14-letter words containing l, a, n, g, o, b
- gamma globulin — a protein fraction of blood plasma that responds to stimulation of antigens, as bacteria or viruses, by forming antibodies: administered therapeutically in the treatment of some viral diseases.
- garboard plank — the bottommost plank of a vessel's hull
- gay liberation — a political and social movement to combat legal and social discrimination against homosexuals.
- global dimming — a decrease in the amount of sunlight reaching the surface of the earth, believed to be caused by pollution in the atmosphere
- global warming — an increase in the earth's average atmospheric temperature that causes corresponding changes in climate and that may result from the greenhouse effect.
- globalizations — Plural form of globalization.
- globe amaranth — a plant, Gomphrena globosa, native to the Old World tropics, having dense heads of variously colored flowers that retain their color when cut.
- go a bundle on — to be extremely fond of
- golden warbler — yellow warbler.
- goose barnacle — any marine crustacean of the subclass Cirripedia, usually having a calcareous shell, being either stalked (goose barnacle) and attaching itself to ship bottoms and floating timber, or stalkless (rock barnacle or acorn barnacle) and attaching itself to rocks, especially in the intertidal zone.
- governableness — The state of being governable.
- hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
- interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
- knowledge base — (artificial intelligence) A collection of knowledge expressed using some formal knowledge representation language. A knowledge base forms part of a knowledge-based system (KBS).
- lactoglobulins — Plural form of lactoglobulin.
- lake winnebago — a lake in E Wisconsin, fed and drained by the Fox river: the largest lake in the state. Area: 557 sq km (215 sq miles)
- landing beacon — a radio transmitter that emits a landing beam
- load balancing — (operating system, parallel) Techniques which aim to spread tasks among the processors in a parallel processor to avoid some processors being idle while others have tasks queueing for execution. Load balancing may be performed either by heavily loaded processors (with many tasks in their queues) sending tasks to other processors; by idle processors requesting work from others; by some centralised task distribution mechanism; or some combination of these. Some systems allow tasks to be moved after they have started executing ("task migration") others do not. It is important that the overhead of executing the load balancing algorithm does not contribute significantly to the overall processing or communications load. Distributed scheduling algorithms may be static, dynamic or preemptive. Static algorithms allocate processes to processors at run time while taking no account of current network load. Dynamic algorithms are more flexible, though more computationally expensive, and give some consideration to the network load before allocating the new process to a processor. Preemptive algorithms are more expensive and flexible still, and may migrate running processes from one host to another if deemed beneficial. Research to date indicates that dynamic algorithms yield significant performance benefits, but that further (though lesser) gains may be had through the addition of process migration facilities.
- louangphrabang — a city in N Laos, on the Mekong River: former royal capital.
- macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
- marine biology — science of sea life
- methaemoglobin — a brownish compound of oxygen and hemoglobin, formed in the blood, as by the use of certain drugs.
- moulding board — a board on which dough is kneaded
- nanopublishing — an inexpensive form of online publishing that uses blogging as a model to reach a specific audience
- napalm bombing — the act of attacking with napalm bombs
- non-changeable — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- non-cognizable — capable of being perceived or known.
- non-negotiable — capable of being negotiated: a negotiable salary demand.
- obligatoriness — The quality or state of being obligatory.
- orange blossom — the white flower of an orange tree, especially of the genus Citrus, much used in wreaths, bridal bouquets, etc.: the state flower of Florida.
- organizability — The suitability or potential for organization.
- oxyhaemoglobin — the bright red product formed when oxygen from the lungs combines with haemoglobin in the blood
- planning board — development group
- plotting board — Navigation. a transparent table on a ship, used as a plotting sheet.
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
- ragnar lodbrok — a possibly historical Danish king of the 9th century, the subject of an Old Icelandic saga and of accounts in the Danish history by Saxo Grammaticus: also associated with the story of Sigurd and the Volsungs.
- roller bandage — a long bandage rolled into a cylinder
- roller bearing — a bearing consisting of cylindrical or tapered rollers running between races in two concentric rings, one of which is mounted on a rotating or oscillating part, as a shaft.
- shabby-looking — appearing old and in bad condition
- snowball fight — game: throwing balls of snow
- starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
- tablet coating — A tablet coating is a covering over a tablet, used to mask the taste, make it easier to swallow, or protect the active medication inside.
- to ring a bell — If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is.
- tubal ligation — a method of permanent sterilization for women, involving the surgical sealing of the fallopian tubes to prevent the ovum from passing from the ovary to the uterus.
- unprogrammable — not able to be programmed
- unrecognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- unrecognizably — in an unrecognizable or unidentifiable manner
- warbling vireo — a grayish-green American vireo, Vireo gilvus, characterized by its melodious warble.
- william gibson — (person) Author of cyberpunk novels such as Neuromancer (1984), Count Zero (1986), Mona Lisa Overdrive, and Virtual Light (1993). Neuromancer, a novel about a computer hacker/criminal "cowboy" of the future helping to free an artificial intelligence from its programmed bounds, won the Hugo and Nebula science fiction awards and is credited as the seminal cyberpunk novel and the origin of the term "cyberspace". Gibson does not have a technical background and supposedly purchased his first computer in 1992.
- xenobiological — Of or pertaining to xenobiology.