15-letter words containing g, l, i, b
- malpighian body — Also called kidney corpuscle, Malpighian body. the structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and its surrounding Bowman's capsule.
- malpighian tube — one of a group of long, slender excretory tubules at the anterior end of the hindgut in insects and other terrestrial arthropods.
- marriageability — The condition of being marriageable.
- megalithic tomb — a burial chamber constructed of large stones, either underground or covered by a mound and usually consisting of long transepted corridors (gallery graves) or of a distinct chamber and passage (passage graves). The tombs may date from the 4th millennium bc
- meibomian gland — any of the small sebaceous glands in the eyelid, beneath the conjunctiva
- microbiological — Of or pertaining to microbiology.
- microbiologists — Plural form of microbiologist.
- micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
- morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
- motoring public — the population that drive road vehicles
- multi-binprolog — (language) A multi-threaded Linda-style parallel extension to BinProlog for Solaris 2.3. Version: 3.30.
- nation-building — Journalists sometimes use nation-building to refer to government policies that are designed to create a strong sense of national identity.
- neighbourliness — Standard spelling of neighborliness.
- neurobiological — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- night blindness — a condition of the eyes in which vision is normal in daylight but abnormally poor at night or in a dim light; nyctalopia.
- nimble-fingered — able to move the fingers agilely, quickly, and neatly
- noblesse oblige — the moral obligation of those of high birth, powerful social position, etc., to act with honor, kindliness, generosity, etc.
- 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
- 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.
- office building — building containing offices
- omega-algebraic — In domain theory, a complete partial order is algebraic if every element is the lub of some chain of compact elements. If the set of compact elements is countable it is omega-algebraic. Usually written with a Greek letter omega (LaTeX \omega).
- opening balance — the amount of money in an account at the start of an accounting period
- operating table — table on which surgery is performed
- organized labor — all workers who are organized in labor unions.
- piggyback plant — a plant, Tolmiea menziesii, of the saxifrage family, native to western North America, that produces new plants at the base of its broad, hairy leaves and that is popular as a houseplant.
- planning blight — the harmful effects of uncertainty about likely restrictions on the types and extent of future development in a particular area on the quality of life of its inhabitants and the normal growth of its business and community enterprises
- plea bargaining — pleading guilty to a lesser charge
- plug compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
- plug-compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
- plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
- pot-bellied pig — A pot-bellied pig is a small, dark-colored pig, originally from Vietnam, that is sometimes kept as a pet.
- problem-solving — skills, process: of finding solutions
- programmability — capable of being programmed.
- psychobiologist — the use of biological methods to study normal and abnormal emotional and cognitive processes, as the anatomical basis of memory or neurochemical abnormalities in schizophrenia.
- public building — a building that belongs to a town or state, and is used by the public
- public offering — a sale of a new issue of securities to the general public through a managing underwriter (opposed to private placement): required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
- public speaking — the act of delivering speeches in public.
- public spending — expenditure by central government, local authorities, and public enterprises
- publicity agent — A publicity agent is a person whose job is to make sure that a large number of people know about a person, show, or event so that they are successful.
- rechargeability — (of a storage battery) capable of being charged repeatedly. Compare cordless (def 2).
- recognizability — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- reggio calabria — a seaport in S Italy, on the Strait of Messina: almost totally destroyed by an earthquake 1908.
- regimental band — a band made up of a military formation varying in size from a battalion to a number of battalions
- richard gabriel — (person) (Dick, RPG) Dr. Richard P. Gabriel. A noted SAIL LISP hacker and volleyball fanatic. Consulting Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. Richard Gabriel is a leader in the Lisp and OOP community, with years of contributions to standardisation. He founded the successful company, Lucid Technologies, Inc.. In 1996 he was Distinguished Computer Scientist at ParcPlace-Digitalk, Inc. (later renamed ObjectShare, Inc.). See also gabriel, Qlambda, QLISP, saga.
- rolling bearing — any bearing in which the antifriction action depends on the rolling action of balls or rollers
- rubbing alcohol — a poisonous solution of about 70 percent isopropyl or denatured ethyl alcohol, usually containing a perfume oil, used chiefly in massaging.
- running bowline — a type of slipknot formed by running the standing line through the loop formed in a regular bowline