15-letter words containing l, a, e, g
- haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- half wellington — a loose boot extending to just above the ankle and usually worn under the trousers.
- halting problem — The problem of determining in advance whether a particular program or algorithm will terminate or run forever. The halting problem is the canonical example of a provably unsolvable problem. Obviously any attempt to answer the question by actually executing the algorithm or simulating each step of its execution will only give an answer if the algorithm under consideration does terminate, otherwise the algorithm attempting to answer the question will itself run forever. Some special cases of the halting problem are partially solvable given sufficient resources. For example, if it is possible to record the complete state of the execution of the algorithm at each step and the current state is ever identical to some previous state then the algorithm is in a loop. This might require an arbitrary amount of storage however. Alternatively, if there are at most N possible different states then the algorithm can run for at most N steps without looping. A program analysis called termination analysis attempts to answer this question for limited kinds of input algorithm.
- hamersley range — a mountain range in N Western Australia: iron-ore deposits. Highest peak: 1236 m (4056 ft)
- hanging glacier — a glacier situated on a shelf above a valley or another glacier; it may be joined to the lower level by an icefall or separate from it
- hapax legomenon — a word or phrase that appears only once in a manuscript, document, or particular area of literature.
- hard-boiled egg — egg boiled until the yolk is set
- haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- heartbreakingly — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- heating element — a coil or other arrangement of wire in which heat is produced by an electric current
- heliacal rising — rising of a celestial object at approximately the same time as the rising of the sun
- hepaticological — of or relating to hepaticology
- high-angle shot — a shot taken from a camera positioned above the action
- highland cattle — a breed of cattle with shaggy hair, usually reddish-brown in colour, and long horns
- holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
- holding pattern — a traffic pattern for aircraft at a specified location (holding point) where they are ordered to remain until permitted to land or proceed.
- holiday cottage — a cottage used for accommodation for a family, couple, etc, on holiday
- holiday feeling — the positive feeling people experience while on holiday and during holiday periods such as the Christmas period
- holiday village — a park with villas where holidaymakers stay and which has a central area with a shop, entertainment, etc
- horned oak gall — a small, round tumor, formed around wasp eggs laid in the branches of a pin oak tree, that disrupts the flow of nutrients to the tree, with consequent defoliation and death.
- hung parliament — a parliament that does not have a party with a working majority
- hunting leopard — the cheetah.
- hydrometallurgy — the technique or process of extracting metals at ordinary temperatures by leaching ore with liquid solvents.
- hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
- hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- hyperpolarizing — Present participle of hyperpolarize.
- hypoventilating — Present participle of hypoventilate.
- idealized image — a personal standard of perfection against which one's actual thinking, behavior, and appearance are compared.
- ideographically — an ideogram.
- immaterializing — Present participle of immaterialize.
- imperial gallon — a British gallon used in liquid and dry measurement equivalent to 1.2 U.S. gallons, or 4.54 liters.
- impregnableness — The state of being impregnable; impregnability.
- inertia selling — (in Britain) the illegal practice of sending unrequested goods to householders followed by a bill for the price of the goods if they do not return them
- infrared galaxy — a galaxy that radiates strongly in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- inguinal hernia — a common type of hernia in which a loop of the intestine protrudes directly through a weak area of the abdominal wall in the groin region.
- 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
- insulating tape — adhesive tape, impregnated with a moisture-repelling substance, used to insulate exposed electrical conductors
- insuring clause — the clause in an insurance policy setting forth the kind and degree of coverage granted by the insurer.
- integral domain — a commutative ring in which the cancellation law holds true.
- interchangeable — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
- interchangeably — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
- intercollegiate — taking place between or participating in activities between different colleges: intercollegiate athletics.
- internal energy — a function of thermodynamic variables, as temperature, that represents the internal state of a system that is due to the energies of the molecular constituents of the system. The change in internal energy during a process is equal to the net heat entering the system minus the net work done by the system. Symbol: U.
- interphalangeal — Between phalanges, as with an interphalangeal joint.
- interrogatingly — So as to interrogate; with urgent or bullying questioning.
- interrogational — the act of interrogating; questioning.
- interrogatively — In an interrogative manner; by means of a question.
- intertanglement — the state or condition of being intertangled
- interval signal — a characteristic snatch of music, chimes, etc, transmitted as an identifying signal by a radio station between programme items
- intransigeantly — intransigently