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15-letter words containing g, r, a, t, i, l

  • long parliament — the Parliament that assembled November 3, 1640, was expelled by Cromwell in 1653, reconvened in 1659, and was dissolved in 1660.
  • lord-in-waiting — a nobleman in attendance on a British monarch or the Prince of Wales.
  • 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.
  • lubricating oil — an oily substance that is used to cover or treat machinery so as to lessen friction
  • luster painting — a method of decorating glazed pottery with metallic pigment, originated in Persia, popular from the 9th through the mid-19th centuries.
  • magnetoelectric — of or relating to the induction of electric current or electromotive force by means of permanent magnets.
  • mail user agent — (messaging)   (MUA) The program that allows the user to compose and read electronic mail messages. The MUA provides the interface between the user and the Message Transfer Agent. Outgoing mail is eventually handed over to an MTA for delivery while the incoming messages are picked up from where the MTA left it (although MUA's running on single-user machines may pick up mail using POP). Popular MUAs for Unix include elm, mush, pine, and RMAIL.
  • malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
  • manual steering — Manual steering is steering in which the driver does all the work, without the help of mechanical power.
  • manual training — training in the various manual arts and crafts, as woodworking.
  • marginalisation — (British) alternative spelling of marginalization.
  • marginalization — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
  • marriageability — The condition of being marriageable.
  • master-planning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
  • messier catalog — a catalog of nonstellar objects compiled by Charles Messier in 1784 and later slightly extended, now known to contain nebulae, galaxies, and star clusters.
  • metallo-organic — organometallic.
  • metallurgically — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
  • morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
  • mortgage relief — (formerly) a reduction of tax on income being used to pay off a mortgage
  • mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
  • natural english — Programming in normal, spoken English. [Sammet 1969, p.768].
  • negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
  • neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
  • noli me tangere — a person or thing that must not be touched or interfered with.
  • noli-me-tangere — a person or thing that must not be touched or interfered with.
  • non-grammatical — (of a sentence or expression) not conforming to the grammatical rules of a given language.
  • nonagricultural — not applied to or generally practicing agriculture: a nonagricultural nation.
  • north arlington — a city in NE New Jersey.
  • north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
  • nuclear testing — the process of carrying out a test on a nuclear weapon to determine effectiveness, etc
  • obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
  • oligomerisation — Alternative spelling of oligomerization.
  • oligomerization — (chemistry) The formation of an oligomer from a monomer.
  • operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
  • operating table — table on which surgery is performed
  • optical storage — optical disk drive
  • outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
  • outward-looking — looking beyond oneself; open-minded and reaching out to other people, organizations, etc
  • over-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • paralinguistics — the study of paralanguage.
  • pectoral girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the forelimbs.
  • photoheliograph — an instrument for photographing the sun, consisting of a camera and a specially adapted telescope.
  • photolithograph — Also, photolithoprint [foh-tuh-lith-uh-print] /ˌfoʊ təˈlɪθ əˌprɪnt/ (Show IPA). a lithograph printed from a stone or the like upon which a picture or design has been formed by photography.
  • picture gallery — place where art is exhibited and sold
  • pilgrim fathers — the Pilgrims (of Plymouth Colony)
  • pilgrimage site — a shrine or other sacred place that people travel to as an act of religious devotion
  • pituitary gland — a small, somewhat cherry-shaped double structure attached by a stalk to the base of the brain and constituting the master endocrine gland affecting all hormonal functions in the body, consisting of an anterior region ((anterior pituitary) or (adenohypophysis)) that develops embryonically from the roof of the mouth and that secretes growth hormone, LH, FSH, ACTH, TSH, and MSH, a posterior region ((posterior pituitary) or (neurohypophysis)) that develops from the back of the forebrain and that secretes the hormones vasopressin and oxytocin, and an intermediate part (pars intermedia) derived from the anterior region but joined to the posterior region, that secretes the hormone MSH in lower vertebrates.
  • plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
  • plastic surgery — the branch of surgery dealing with the repair or replacement of malformed, injured, or lost organs or tissues of the body, chiefly by the transplant of living tissues.
  • poultry farming — breeding and keeping fowl
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