15-letter words containing l, a, n, g, o
- holding company — a company that controls other companies through stock ownership but that usually does not engage directly in their productive operations (distinguished from parent company).
- holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
- holding paddock — a paddock in which cattle or sheep are kept temporarily, as before shearing, etc
- 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 feeling — the positive feeling people experience while on holiday and during holiday periods such as the Christmas period
- 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.
- hunting leopard — the cheetah.
- hyperpolarizing — Present participle of hyperpolarize.
- hypoventilating — Present participle of hypoventilate.
- ignatius loyola — Saint Ignatius of (Iñigo López de Loyola) 1491–1556, Spanish soldier and ecclesiastic: founder of the Society of Jesus.
- immunologically — the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.
- immunopathology — the study of diseases having an immunologic or allergic basis.
- imperial gallon — a British gallon used in liquid and dry measurement equivalent to 1.2 U.S. gallons, or 4.54 liters.
- in a good light — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- in nothing flat — no thing; not anything; naught: to say nothing.
- indicator light — a device for indicating that a motor vehicle is about to turn left or right; blinker
- integral domain — a commutative ring in which the cancellation law holds true.
- intercollegiate — taking place between or participating in activities between different colleges: intercollegiate athletics.
- 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.
- investigational — Of, or relating to investigating, or to an investigation.
- island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
- job enlargement — a widening of the range of tasks performed by an employee in order to provide variety in the activities undertaken
- journal bearing — a plain cylindrical bearing to support a shaft or axle
- kangaroo island — an island in the Indian Ocean, off South Australia. Area: 4350 sq km (1680 sq miles)
- knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
- knowledge-based — characterized by the dominance of information services as an area of growth
- lactovegetarian — Also called lactarian. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products.
- lake washington — a lake in W Washington, forming the E boundary of the city of Seattle: linked by canal with Puget Sound. Length: about 32 km (20 miles). Width: 6 km (4 miles)
- langston hughes — Charles Evans, 1862–1948, U.S. jurist and statesman: chief justice of the U.S. 1930–41.
- language school — A language school is a private school where a foreign language is taught.
- langue de boeuf — ox-tongue partisan.
- laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
- laryngotracheal — of, relating to, or involving the larynx and trachea.
- laser ring gyro — a system of aerial navigation in which rotation is sensed by the measuring of the frequency shift of laser light in a closed circuit in a horizontal plane
- lay a finger on — to harm
- leading counsel — the more senior of two counsels
- lemon-grass oil — a yellowish to brownish oil distilled from the leaves of certain lemon grasses, especially Cymbopogon citratus, used chiefly in perfumery.
- length over all — Nautical. the entire length of a vessel, measured from the foremost point of the bow to the aftermost point of the stern.
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- leukaemogenesis — the development of leukaemia
- lexical scoping — lexical scope
- limiting factor — Physiology. the slowest, therefore rate-limiting, step in a process or reaction involving several steps.
- linear ordering — an ordering that is reflexive, antisymmetric, transitive, and connected, as less than or equal to on the involved integers
- linear topology — (theory) A linear topology on a left A-module M is a topology on M that is invariant under translations and admits a fundamental system of neighborhood of 0 that consists of submodules of M. If there is such a topology, M is said to be linearly topologized. If A is given a discrete topology, then M becomes a topological A-module with respect to a linear topology.
- loading program — a series of instructions entered automatically in a program that starts the processing.
- logging company — a company that fells trees and sells timber
- long parliament — the Parliament that assembled November 3, 1640, was expelled by Cromwell in 1653, reconvened in 1659, and was dissolved in 1660.
- long-case clock — tall-case clock.