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15-letter words containing g, r, i, s, l

  • interval signal — a characteristic snatch of music, chimes, etc, transmitted as an identifying signal by a radio station between programme items
  • intransigeantly — intransigently
  • 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.
  • 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)
  • kegel exercises — Often, Kegel exercises. exercise performed to strengthen the pubococcygeus and other muscles of the pelvic floor, in order to control incontinence, improve sexual response, etc.
  • ladies' gallery — a gallery in the old House of Commons set aside for women spectators
  • lady's-earrings — any of several plants having pendent flowers thought to resemble earrings, as the jewelweed or the fuchsia.
  • large intestine — intestine (def 3).
  • laser machining — Laser machining is a process in which material is removed from a surface using light from a laser.
  • 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
  • leading strings — strings or straps formerly used to guide and support a young child learning to walk
  • leaving present — a present given to a person when they leave a job, place etc
  • lemon-grass oil — a yellowish to brownish oil distilled from the leaves of certain lemon grasses, especially Cymbopogon citratus, used chiefly in perfumery.
  • leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
  • levelling screw — a screw, often one of three, for adjusting the level of an apparatus
  • licensing hours — hours during which alcoholic drinks may be sold legally
  • linguistic area — a geographical area in which several languages sharing common features are spoken.
  • linguistic form — any meaningful unit of speech, as a sentence, phrase, word, morpheme, or suffix.
  • living quarters — accommodation
  • living standard — standard of living.
  • logical address — virtual address
  • longshore drift — beach drift.
  • 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.
  • luminous energy — light1 (def 2a).
  • luster painting — a method of decorating glazed pottery with metallic pigment, originated in Persia, popular from the 9th through the mid-19th centuries.
  • macro-sociology — the sociological study of large-scale social systems and long-term patterns and processes.
  • 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.
  • mailing address — postal or delivery address
  • manual steering — Manual steering is steering in which the driver does all the work, without the help of mechanical power.
  • marginalisation — (British) alternative spelling of marginalization.
  • master-planning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
  • measuring glass — a graduated glass container used to measure quantities of liquid
  • 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.
  • microbiologists — Plural form of microbiologist.
  • microhomologous — (genetics) Exhibiting microhomology.
  • micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
  • miles gloriosus — a braggart soldier, esp as a stock figure in comedy
  • morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
  • motoring school — an organization that provides driving lessons
  • multiprocessing — the simultaneous execution of two or more programs or instruction sequences by separate CPUs under integrated control.
  • 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
  • neighbourliness — Standard spelling of neighborliness.
  • neurolinguistic — pertaining to neurolinguistics
  • neurophysiology — the branch of physiology dealing with the functions of the nervous system.
  • nigger minstrel — a performer who puts on blackface (exaggerated negro-like make-up) usually to perform songs associated with the American South
  • nitriding steel — any steel suitable for casehardening by nitriding.
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