16-letter words containing l, a, y, g, e
- natural theology — theology based on knowledge of the natural world and on human reason, apart from revelation.
- organoleptically — In an organoleptic manner.
- osteoarchaeology — the branch of archaeology that deals with the study of bones found at archaeological sites
- paleoclimatology — the branch of paleogeography dealing with the study of paleoclimates.
- personal hygiene — bodily cleanliness
- personnel agency — an agency for placing employable persons in jobs; employment agency.
- philip r. bagley — (person) A pioneer of computer document retrieval. See metadata.
- phylogenetically — the development or evolution of a particular group of organisms.
- polyhedral angle — a configuration consisting of the lateral faces of a polyhedron around one of its vertices. The portion of a pyramid including one of its points is such a configuration.
- portrait gallery — a gallery where pictures are displayed
- potential energy — the energy of a body or a system with respect to the position of the body or the arrangement of the particles of the system.
- publicity agency — an advertising agency; a firm that gets publicity for people or products
- railway carriage — a railway coach for passengers
- renewable energy — any naturally occurring, theoretically inexhaustible source of energy, as biomass, solar, wind, tidal, wave, and hydroelectric power, that is not derived from fossil or nuclear fuel.
- saxifrage family — the plant family Saxifragaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and small trees having alternate or opposite leaves, clustered or solitary flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the astilbe, currant, deutzia, gooseberry, hydrangea, mock orange, piggy-back plant, saxifrage, and strawberry geranium.
- shooting gallery — a place equipped with targets and used for practice in shooting.
- single occupancy — a type of travel accommodation, as at a hotel, for one person in a room.
- speech pathology — the scientific study and treatment of defects, disorders, and malfunctions of speech and voice, as stuttering, lisping, or lalling, and of language disturbances, as aphasia or delayed language acquisition.
- stereoregularity — (of a polymer) the degree to which successive configurations in space along the chain follow a simple rule. Also called tacticity. Compare configuration (def 4).
- tertiary college — a college system incorporating the secondary school sixth form and vocational courses
- tray agriculture — hydroponics.
- unapologetically — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- vegetable oyster — salsify.
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- yablonovyy range — a mountain range in the SE Russian Federation in Asia, E of Lake Baikal.
- yellow archangel — a Eurasian herbaceous plant (Lamiastrum luteum) that has yellow helmet-shaped flowers: family Lamiaceae (labiates)
- yield management — the process of frequently adjusting the price of a product in response to various market factors, as demand or competition.
- ziegler catalyst — any of a group of catalysts, such as titanium trichloride (TiCl3) and aluminium alkyl (Al(CH3)3), that produce stereospecific polymers