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

  • poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
  • primary sealing — Primary sealing is devices used for sealing tanks, to reduce emissions, often made of foam.
  • propylene group — the bivalent group −CH(CH 3)CH 2 −, derived from propylene or propane.
  • 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.
  • pyramid selling — Pyramid selling is a method of selling in which one person buys a supply of a particular product direct from the manufacturer and then sells it to a number of other people at an increased price. These people sell it on to others in a similar way, but eventually the final buyers are only able to sell the product for less than they paid for it.
  • qualifying exam — any examination that one needs to pass in order to begin or continue with a course of study
  • radioimmunology — the study of biological substances or processes with the aid of antigens or antibodies labeled with a radioactive isotope.
  • radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
  • range paralysis — Marek's disease.
  • reality testing — the objective evaluation of situations, defective in certain psychoses, that enable one to distinguish between the external and the internal worlds and between the self and the nonself.
  • recognizability — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
  • recycling plant — a factory for processing used or abandoned materials
  • regulatory gene — any gene that exercises control over the expression of another gene or genes.
  • remonstratingly — in an remonstrating or dissenting manner
  • rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
  • ringtail monkey — a Central and South American monkey, Cebus capucinus, having a prehensile tail and hair on the head resembling a cowl.
  • rotary drilling — Rotary drilling is the use of a continuous circular motion of the drill bit to make a hole.
  • royal engineers — a branch of the British army that undertakes the building of fortifications, mines, bridges, and other engineering works
  • rudyard kipling — (Joseph) Rudyard [ruhd-yerd] /ˈrʌd yərd/ (Show IPA), 1865–1936, English author: Nobel Prize 1907.
  • salivary glands — any of several glands, as the submaxillary glands, that secrete saliva.
  • self-glorifying — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
  • self-justifying — offering excuses for oneself, especially in excess of normal demands.
  • self-rectifying — to make, put, or set right; remedy; correct: He sent them a check to rectify his account.
  • self-satisfying — effecting satisfaction to oneself.
  • serial monogamy — a form of monogamy characterized by several successive, short-term marriages over the course of a lifetime.
  • shillyshallying — hesitation; vacillation
  • sibling rivalry — the feeling of competitiveness that often exists between brothers and sisters
  • sidesplittingly — in a side-splitting manner
  • siege mentality — a state of mind whereby one believes that one is being constantly attacked, oppressed, or isolated.
  • significatively — serving to signify.
  • single currency — a currency that is common to different countries
  • single-handedly — in a single-handed manner; single-handed.
  • sleeping beauty — a beautiful princess, the heroine of a popular fairy tale, awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of the prince who is her true love.
  • soul-destroying — Activities or situations that are soul-destroying make you depressed, because they are boring or because there is no hope of improvement.
  • starting salary — an employee's initial rate of pay
  • synergistically — pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling synergy: a synergistic effect.
  • syntax language — a metalanguage used to refer to the grammatical or other formal features of an object language.
  • system building — a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings
  • take lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
  • technologically — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • to my knowledge — as far as I am aware
  • tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
  • ultrasonography — a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.
  • ulysses s grant — Cary (Archibald Leach) 1904–86, U.S. actor, born in England.
  • unchallengeably — in a way that cannot be challenged; in an unchallengeable manner
  • uncomplainingly — in an unresentful or resigned manner
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
  • ungrammatically — in an ungrammatical manner
  • uninterestingly — in a way that is not interesting
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