15-letter words containing g, e, o, t, c
- electromyograms — Plural form of electromyogram.
- electromyograph — A device used in electromyography to generate electromyograms.
- electronegative — Electrically negative.
- electronic game — any of various small handheld computerized games, usually battery-operated, having a small screen on which graphics are displayed and buttons to operate the game
- electrorheology — the study of the flow of fluids under the influence of electric fields
- electrosurgical — Relating to electrosurgery.
- elegiac couplet — a couplet composed of a dactylic hexameter followed by a dactylic pentameter
- encounter group — a group of people who meet in order to develop self-awareness and mutual understanding by openly expressing their feelings, by confrontation, physical contact, etc
- endocrinologist — A person who is skilled at, or practices endocrinology.
- entomologically — In terms of entomology.
- epistemological — Of or pertaining to epistemology or theory of knowledge, as a field of study.
- ethnolinguistic — Of or pertaining to ethnolinguistics.
- 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.
- excommunicating — Present participle of excommunicate.
- feelgood factor — When journalists refer to the feelgood factor, they mean that people are feeling hopeful and optimistic about the future.
- fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
- fighter command — a former unit of the Royal Air Force dedicated to the use of fighter aircraft, esp against enemy bombers and their escorts during WWII
- flight recorder — an electronic device aboard an aircraft that automatically records some aspects of the aircraft's performance in flight.
- floating charge — an unsecured charge on the assets of an enterprise that allows such assets to be used commercially until the enterprise ceases to operate or the creditor intervenes to demand collateral
- floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
- food technology — a branch of technology that is involved in the production of food
- forthcomingness — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
- french togoland — a former United Nations Trust Territory in W Africa, administered by France (1946–60), now the independent republic of Togo
- frigidoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by cold.
- gaelic football — an Irish game played with 15 players on each side and goals resembling rugby posts with a net on the bottom part. Players are allowed to kick, punch, and bounce the ball and attempt to get it over the bar or in the net
- 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.
- garbage collect — garbage collection
- gated community — a group of houses or apartment buildings protected by gates, walls, or other security measures.
- gender politics — debate about the roles and relations of men and women
- gene technology — manipulation of DNA
- 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.
- geodetic survey — a land area survey in which the curvature of the surface of the earth is taken into account.
- geomagnetically — In a geomagnetic way; through geomagnetism.
- geometric ratio — the ratio of consecutive terms in a geometric progression.
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
- geotectonically — from a geotectonic point of view
- get one's cards — to be told to leave one's employment
- gigantopithecus — a genus of extinct ape of southern Asia existing during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, known only from very large fossil jaws and teeth and believed to be perhaps the biggest hominoid that ever lived.
- globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
- 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.
- gluconeogenetic — Of or pertaining to gluconeogenesis.
- gnome computers — (company) A small UK hardware and software company. They make transputer boards for the Acorn Archimedes among other things. E-mail: Chris Stenton <[email protected]>.
- go the distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- go to the block — to be beheaded
- gold prospector — a person who searches for the natural occurrence of gold
- graduate school — a school, usually a division of a university, offering courses leading to degrees more advanced than the bachelor's degree.