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17-letter words containing l, a, y, g, i

  • ferrimagnetically — In a ferrimagnetic manner.
  • floating currency — a currency that is free to fluctuate against other currencies in accordance with market forces
  • floating dry dock — a dock that floats and can be lowered in the water for the entrance of a ship, and then raised for use as a dry dock
  • garlic mayonnaise — mayonnaise flavoured with garlic
  • general paralysis — a syphilitic brain disorder characterized by chronic inflammation and degeneration of cerebral tissue resulting in mental and physical deterioration.
  • geological survey — U.S. Government. a division of the Department of the Interior, created in 1879, that studies the nation's water and mineral resources, makes topographic surveys, and classifies and leases public lands.
  • glastonbury chair — a folding chair having legs crossed front-to-back and having arms connected to the back and to the front seat rail.
  • glycosaminoglycan — any of a class of polysaccharides derived from hexosamine that form mucins when complexed with proteins: formerly called mucopolysaccharide.
  • glymphatic system — Anatomy. the system or process by which cerebrospinal fluid moves through channels formed by glia, cleansing the mammalian brain of harmful waste.
  • great rift valley — a series of rift valleys running from N to S, from the Jordan Valley in SW Asia to Mozambique in SE Africa.
  • gunboat diplomacy — diplomatic relations involving the use or threat of military force, especially by a powerful nation against a weaker one.
  • haemoglobinopathy — (medicine) Any of a group of inherited disorders in which haemoglobin does not function properly.
  • hippocampal gyrus — a convolution on the inner surface of the temporal lobe of the cerebrum, bordering the hippocampus.
  • hyaline cartilage — the typical, translucent form of cartilage, containing little fibrous tissue.
  • ideogrammatically — In terms of, or by means of, ideograms.
  • in broad daylight — openly, in full public view
  • indistinguishably — In an indistinguishable manner; so that separate components or differences cannot be discerned.
  • italian greyhound — one of an Italian breed of toy dogs resembling a greyhound.
  • lady of the night — a tropical American shrub, Brunfelsia americana, of the nightshade family, having berrylike yellow fruit and fragrant white flowers.
  • lady-of-the-night — a tropical American shrub, Brunfelsia americana, of the nightshade family, having berrylike yellow fruit and fragrant white flowers.
  • legal aid society — an organization providing free legal guidance and service to persons who cannot afford a lawyer.
  • lexicographically — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
  • light heavyweight — a boxer or other contestant intermediate in weight between a middleweight and a heavyweight, especially a professional boxer weighing up to 175 pounds (80 kg).
  • literacy campaign — a campaign designed to reduce illiteracy and promote literacy in a country, area, etc
  • lithostratigraphy — the study or character of stratified rocks based solely on their physical and petrographic features.
  • livingstone daisy — a gardener's name for various species of Mesembryanthemum, esp M. criniflorum, grown as garden annuals (though several are perennial) for their brightly coloured showy flowers: family Aizoaceae
  • lymphangiographic — Relating to lymphangiography.
  • lyon king of arms — the chief herald of Scotland
  • magnetoelasticity — the phenomenon, consisting of a change in magnetic properties, exhibited by a ferromagnetic material to which stress is applied.
  • malagasy republic — former name of Madagascar.
  • malay archipelago — an extensive island group in the Indian and Pacific oceans, SE of Asia, including the Greater and Lesser Sunda Islands, the Moluccas, and the Philippines.
  • many-valued logic — the study of logical systems in which the truth-values that a proposition may have are not restricted to two, representing only truth and falsity
  • marriage equality — the state of having the same rights and responsibilities of marriage as others, regardless of one's sexual orientation or gender identity.
  • may/might as well — If you say that you might as well do something, or that you may as well do it, you mean that you will do it although you do not have a strong desire to do it and may even feel slightly unwilling to do it.
  • melissopalynology — The study of honey and its composition.
  • mercantile agency — commercial agency.
  • microbiologically — With regard to microbiology.
  • micropaleontology — the branch of paleontology dealing with the study of microscopic fossils.
  • military governor — the military officer in command of a military government.
  • military training — drilling in army discipline and techniques
  • molecular biology — the branch of biology that deals with the nature of biological phenomena at the molecular level through the study of DNA and RNA, proteins, and other macromolecules involved in genetic information and cell function, characteristically making use of advanced tools and techniques of separation, manipulation, imaging, and analysis.
  • motorcycle racing — sport: competing on motorcycles
  • mystical theology — the branch of theology dealing with mysticism and mystical experiences.
  • naked singularity — an infinitely dense point mass without a surrounding black hole
  • negative catalyst — an inhibitor.
  • negative polarity — the grammatical character of a word or phrase, such as ever or any, that may normally be used only in a semantically or syntactically negative or interrogative context
  • negative theology — a theological approach or tradition in which the nature of God is thought to be unknowable and is only understood through negative statements. See also apophasis (def 2).
  • neurobiologically — In terms of or by means of neurobiology.
  • nightshade family — the plant family Solanaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants, trees, shrubs, and vines having alternate, simple or pinnate leaves, conspicuous flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including belladonna, eggplant, nightshade, peppers of the genus Capsicum, petunia, potato, tobacco, and tomato.
  • non-assignability — capable of being specified: The word has no assignable meaning in our language.
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