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15-letter words containing h, g

  • light pollution — unwanted or harmful light, as from bright street lights or neon signs.
  • light-sensitive — (of a surface) having a photoelectric property, such as the ability to generate a current, change its electrical resistance, etc, when exposed to light
  • lightheadedness — Alternative spelling of light-headedness.
  • lighthouse tube — a vacuum tube with the electrodes arranged in parallel layers closely spaced, giving a relatively high-power output at high frequencies.
  • lightning chess — rapid chess in which either each move has a fixed time allowed (usually 10 seconds) or each player is allotted a fixed time (often 5 minutes) for all his moves
  • like grim death — as if afraid for one's life
  • logarithmically — In a logarithmic manner.
  • longhorn cattle — cattle of a long-horned breed, usually red or variegated, formerly common in SW US
  • longshore drift — beach drift.
  • longsightedness — Farsight; farsightedness; far sight; long sight.
  • loose chippings — pieces of gravel spread on the top of tarmac that fail to stick to it
  • lord high fixer — [Primarily British, from Gilbert & Sullivan's "Lord High Executioner"] The person in an organisation who knows the most about some aspect of a system. See wizard.
  • low archipelago — a group of French islands in the S Pacific. 332 sq. mi. (860 sq. km).
  • luggage handler — someone whose job is to handle and direct luggage, esp at an airport
  • lymphogranuloma — any of certain diseases characterized by granulomatous lesions of lymph nodes.
  • machine gunning — the act of using a machine gun
  • macrophotograph — a photograph taken at very close range
  • madison heights — a city in SE Michigan: suburb of Detroit.
  • magic mushrooms — a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.
  • magnesium light — the strongly actinic white light produced when magnesium is burned: used in photography, signaling, pyrotechnics, etc.
  • magnetorheology — the study of the relationships between the particle and fluid properties of magnetic suspensions.
  • mahogany family — the plant family Meliaceae, characterized by tropical and subtropical trees and shrubs having alternate, pinnate leaves, usually branched clusters of flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or leathery capsule, and including the chinaberry, cedars of the genus Cedrela, and mahoganies of the genera Swietenia and Khaya.
  • mailing machine — a machine that prepares mail for sending, as by addressing, stamping, weighing, etc.
  • make a thing of — to make a fuss about; exaggerate the importance of
  • make nothing of — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
  • malpighian body — Also called kidney corpuscle, Malpighian body. the structure at the beginning of a vertebrate nephron, consisting of a glomerulus and its surrounding Bowman's capsule.
  • malpighian tube — one of a group of long, slender excretory tubules at the anterior end of the hindgut in insects and other terrestrial arthropods.
  • malpighian tuft — glomerulus (def 2).
  • marching orders — military orders, esp to infantry, giving instructions about a march, its destination, etc
  • marlborough leg — a tapered leg having a square section.
  • mass psychology — the study of the behavior of large groups of people.
  • measuring chain — a flexible length of metal links used in calculating distances
  • megagametophyte — the female gametophyte in seed plants.
  • megalithic tomb — a burial chamber constructed of large stones, either underground or covered by a mound and usually consisting of long transepted corridors (gallery graves) or of a distinct chamber and passage (passage graves). The tombs may date from the 4th millennium bc
  • methylene group — the bivalent organic group >CH 2 , derived from methane.
  • microangiopathy — any disease of the small blood vessels.
  • microhomologous — (genetics) Exhibiting microhomology.
  • micromorphology — the study of the form and structure of organisms at a microscopic level
  • microphotograph — microfilm (def 1).
  • micropublishing — the publishing of material in microfilm
  • microradiograph — an enlarged version of an image obtained by a form of radiography that reveals minute details
  • microtechnology — technology that uses microelectronics
  • microtopography — microrelief.
  • mid-heavyweight — a professional wrestler weighing 199–209 pounds (91–95 kg)
  • might-have-been — that which might have occurred if it were not for other events
  • milking machine — an electric machine for milking cows.
  • milling machine — a machine tool for rotating a cutter (milling cutter) to produce plane or formed surfaces on a workpiece, usually by moving the work past the cutter.
  • mind how you go — Some people say 'Mind how you go' when they are saying goodbye to someone who is leaving.
  • misapprehending — Present participle of misapprehend.
  • mohandas gandhi — Indira [in-deer-uh] /ɪnˈdɪər ə/ (Show IPA), 1917–84, Indian political leader: prime minister 1966–77 and 1980–84 (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru).
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