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17-letter words containing g, l, o, s

  • league of nations — an international organization to promote world peace and cooperation that was created by the Treaty of Versailles (1919): dissolved April 1946.
  • legal aid society — an organization providing free legal guidance and service to persons who cannot afford a lawyer.
  • legal proceedings — court case
  • lepidopterologist — One who studies lepidopterology.
  • lesser yellowlegs — either of two American shorebirds having yellow legs, Tringa melanoleuca (greater yellowlegs) or T. flavipes (lesser yellowlegs)
  • let something rip — If you let something rip, you do it as quickly or as forcefully as possible. You can say 'let it rip' or 'let her rip' to someone when you want them to make a vehicle go as fast as it possibly can.
  • light dawns on sb — If light dawns on you, you begin to understand something after a period of not being able to understand it.
  • lighthouse keeper — a person who mans a lighthouse and makes sure that the light is working properly
  • line of scrimmage — an imaginary line parallel to the goal lines that passes from one sideline to the other through the point of the football closest to the goal line of each team.
  • linking consonant — a consonant inserted between two vowels in speech
  • lithostratigraphy — the study or character of stratified rocks based solely on their physical and petrographic features.
  • living conditions — material circumstances in which sb lives
  • livingstone daisy — a gardener's name for various species of Mesembryanthemum, esp M. criniflorum, grown as garden annuals (though several are perennial) for their brightly coloured showy flowers: family Aizoaceae
  • loggerhead shrike — a common, North American shrike, Lanius ludovicianus, gray above and white below with black wings, tail, and facial mask.
  • long island sound — an arm of the Atlantic between Connecticut and Long Island. 90 miles (145 km) long.
  • loose-joint hinge — a hinge having a knuckle formed from half of each flap, and with the upper half removable from the pin.
  • lose the exchange — to lose a rook in return for a bishop or knight
  • louisiana tanager — western tanager.
  • lyon king of arms — the chief herald of Scotland
  • macdonnell ranges — a mountain system of central Australia, in S central Northern Territory, extending about 160 km (100 miles) east and west of Alice Springs. Highest peak: Mount Zeil, 1531 m (5024 ft)
  • macro-linguistics — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
  • magellanic clouds — either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way.
  • magnetoelasticity — the phenomenon, consisting of a change in magnetic properties, exhibited by a ferromagnetic material to which stress is applied.
  • make light of sth — If you make light of something, you treat it as though it is not serious or important, when in fact it is.
  • make no apologies — If you say that you make no apologies for what you have done, you are emphasizing that you feel that you have done nothing wrong.
  • melissopalynology — The study of honey and its composition.
  • 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
  • modular sb-prolog — Modular Prolog
  • monkeygland sauce — a piquant sauce, made from tomatoes, ketchup, fruit chutney, garlic, spices, etc
  • mundane astrology — the astrology of worldly events, in contrast to the astrology of the individual: used especially in interpretations and forecasts involving politics, the stock market, weather, and disasters.
  • mystical theology — the branch of theology dealing with mysticism and mystical experiences.
  • navigation lights — lights on an aircraft
  • neurophysiologist — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
  • neuropsychologist — A neurologist or psychologist whose speciality is neuropsychology.
  • non-assignability — capable of being specified: The word has no assignable meaning in our language.
  • nothing less than — You can use nothing less than to emphasize your next words, often indicating that something seems very surprising or important.
  • old age pensioner — An old age pensioner is a person who is old enough to receive an pension from their employer or the government.
  • osculating circle — circle of curvature.
  • otolaryngologists — Plural form of otolaryngologist.
  • pastoral theology — the branch of theology dealing with the responsibilities of members of the clergy to the people under their care.
  • personnel manager — head of Human Resources department
  • philosopher kings — the Platonic ideal of a ruler, philosophically trained and enlightened.
  • pillion passenger — a person who travels in a seat or place behind the rider of a motorcycle, scooter, horse, etc
  • ploughman's lunch — a light lunch consisting of bread and cheese, and sometimes pickled onions.
  • pointer swizzling — swizzle
  • positive theology — a theological approach or tradition in which the nature of God is thought to be knowable and is understood through positive statements. See also cataphasis (def 2).
  • 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.
  • prolonged-release — A prolonged-release drug delivers a dose of a medication over an extended period of time.
  • prosperity gospel — a modern version or, according to some, perversion of the gospel according to which the full blessings of God available to those who approach Him in faith and obedience include wealth, health and power
  • pseudo-biological — pertaining to biology.
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