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16-letter words containing g, s, l

  • macro-linguistic — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
  • macrolinguistics — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
  • mad-dog skullcap — a North American skullcap, Scutellaria lateriflora, having underground stems and one-sided clusters of blue to white flowers.
  • magnifying glass — a lens that produces an enlarged image of an object.
  • malacostracology — (obsolete) carcinology, the study of crustaceans.
  • malicious damage — Malicious damage is damage caused on purpose to the property of another person.
  • management style — the way in which and the methods someone uses in managing a company, business, etc
  • managerial staff — staff in positions of management
  • manganese nodule — a small irregular concretion found on deep ocean floors having high concentrations of certain metals, esp manganese
  • manganese violet — a moderate to strong purple color.
  • marginal costing — a method of cost accounting and decision making used for internal reporting in which only marginal costs are charged to cost units and fixed costs are treated as a lump sum
  • marine biologist — scientist who studies sea life
  • marriage license — permit to marry
  • marseille prolog — (language)   One of the two main dialects of Prolog, the other being Edinburgh Prolog. The difference is largely syntax. The original Marseille Interpreter (1973) was written in Fortran.
  • marshalling yard — a place or depot where railway wagons are shunted and made up into trains and where engines, carriages, etc, are kept when not in use
  • masculine ending — a final inflection or suffix designating that a word belongs to the masculine gender.
  • mayfield heights — a city in N Ohio, near Cleveland.
  • mcnaughten rules — (in English law) a set of rules established by the case of Regina v. McNaughten (1843) by which legal proof of insanity in the commission of a crime depends upon whether or not the accused can show either that he did not know what he was doing or that he is incapable of realizing that what he was doing was wrong
  • megakaryoblastic — (cytology) Of or pertaining to a megakaryoblast.
  • mercator sailing — sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart.
  • microlinguistics — the branch of linguistics that is concerned with the study of languages in the abstract, and that looks at specific linguistic data without consideration of meaning
  • middle stone age — the Mesolithic period.
  • migratory locust — any of several locusts that migrate in great swarms, especially Locusta migratoria, of Africa and Asia.
  • milk of magnesia — a milky white suspension in water of magnesium hydroxide, Mg (OH) 2 , used as an antacid or laxative.
  • minstrel gallery — a gallery in a building meant for use by musicians playing to provide background music or entertainment at a feast or other event
  • misogynistically — In a misogynistic manner.
  • mobility housing — houses designed or adapted for people who have difficulty in walking but are not necessarily chairbound
  • modern languages — languages currently spoken
  • montagu's blenny — a small blenny, Coryphoblennius galerita, found among rocks in shallow water
  • morphophysiology — The (study of the) biological interrelationship between form and physiological function.
  • mortgagee clause — a clause attached to a fire-insurance policy for protecting a mortgagee against loss or damage.
  • mos technologies — MOS Technology
  • moulding process — the process of shaping or compacting a material into a frame or mould
  • mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
  • multiple listing — the listing of a home for sale with a number of real-estate brokers who participate in a shared listing service.
  • nanotechnologies — Plural form of nanotechnology.
  • nanotechnologist — Someone who does research into nanotechnology; someone studying things on the scale of nanometers.
  • national savings — a borrowing programme set up by the UK government, aimed esp at retail investors, and providing bonds, saving certificates, etc
  • neurolinguistics — the study of the neurological processes underlying the development and use of language.
  • neuropathologies — the pathology of the nervous system.
  • neuropathologist — A specialist who practices neuropathology.
  • niche publishing — publishing books that are intended for a very specialized market
  • no hard feelings — If you say ' no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
  • nondurable goods — goods that remain usable for, or must be replaced within, a relatively short period of time, as food, apparel, or fabrics
  • nonphysiological — of or relating to physiology.
  • oil storage tank — a very large industrial container where petroleum is stored
  • oligonucleotides — Plural form of oligonucleotide.
  • oligosaccharides — Plural form of oligosaccharide.
  • on its last legs — about to fail
  • ophthalmologists — Plural form of ophthalmologist.
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