15-letter words containing g, l, e, n, o
- leukaemogenesis — the development of leukaemia
- lexical scoping — lexical scope
- licensing hours — hours during which alcoholic drinks may be sold legally
- lignocellulosic — (biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from lignocellulose; used especially to describe the products of biomass.
- linear ordering — an ordering that is reflexive, antisymmetric, transitive, and connected, as less than or equal to on the involved integers
- linear topology — (theory) A linear topology on a left A-module M is a topology on M that is invariant under translations and admits a fundamental system of neighborhood of 0 that consists of submodules of M. If there is such a topology, M is said to be linearly topologized. If A is given a discrete topology, then M becomes a topological A-module with respect to a linear topology.
- liquid nitrogen — nitrogen in a liquid state
- lobster newburg — (sometimes lowercase) lobster cooked in a thick seasoned cream sauce made with sherry or brandy.
- long parliament — the Parliament that assembled November 3, 1640, was expelled by Cromwell in 1653, reconvened in 1659, and was dissolved in 1660.
- long sweetening — liquid sweetening, as maple syrup, molasses, or sorghum.
- long-case clock — tall-case clock.
- long-grain rice — a type of rice that has long grains, rather than round grains
- long-sufferance — long-suffering.
- long-tailed tit — a small European songbird, Aegithalos caudatus, with a black, white, and pink plumage and a very long tail: family Paridae (tits)
- longhorn cattle — cattle of a long-horned breed, usually red or variegated, formerly common in SW US
- longshore drift — beach drift.
- longsightedness — Farsight; farsightedness; far sight; long sight.
- loose chippings — pieces of gravel spread on the top of tarmac that fail to stick to it
- lost generation — the generation of men and women who came of age during or immediately following World War I: viewed, as a result of their war experiences and the social upheaval of the time, as cynical, disillusioned, and without cultural or emotional stability.
- loving-kindness — tender kindness motivated by or expressing affection.
- luminous energy — light1 (def 2a).
- magnetic bottle — Physics. a magnetic field so shaped that it can confine a plasma: used in a proposed design for fusion reactors.
- magnetoelectric — of or relating to the induction of electric current or electromotive force by means of permanent magnets.
- magnetorheology — the study of the relationships between the particle and fluid properties of magnetic suspensions.
- make a long arm — to reach out for something, as from a sitting position
- malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
- meibomian gland — any of the small sebaceous glands in the eyelid, beneath the conjunctiva
- metacognitively — In a metacognitive way.
- metallo-organic — organometallic.
- methylene group — the bivalent organic group >CH 2 , derived from methane.
- microtechnology — technology that uses microelectronics
- microtunnelling — a technique used to excavate tunnels mechanically for the laying of pipes
- mineral kingdom — minerals collectively.
- mineralogically — With regard to mineralogy.
- miscegenational — of or relating to miscegenation
- modern language — one of the literary languages currently in use in Europe, as French, Spanish, or German, treated as a departmental course of study in a school, college, or university.
- monchengladbach — a city in W North Rhine-Westphalia, in W Germany.
- monthly meeting — (often initial capital letters) a district unit of local congregations of the Society of Friends.
- monumentalizing — Present participle of monumentalize.
- morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
- mortgage lender — a financial institution which provides money to borrowers for mortgages
- mother language — a language from which another language is descended; parent language.
- mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
- moving sidewalk — a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.
- multiple voting — the casting of ballots in more than one constituency in one election, as in England before the election reform of 1918.
- multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
- national league — the older of the two major professional U.S. baseball leagues, established in 1876. Abbreviation: N.L.
- negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
- neighbourliness — Standard spelling of neighborliness.
- neo-hegelianism — Hegelianism as modified by various philosophers of the latter half of the 19th century.