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15-letter words containing l, a, g, u

  • self-regulative — used for or capable of controlling or adjusting oneself or itself: a self-regulative device.
  • self-regulatory — Self-regulatory systems, organizations, or activities are controlled by the people involved in them, rather than by outside organizations or rules.
  • self-sustaining — self-supporting.
  • shoulder charge — an instance of a player charging into another so that there is contact between their shoulders (permissible in some circumstances)
  • silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
  • sleeping beauty — a beautiful princess, the heroine of a popular fairy tale, awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of the prince who is her true love.
  • snapping turtle — either of two large, edible, freshwater turtles of the family Chelydridae, of North and Central America, having a large head and powerful hooked jaws, especially the common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina.
  • sound-and-light — combining sound effects or music with unusual lighting displays: to promote a product with a spectacular sound-and-light presentation.
  • source language — the language in which a text appears that is to be translated into another language. Compare target language (def 1).
  • south glamorgan — a county in SE Wales. 161 sq. mi. (416 sq. km).
  • structural gene — cistron.
  • subject catalog — a catalog having entries listed by subject only.
  • sulfiting agent — sulfite (def 2).
  • summer triangle — a group of three first-magnitude stars (Deneb, Vega, and Altair) visible during the summer in the N skies
  • surgeon general — the chief of medical services in one of the armed forces.
  • surgical needle — a needle for suturing.
  • surgical spirit — Surgical spirit is a liquid which is used to clean wounds or surgical instruments. It consists mainly of alcohol.
  • surgical strike — a military action designed to destroy a particular target without harming other people or damaging other buildings near it
  • syntax language — a metalanguage used to refer to the grammatical or other formal features of an object language.
  • take the plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
  • talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
  • target language — the language into which a text is to be translated from another language. Compare source language (def 1).
  • the magic flute — an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
  • toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
  • training manual — instructional book
  • transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another
  • traumatological — relating to traumatology
  • treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
  • truth-value gap — the possibility in certain semantic systems of a statement being neither true nor false while also not being determinately of any third truth-value, as all my children are asleep uttered by a childless person
  • tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
  • tumbling barrel — a rotating drum for subjecting materials or small manufactured objects, loosely placed inside, to a tumbling action, as to mix materials or to polish objects by friction with one another or with an abrasive.
  • ultra-religious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
  • ultracentrifuge — a high-speed centrifuge for subjecting sols or solutions to forces many times that of gravity and producing concentration differences depending on the weight of the micelle or molecule.
  • ultrasonography — a diagnostic imaging technique utilizing reflected high-frequency sound waves to delineate, measure, or examine internal body structures or organs.
  • ulysses s grant — Cary (Archibald Leach) 1904–86, U.S. actor, born in England.
  • uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
  • unchallengeably — in a way that cannot be challenged; in an unchallengeable manner
  • unchronological — arranged in the order of time: a chronological list of events.
  • uncomplainingly — in an unresentful or resigned manner
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
  • ungentlemanlike — unlike a gentleman
  • ungrammatically — in an ungrammatical manner
  • union catalogue — a catalogue listing every publication held at cooperating libraries
  • universal stage — a small theodolite mounted on the stage of a polarizing microscope and used in the petrographic analysis of rocks.
  • unknowledgeable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
  • unmanageability — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
  • unscintillating — animated; vivacious; effervescent: a scintillating personality.
  • upper arlington — a city in central Ohio, near Columbus.
  • urban guerrilla — a member of any underground political group engaged in terrorism or violence in urban areas, especially during the 1970s.
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