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17-letter words containing i, g, u, a

  • language planning — the development of policies or programs designed to direct or change language use, as through the establishment of an official language, the standardization or modernization of a language, or the development or alteration of a writing system.
  • league of nations — an international organization to promote world peace and cooperation that was created by the Treaty of Versailles (1919): dissolved April 1946.
  • lebesgue integral — an integral obtained by application of the theory of measure and more general than the Riemann integral.
  • legendre equation — a differential equation of the form (1− x 2) d2y/dx2 − 2 xdy/dx + a (a + 1) y = 0, where a is an arbitrary constant.
  • light machine gun — any air-cooled machine gun having a caliber not greater than 0.30 inches (7.6 mm).
  • ligurian republic — the republic in NW Italy set up by Napoleon in 1797, incorporated into France in 1805, and united with the Kingdom of Sardinia in 1814.
  • long island sound — an arm of the Atlantic between Connecticut and Long Island. 90 miles (145 km) long.
  • longitudinal wave — a wave in which the direction of displacement is the same as the direction of propagation, as a sound wave.
  • louisiana tanager — western tanager.
  • low-hanging fruit — the fruit that grows low on a tree and is therefore easy to reach
  • luggage insurance — insurance against the loss of luggage while travelling
  • macro-linguistics — a field of study concerned with language in its broadest sense and including cultural and behavioral features associated with language.
  • magellanic clouds — either of two irregular galactic clusters in the southern heavens that are the nearest independent star system to the Milky Way.
  • magnesium sulfate — a white, water-soluble salt, MgSO 4 , used chiefly in medicine and in the processing of leather and textiles.
  • malagasy republic — former name of Madagascar.
  • many-valued logic — the study of logical systems in which the truth-values that a proposition may have are not restricted to two, representing only truth and falsity
  • marriage equality — the state of having the same rights and responsibilities of marriage as others, regardless of one's sexual orientation or gender identity.
  • marriage guidance — counselling for married couples
  • medicochirurgical — pertaining to medicine and surgery.
  • messier catalogue — a catalogue of 103 nonstellar objects, such as nebulae and galaxies, prepared in 1781–86. An object is referred to by its number in this catalogue, for example the Andromeda Galaxy is referred to as M31
  • metatungstic acid — an oxyacid acid of tungsten. Formula: H2W4O13
  • misunderstandings — Plural form of misunderstanding.
  • modeling language — modelling language
  • molecular biology — the branch of biology that deals with the nature of biological phenomena at the molecular level through the study of DNA and RNA, proteins, and other macromolecules involved in genetic information and cell function, characteristically making use of advanced tools and techniques of separation, manipulation, imaging, and analysis.
  • montagu's harrier — a brownish European bird of prey, Circus pygargus, with long narrow wings and a long tail: family Accipitridae (hawks, harriers, etc)
  • mountain mahogany — any of a genus (Cercocarpus) of W North American shrubs or small trees of the rose family, with lobed leaves and single dry fruits
  • multigenerational — of or relating to several generations, as of a family, or society: a multigenerational novel covering 300 years.
  • multiple integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of more than one variable and which requires for evaluation repetition of the integration process.
  • naked singularity — an infinitely dense point mass without a surrounding black hole
  • natural logarithm — a logarithm having e as a base. Symbol: ln.
  • nautical twilight — the period of time during which the sun is 12° below the horizon
  • negative eugenics — the study of or belief in the possibility of improving the qualities of the human species or a human population, especially by such means as discouraging reproduction by persons having genetic defects or presumed to have inheritable undesirable traits (negative eugenics) or encouraging reproduction by persons presumed to have inheritable desirable traits (positive eugenics)
  • neurobiologically — In terms of or by means of neurobiology.
  • neurodegenerative — Resulting in or characterized by degeneration of the nervous system, especially the neurons in the brain.
  • neuropathological — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or arising from neuropathology, the pathology of nerve tissue.
  • new guinea pidgin — the variety of Neo-Melanesian spoken in Papua New Guinea and neighbouring islands
  • newspaper cutting — clipping from a news publication
  • ngaliema mountain — Mount, a mountain with two summits, in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: highest peak in the Ruwenzori group. 16,790 feet (5119 meters).
  • non-argumentative — fond of or given to argument and dispute; disputatious; contentious: The law students were an unusually argumentative group.
  • norwegian current — an ocean current formed from the terminus of the North Atlantic Current, flowing N along the Norwegian coast into the Barents Sea.
  • numbering machine — a handheld device for stamping numbers onto objects
  • nursing auxiliary — someone who performs duties such as washing and dressing patients, making beds, etc, in an establishment such as a hospital
  • opening arguments — the statements or arguments provided by lawyers at the beginning of a trial
  • optical computing — (hardware)   (Or "Optical Signal Processing") Operating on data represented using electromagnetic radiation, e.g. visible light, instead of the electrical signals used in a conventional electronic digital computer. Electronic digital computers are built from transistors. These form components that store data and logic gates that perform the low-level Boolean operations such as AND, OR and NOT that are the basis of all digital computation. The optical equivalent requires material with a non-linear refractive index such that light beams can interact with each other to perform the same Boolean operations. Though the photons that carry optical signals offer some theoretical advantages over the electrons that carry electronic signals, there are many practical problems that would have to be overcome before optical computing could compete in terms of cost, power and speed.
  • organ-pipe cactus — a treelike or columnar cactus, Lemaireocereus marginatus, of Mexico, having a central, erect spine surrounded by spreading spines in clusters of five to eight, and funnel-shaped, brownish-purple flowers.
  • osculating circle — circle of curvature.
  • outline agreement — a contract, etc, setting out the preliminary terms or guidelines for an agreement; a preliminary agreement
  • oversquare engine — An oversquare engine is an engine which has a cylinder bore that is larger than its stroke.
  • papua new guinean — a native or inhabitant of Papua New Guinea.
  • papua-new-guinean — an inhabitant or native of Papua New Guinea
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