a surface using light from a laser.
  • 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
  • latent learning — learning mediated neither by reward nor by the expectation of reward
  • lay a finger on — to harm
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