17-letter words containing e, u, l, o, g, i
- italian greyhound — one of an Italian breed of toy dogs resembling a greyhound.
- jumping-off place — a place for use as a starting point: Paris was the jumping-off place for our tour of Europe.
- lago de nicaragua — Spanish name of Lake Nicaragua.
- langmuir isotherm — A Langmuir isotherm is a classical relationship between the concentrations of a solid and a fluid, used to describe a state of no change in the sorption process.
- league of nations — an international organization to promote world peace and cooperation that was created by the Treaty of Versailles (1919): dissolved April 1946.
- legendre equation — a differential equation of the form (1− x 2) d2y/dx2 − 2 xdy/dx + a (a + 1) y = 0, where a is an arbitrary constant.
- lighthouse keeper — a person who mans a lighthouse and makes sure that the light is working properly
- line of longitude — an imaginary line on a globe, map, etc, indicating longitude
- longitudinal wave — a wave in which the direction of displacement is the same as the direction of propagation, as a sound wave.
- louisiana tanager — western tanager.
- magellanic clouds — either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way.
- many-valued logic — the study of logical systems in which the truth-values that a proposition may have are not restricted to two, representing only truth and falsity
- medicochirurgical — pertaining to medicine and surgery.
- messier catalogue — a catalogue of 103 nonstellar objects, such as nebulae and galaxies, prepared in 1781–86. An object is referred to by its number in this catalogue, for example the Andromeda Galaxy is referred to as M31
- methylidyne group — the trivalent group ≡CH.
- modeling language — modelling language
- molecular biology — the branch of biology that deals with the nature of biological phenomena at the molecular level through the study of DNA and RNA, proteins, and other macromolecules involved in genetic information and cell function, characteristically making use of advanced tools and techniques of separation, manipulation, imaging, and analysis.
- multigenerational — of or relating to several generations, as of a family, or society: a multigenerational novel covering 300 years.
- multiple cropping — the use of the same field for two or more crops, whether of the same or of different kinds, successively during a single year.
- neurobiologically — In terms of or by means of neurobiology.
- neuropathological — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or arising from neuropathology, the pathology of nerve tissue.
- neurophysiologist — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
- neuropsychologist — A neurologist or psychologist whose speciality is neuropsychology.
- ngaliema mountain — Mount, a mountain with two summits, in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: highest peak in the Ruwenzori group. 16,790 feet (5119 meters).
- osculating circle — circle of curvature.
- outline agreement — a contract, etc, setting out the preliminary terms or guidelines for an agreement; a preliminary agreement
- phonological rule — an operation in generative phonology that substitutes one sound or class of sounds for another in a phonological derivation.
- political refugee — a person who has fled from a homeland because of political persecution.
- postural drainage — a therapy for clearing congested lungs by placing the patient in a position for drainage by gravity, often accompanied by percussion with hollowed hands.
- pseudo-biological — pertaining to biology.
- pull one's weight — the amount or quantity of heaviness or mass; amount a thing weighs.
- pyroligneous acid — a yellowish, acidic, water-soluble liquid, containing about 10 percent acetic acid, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood: used for smoking meats.
- recreational drug — drug taken for pleasure
- ringer's solution — an aqueous solution of the chlorides of sodium, potassium, and calcium in the same concentrations as normal body fluids, used chiefly in the laboratory for sustaining tissue.
- rio grande do sul — a state in S Brazil. 107,923 sq. mi. (279,520 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Alegre.
- self-constituting — to compose; form: mortar constituted of lime and sand.
- self-rising flour — Self-rising flour is flour that makes cakes rise when they are cooked because it has chemicals added to it.
- sexual generation — the gametophyte generation in the alternation of generations in plants that produces a zygote from male and female gametes.
- sheltered housing — accommodation designed esp for the elderly or infirm consisting of a group of individual premises, often with some shared facilities and a caretaker
- south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
- southern triangle — the constellation Triangulum Australe.
- subclavian groove — either of two grooves in the first rib, one for the main artery (subclavian artery) and the other for the main vein (subclavian vein) of the arm
- symbolic language — a specialized language dependent upon the use of symbols for communication and created for the purpose of achieving greater exactitude, as in symbolic logic or mathematics.
- teething troubles — Teething troubles are the same as teething problems.
- telecommunicating — to transmit (data, sound, images, etc.) by telecommunications.
- television lounge — a room in a hotel, guest house, etc where guests may watch television
- thermocoagulation — the coagulation of tissue by heat-producing high-frequency electric currents, used therapeutically to remove small growths or to create specific lesions in the brain.
- to lose your grip — If you lose your grip, you become less efficient and less confident, and less able to deal with things.
- to the lighthouse — a novel (1927) by Virginia Woolf.
- turkish towelling — woven cloth which is used to make towels, wash cloths, etc