15-letter words containing g, r, i, d, l, n
- insider dealing — dealing in company securities on a recognized stock exchange, with a view to making a profit or avoiding a loss, by a person who has confidential information about the securities that, if generally known, would affect their price. Its practice by those connected with a company is illegal
- integral domain — a commutative ring in which the cancellation law holds true.
- island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
- kangaroo island — an island in the Indian Ocean, off South Australia. Area: 4350 sq km (1680 sq miles)
- lady's-earrings — any of several plants having pendent flowers thought to resemble earrings, as the jewelweed or the fuchsia.
- laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
- leading article — Also called leader. the most important or prominent news story in a newspaper.
- leading strings — strings or straps formerly used to guide and support a young child learning to walk
- lending library — Also called circulating library, rental library. a small library that is maintained by a commercial establishment, as a drugstore, and is composed largely of current books that are lent to customers for a fee.
- library binding — a tough, durable cloth binding for books. Compare edition binding.
- linear ordering — an ordering that is reflexive, antisymmetric, transitive, and connected, as less than or equal to on the involved integers
- liquid nitrogen — nitrogen in a liquid state
- living standard — standard of living.
- loading program — a series of instructions entered automatically in a program that starts the processing.
- longshore drift — beach drift.
- lord-in-waiting — a nobleman in attendance on a British monarch or the Prince of Wales.
- lowland gorilla — the eastern lowland gorilla or western lowland gorilla. See under gorilla.
- mailing address — postal or delivery address
- marigold window — wheel window.
- mineral kingdom — minerals collectively.
- nimble-fingered — able to move the fingers agilely, quickly, and neatly
- nitriding steel — any steel suitable for casehardening by nitriding.
- north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- old high german — High German before 1100. Abbreviation: OHG.
- oligodendrocyte — A glial cell similar to an astrocyte but with fewer protuberances, concerned with the production of myelin in the central nervous system.
- oligodendroglia — Oligodendrocytes collectively.
- oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
- orange milkweed — butterfly weed (def 1).
- organized labor — all workers who are organized in labor unions.
- outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
- outward-looking — looking beyond oneself; open-minded and reaching out to other people, organizations, etc
- oxygen cylinder — a metal cylinder containing oxygen under pressure
- paedophile ring — a group of people who take part in illegal sexual activity involving children
- pelargonic acid — a colorless, oily, water-immiscible liquid, C 9 H 1 8 O 2 , occurring as an ester in a volatile oil in species of pelargonium: used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of lacquers and plastics.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- random sampling — a method of selecting a sample (random sample) from a statistical population in such a way that every possible sample that could be selected has a predetermined probability of being selected.
- reading glasses — spectacles
- reading the law — that part of the morning service on Sabbaths, festivals, and Mondays and Thursdays during which a passage is read from the Torah scrolls
- recording angel — an angel who supposedly keeps a record of every person's good and bad acts
- regimental band — a band made up of a military formation varying in size from a battalion to a number of battalions
- rendering plant — a factory where waste products and livestock carcasses are converted into industrial fats and oils (such as tallow, used to make soap) and other products (such as fertilizer)
- rolling meadows — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- rotary drilling — Rotary drilling is the use of a continuous circular motion of the drill bit to make a hole.
- rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- 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.
- scolding bridle — branks.