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

  • delaying action — a measure or measures taken to gain time, as when weaker military forces harass the advance of a superior enemy without coming to a pitched battle
  • delaying tactic — Delaying tactics are things that someone does in order to deliberately delay the start or progress of something.
  • demythologizing — Present participle of demythologize.
  • dendrohydrology — The science that uses dendrochronology to investigate and reconstruct hydrologic processes, such as river flow and past lake levels.
  • deoxyhemoglobin — the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) in arterial blood. Symbol: Hb.
  • diffrangibility — the power or capability of being diffracted
  • disappointingly — failing to fulfill one's hopes or expectations: a disappointing movie; a disappointing marriage.
  • disconcertingly — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
  • disenchantingly — In a disenchanting manner.
  • dishearteningly — In a disheartening manner.
  • distinguishably — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
  • drying-up cloth — a tea towel
  • dryland farming — a mode of farming, practiced in regions of slight or insufficient rainfall, that relies mainly on tillage methods rendering the soil more receptive of moisture and on the selection of suitable crops.
  • eddystone light — lighthouse on dangerous rocks (Eddystone Rocks) just off the SE coast of Cornwall, in the English Channel
  • egyptian clover — a Mediterranean clover, Trifolium alexandrinum, grown as a forage crop and to improve the soil in the southwestern US and the Nile valley
  • encephalography — Any of various techniques for recording the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
  • endolymphangial — (anatomy) Within a lymphatic vessel.
  • entomologically — In terms of entomology.
  • epeirogenically — in the manner of epeirogeny
  • estuary english — a variety of standard British English in which the pronunciation reflects various features characteristic of London and the Southeast of England
  • 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.
  • exchangeability — The condition of being exchangeable.
  • external galaxy — any galaxy beyond our own galaxy
  • false pregnancy — physiological signs of pregnancy without conception; pseudocyesis.
  • family grouping — a system, used usually in the infant school, of grouping children of various ages together, esp for project work
  • family planning — the concept or a program of limiting the size of families through the spacing or prevention of pregnancies, especially for economic reasons.
  • flight of fancy — An idea or statement that is very imaginative but complicated, silly, or impractical can be referred to as a flight of fancy.
  • floating policy — (in marine insurance) a policy that provides protection of a broad nature for shipments of merchandise and that is valid continuously until canceled.
  • floating supply — the aggregate supply of ready-to-market goods or securities.
  • flying buttress — a segmental arch transmitting an outward and downward thrust to a solid buttress that through its inertia transforms the thrust into a vertical one.
  • flying characin — hatchetfish (def 2).
  • flying dutchman — a legendary Dutch ghost ship supposed to be seen at sea, especially near the Cape of Good Hope.
  • flying fortress — a heavy bomber, the B-17, with four radial piston engines, widely used over Europe and the Mediterranean by the U.S. Air Force in World War II.
  • flying jib boom — an extension on a jib boom, to which a flying jib is fastened.
  • flying squirrel — any of various nocturnal tree squirrels, as Glaucomys volans, of the eastern U.S., having folds of skin connecting the fore and hind legs, permitting long, gliding leaps.
  • food technology — a branch of technology that is involved in the production of food
  • fungistatically — in a fungistatic manner
  • gastronomically — the art or science of good eating.
  • gender equality — the state of having the same rights, status, and opportunities as others, regardless of one's gender.
  • gene technology — manipulation of DNA
  • general holiday — a public holiday
  • genetic fallacy — the fallacy of confusing questions of validity and logical order with questions of origin and temporal order.
  • geomagnetically — In a geomagnetic way; through geomagnetism.
  • geotectonically — from a geotectonic point of view
  • geranium family — the plant family Geraniaceae, typified by herbaceous plants or small shrubs having lobed leaves, showy flowers, and slender, beak-shaped fruit, and including the crane's-bills, stork's-bills, and cultivated geraniums of the genus Pelargonium.
  • gesneria family — the plant family Gesneriaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having a basal rosette of usually toothed leaves, tubular two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the African violet, gloxinia, and streptocarpus.
  • glen canyon dam — Adam Clayton, Jr. 1908–72, U.S. clergyman, politician, and civil-rights leader: congressman 1945–67, 1969–71.
  • glycaemic index — an index indicating the effects of various foods on blood sugar. Fast-releasing foods that raise blood sugar levels quickly are high on the index, while slow-releasing foods, at the bottom of the index, give a slow but sustained release of sugar
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