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15-letter words containing l, e, g, i, o

  • non-intelligent — having good understanding or a high mental capacity; quick to comprehend, as persons or animals: an intelligent student.
  • non-legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
  • non-overlapping — to lap over (something else or each other); extend over and cover a part of; imbricate.
  • nonbelligerency — the state or status of not participating in a war.
  • nonself-antigen — any of the antigens present in an individual that originate outside the body (contrasted with self-antigen).
  • nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
  • northern lights — aurora borealis.
  • oblique sailing — the navigation of a vessel on a point of the compass other than one of the cardinal points.
  • obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
  • office building — building containing offices
  • old age pension — An old age pension is a regular amount of money that people receive from the government when they have retired from work.
  • old high german — High German before 1100. Abbreviation: OHG.
  • oligodendrocyte — A glial cell similar to an astrocyte but with fewer protuberances, concerned with the production of myelin in the central nervous system.
  • oligodendroglia — Oligodendrocytes collectively.
  • oligomerisation — Alternative spelling of oligomerization.
  • oligomerization — (chemistry) The formation of an oligomer from a monomer.
  • oligonucleotide — a chain of a few nucleotides.
  • 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).
  • opening balance — the amount of money in an account at the start of an accounting period
  • operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
  • operating table — table on which surgery is performed
  • ophthalmoplegia — Paralysis of the muscles within or surrounding the eye.
  • 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
  • outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
  • over-privileged — having too many advantages or opportunities compared to others.
  • over-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • overcontrolling — excessively controlling
  • oxygen cylinder — a metal cylinder containing oxygen under pressure
  • package holiday — a holiday arranged by a travel company in which your travel and accommodation are booked for you
  • paedophile ring — a group of people who take part in illegal sexual activity involving children
  • palaeolimnology — the study of ancient lake ecologies
  • palaeomagnetism — the study of the fossil magnetism in rocks, used to determine the past configurations of the continents and to investigate the past shape and magnitude of the earth's magnetic field
  • palaeomagnetist — a student of or expert in palaeomagnetism
  • paleogeophysics — (used with a plural verb) inferred geophysical conditions or processes of designated periods of the geologic past.
  • 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.
  • phenomenologies — the study of phenomena.
  • phenomenologist — the study of phenomena.
  • philip the good — 1396–1467, duke of Burgundy 1419–67.
  • photoheliograph — an instrument for photographing the sun, consisting of a camera and a specially adapted telescope.
  • phrenologically — in a manner relating to phrenology
  • plantaginaceous — relating to or belonging to the family Plantaginaceae
  • plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
  • pleasure-loving — enjoying pleasure
  • plug compatible — of or relating to computers or peripheral devices that are functionally equivalent to, and may be substituted for, other models.
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