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15-letter words containing l, e, a, g, r, o

  • mineralogically — With regard to mineralogy.
  • modern language — one of the literary languages currently in use in Europe, as French, Spanish, or German, treated as a departmental course of study in a school, college, or university.
  • mollier diagram — a graph showing the enthalpy of a substance as a function of its entropy when some physical property of the substance, as temperature or pressure, is kept at a specified constant value.
  • morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
  • mortgage lender — a financial institution which provides money to borrowers for mortgages
  • mortgage relief — (formerly) a reduction of tax on income being used to pay off a mortgage
  • mother language — a language from which another language is descended; parent language.
  • mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.
  • negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
  • neurobiological — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
  • neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
  • new archaeology — a reorientation of archaeology, dating from the 1960s, that emphasizes an explicitly scientific, problem-oriented, deductive approach to research.
  • noli me tangere — a person or thing that must not be touched or interfered with.
  • noli-me-tangere — a person or thing that must not be touched or interfered with.
  • non-overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
  • nongovernmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • north las vegas — a city in S Nevada.
  • obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
  • old high german — High German before 1100. Abbreviation: OHG.
  • oligodendroglia — Oligodendrocytes collectively.
  • oligomerisation — Alternative spelling of oligomerization.
  • oligomerization — (chemistry) The formation of an oligomer from a monomer.
  • oligosaccharide — any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis, as two, three, or four.
  • omega-algebraic — In domain theory, a complete partial order is algebraic if every element is the lub of some chain of compact elements. If the set of compact elements is countable it is omega-algebraic. Usually written with a Greek letter omega (LaTeX \omega).
  • operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
  • operating table — table on which surgery is performed
  • optical storage — optical disk drive
  • orange milkweed — butterfly weed (def 1).
  • organized labor — all workers who are organized in labor unions.
  • organochlorines — Plural form of organochlorine.
  • organomercurial — an organic compound containing mercury
  • orthokeratology — a technique for correcting refractive errors in vision by changing the shape of the cornea with the temporary use of progressively flatter hard contact lenses.
  • outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
  • over-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • paedophile ring — a group of people who take part in illegal sexual activity involving children
  • palaeogeography — the study of geographical features of the geological past
  • palaeontography — the branch of palaeontology concerned with the description of fossils
  • pectoral girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the forelimbs.
  • pelargonic acid — a colorless, oily, water-immiscible liquid, C 9 H 1 8 O 2 , occurring as an ester in a volatile oil in species of pelargonium: used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of lacquers and plastics.
  • personal growth — development as an individual
  • photodegradable — (of a substance) capable of being broken down by light.
  • photoheliograph — an instrument for photographing the sun, consisting of a camera and a specially adapted telescope.
  • phototelegraphy — facsimile (def 2a).
  • phrenologically — in a manner relating to phrenology
  • plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
  • pleasure-loving — enjoying pleasure
  • plethysmography — the tracking of changes measured in bodily volume
  • portugal laurel — Prunus lusitanica; type of cherry
  • predicate logic — (logic)   (Or "predicate calculus") An extension of propositional logic with separate symbols for predicates, subjects, and quantifiers. For example, where propositional logic might assign a single symbol P to the proposition "All men are mortal", predicate logic can define the predicate M(x) which asserts that the subject, x, is mortal and bind x with the universal quantifier ("For all"): All x . M(x) Higher-order predicate logic allows predicates to be the subjects of other predicates.
  • quasi-religious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
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