15-letter words containing g, o, s, l
- hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- idiot's delight — any variety of the card game solitaire.
- if nothing else — You can say 'if nothing else' to indicate that what you are mentioning is, in your opinion, the only good thing in a particular situation.
- ignatius loyola — Saint Ignatius of (Iñigo López de Loyola) 1491–1556, Spanish soldier and ecclesiastic: founder of the Society of Jesus.
- immunoglobulins — Plural form of immunoglobulin.
- immunohistology — the microscopic study of tissues with the aid of antibodies that bind to tissue components and reveal their presence.
- inhomogeneously — lack of homogeneity.
- investigational — Of, or relating to investigating, or to an investigation.
- irreligiousness — The state or quality of being irreligious; ungodliness.
- island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
- isopropyl group — the univalent group C 3 H 7 , an isomer of the propyl group.
- isotope geology — the study and application of stable and radioactive isotopes to geological processes and their time scales
- jewelers' rouge — the brownish-red oxide of iron produced by heating ferrous sulfate: used chiefly as a pigment in paints and theatrical rouge, and as a polishing agent.
- jogger's nipple — painful inflammation of the nipple, caused by friction with a garment when running for long distances
- kangaroo island — an island in the Indian Ocean, off South Australia. Area: 4350 sq km (1680 sq miles)
- keyhole surgery — operation done by laparoscopy
- kinesthesiology — The medical and therapeutic study of the movement of muscles and joints.
- knowledge-based — characterized by the dominance of information services as an area of growth
- labour shortage — a shortage or insufficiency of qualified candidates for employment (in an economy, country, etc)
- lake washington — a lake in W Washington, forming the E boundary of the city of Seattle: linked by canal with Puget Sound. Length: about 32 km (20 miles). Width: 6 km (4 miles)
- langston hughes — Charles Evans, 1862–1948, U.S. jurist and statesman: chief justice of the U.S. 1930–41.
- language school — A language school is a private school where a foreign language is taught.
- largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
- laser ring gyro — a system of aerial navigation in which rotation is sensed by the measuring of the frequency shift of laser light in a closed circuit in a horizontal plane
- law of averages — a statistical principle formulated by Jakob Bernoulli to show a more or less predictable ratio between the number of random trials of an event and its occurrences.
- leading counsel — the more senior of two counsels
- leaves of grass — a book of poems (first edition, 1855; final edition, 1891–92) by Walt Whitman.
- legacy software — legacy system
- legal successor — a person or thing that legally follows, esp a person who succeeds another in an office
- lemon-grass oil — a yellowish to brownish oil distilled from the leaves of certain lemon grasses, especially Cymbopogon citratus, used chiefly in perfumery.
- leptomeningitis — (pathology) inflammation of the leptomeninges.
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- let yourself go — If you let yourself go, you relax and behave much more freely than usual.
- leukaemogenesis — the development of leukaemia
- lexical scoping — lexical scope
- licensing hours — hours during which alcoholic drinks may be sold legally
- lighthouse tube — a vacuum tube with the electrodes arranged in parallel layers closely spaced, giving a relatively high-power output at high frequencies.
- lignocellulosic — (biochemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from lignocellulose; used especially to describe the products of biomass.
- linguistic form — any meaningful unit of speech, as a sentence, phrase, word, morpheme, or suffix.
- lobster newburg — (sometimes lowercase) lobster cooked in a thick seasoned cream sauce made with sherry or brandy.
- logical address — virtual address
- logical atomism — a philosophy developed from linguistic analysis asserting that a proposition can be analyzed into simple, independent elements of meaning corresponding to elements making up basic facts about the world and reality.
- long sweetening — liquid sweetening, as maple syrup, molasses, or sorghum.
- long-case clock — tall-case clock.
- long-sufferance — long-suffering.
- longshore drift — beach drift.
- longsightedness — Farsight; farsightedness; far sight; long sight.
- look daggers at — to look at with anger or hatred
- 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.