16-letter words containing l, e, n, g, t
- long-established — having a long history; old
- long-nosed skate — a fish; Raja oxyrinchus
- long-term memory — information stored in the brain and retrievable over a long period of time, often over the entire life span of the individual (contrasted with short-term memory).
- longicorn beetle — any beetle of the family Cerambycidae, having a long narrow body, long legs, and long antennae
- lost river range — a mountain range in E central Idaho. Highest peak, Borah Peak (also highest in the state), 12,662 feet (3862 meters).
- lymphangiectasia — (medicine) dilation of the lymphatic vessels.
- lymphangiectasis — Alt form lymphangiectasia.
- magnetic anomaly — a departure from the normal magnetic field of the earth.
- magneto-electric — of or relating to the induction of electric current or electromotive force by means of permanent magnets.
- management style — the way in which and the methods someone uses in managing a company, business, etc
- managerial staff — staff in positions of management
- manganese violet — a moderate to strong purple color.
- marine biologist — scientist who studies sea life
- mcnaughten rules — (in English law) a set of rules established by the case of Regina v. McNaughten (1843) by which legal proof of insanity in the commission of a crime depends upon whether or not the accused can show either that he did not know what he was doing or that he is incapable of realizing that what he was doing was wrong
- mercator sailing — sailing according to rhumb lines, which appear as straight lines on a Mercator chart.
- middle stone age — the Mesolithic period.
- minstrel gallery — a gallery in a building meant for use by musicians playing to provide background music or entertainment at a feast or other event
- molybdate orange — a pigment consisting of a solid solution of sulfate, molybdate, and chromate compounds of lead.
- montagu's blenny — a small blenny, Coryphoblennius galerita, found among rocks in shallow water
- montgomery clift — Montgomery, 1920–66, U.S. actor.
- mos technologies — MOS Technology
- mourning clothes — clothes worn as a symbol of grief at a bereavement, esp black clothes
- multiple listing — the listing of a home for sale with a number of real-estate brokers who participate in a shared listing service.
- multiplepoinding — an action to determine the division of a property or fund between several claimants, brought by or on behalf of the present holder
- nanotechnologies — Plural form of nanotechnology.
- nanotechnologist — Someone who does research into nanotechnology; someone studying things on the scale of nanometers.
- nathanael greene — Graham, 1904–91, English novelist and journalist.
- national gallery — a major art gallery in London, in Trafalgar Square. Founded in 1824, it contains the largest collection of paintings in Britain
- natural language — a language used as a native tongue by a group of speakers.
- natural religion — religion based on principles derived solely from reason and the study of nature.
- natural theology — theology based on knowledge of the natural world and on human reason, apart from revelation.
- network topology — (networking) The "shape" of a network, how the nodes are connected to each other. Common topologies are bus network, star network and ring network.
- neurolinguistics — the study of the neurological processes underlying the development and use of language.
- neuropathologies — the pathology of the nervous system.
- neuropathologist — A specialist who practices neuropathology.
- nightingale ward — a long hospital ward with beds on either side and the nurses' station in the middle
- nitrogen balance — the difference between the amount of nitrogen taken in and the amount excreted or lost: used to evaluate nutritional balance.
- non-contingently — dependent for existence, occurrence, character, etc., on something not yet certain; conditional (often followed by on or upon): Our plans are contingent on the weather.
- non-debilitating — to make weak or feeble; enfeeble: The siege of pneumonia debilitated her completely.
- north ridgeville — a town in N Ohio.
- nuclear magneton — a unit of magnetic moment, used to measure proton spin and approximately equal to 1/1836 Bohr magneton.
- nucleating agent — a substance used to seed clouds to control rainfall and fog formation
- oblique triangle — any triangle that does not have a right angle (contrasted with right triangle).
- oil storage tank — a very large industrial container where petroleum is stored
- old-girl network — an association among women that is comparable to or modeled on an old-boy network.
- oligonucleotides — Plural form of oligonucleotide.
- on its last legs — about to fail
- operating manual — a leaflet of instructions on how to use something (such as an electrical appliance, etc)
- operationalizing — Present participle of operationalize.
- organoleptically — In an organoleptic manner.