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

  • non-legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
  • non-overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
  • nonagricultural — not applied to or generally practicing agriculture: a nonagricultural nation.
  • nonbelligerency — the state or status of not participating in a war.
  • nonbiographical — not biographical, not relating to biography or events in a person's life
  • nonbiologically — in a nonbiological way, not in a biological way
  • nonmucilaginous — Not mucilaginous.
  • nonself-antigen — any of the antigens present in an individual that originate outside the body (contrasted with self-antigen).
  • nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
  • north arlington — a city in NE New Jersey.
  • north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
  • northern lights — aurora borealis.
  • nuclear testing — the process of carrying out a test on a nuclear weapon to determine effectiveness, etc
  • numismatologist — One versed in numismatology.
  • oblique sailing — the navigation of a vessel on a point of the compass other than one of the cardinal points.
  • obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
  • occulting light — a beacon having a light covered briefly at regular intervals.
  • office building — building containing offices
  • old age pension — An old age pension is a regular amount of money that people receive from the government when they have retired from work.
  • old high german — High German before 1100. Abbreviation: OHG.
  • oligodendrocyte — A glial cell similar to an astrocyte but with fewer protuberances, concerned with the production of myelin in the central nervous system.
  • oligodendroglia — Oligodendrocytes collectively.
  • oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
  • oligomerisation — Alternative spelling of oligomerization.
  • oligomerization — (chemistry) The formation of an oligomer from a monomer.
  • oligonucleotide — a chain of a few nucleotides.
  • onomasiological — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
  • opening balance — the amount of money in an account at the start of an accounting period
  • operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
  • operating table — table on which surgery is performed
  • optical pumping — a method for increasing the number of atoms or molecules occupying higher energy levels by irradiating them with light of the proper frequencies to raise them to those levels.
  • optical tooling — the technique of establishing precise reference lines and planes by means of telescopic sights, especially for the purpose of aligning machinery, machine-shop work, etc.
  • opus anglicanum — fine embroidery, esp of church vestments, produced in England c.1200–c.1350; characterized by the rich materials used, esp silver gilt thread
  • orange milkweed — butterfly weed (def 1).
  • organized labor — all workers who are organized in labor unions.
  • organochlorines — Plural form of organochlorine.
  • organomercurial — an organic compound containing mercury
  • outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
  • outward-looking — looking beyond oneself; open-minded and reaching out to other people, organizations, etc
  • over-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • overcontrolling — excessively controlling
  • oxygen cylinder — a metal cylinder containing oxygen under pressure
  • paedophile ring — a group of people who take part in illegal sexual activity involving children
  • palaeolimnology — the study of ancient lake ecologies
  • palaeomagnetism — the study of the fossil magnetism in rocks, used to determine the past configurations of the continents and to investigate the past shape and magnitude of the earth's magnetic field
  • palaeomagnetist — a student of or expert in palaeomagnetism
  • palynologically — from a palynological point of view
  • paralinguistics — the study of paralanguage.
  • pelargonic acid — a colorless, oily, water-immiscible liquid, C 9 H 1 8 O 2 , occurring as an ester in a volatile oil in species of pelargonium: used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of lacquers and plastics.
  • phenomenologies — the study of phenomena.
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