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15-letter words containing l, e, n, g, u, a

  • regulation time — the standard duration of a sports game, before the addition of any extra time to determine a winner, etc
  • regulatory gene — any gene that exercises control over the expression of another gene or genes.
  • rigel kentaurus — Alpha Centauri.
  • rigil kentaurus — Astronomy. Alpha Centauri.
  • run the gantlet — to be punished by means of the gantlet
  • sauce espagnole — brown sauce.
  • sebaceous gland — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
  • second language — a language learned by a person after his or her native language, especially as a resident of an area where it is in general use.
  • self-regulating — adjusting, ruling, or governing itself without outside interference; operating or functioning without externally imposed controls or regulations: a self-regulating economy; the self-regulating market.
  • self-regulation — control by oneself or itself, as in an economy, business organization, etc., especially such control as exercised independently of governmental supervision, laws, or the like.
  • self-sustaining — self-supporting.
  • silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
  • sleeping beauty — a beautiful princess, the heroine of a popular fairy tale, awakened from a charmed sleep by the kiss of the prince who is her true love.
  • snapping turtle — either of two large, edible, freshwater turtles of the family Chelydridae, of North and Central America, having a large head and powerful hooked jaws, especially the common snapping turtle, Chelydra serpentina.
  • source language — the language in which a text appears that is to be translated into another language. Compare target language (def 1).
  • structural gene — cistron.
  • sulfiting agent — sulfite (def 2).
  • summer triangle — a group of three first-magnitude stars (Deneb, Vega, and Altair) visible during the summer in the N skies
  • surgeon general — the chief of medical services in one of the armed forces.
  • surgical needle — a needle for suturing.
  • syntax language — a metalanguage used to refer to the grammatical or other formal features of an object language.
  • take the plunge — to cast or thrust forcibly or suddenly into something, as a liquid, a penetrable substance, a place, etc.; immerse; submerge: to plunge a dagger into one's heart.
  • talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
  • target language — the language into which a text is to be translated from another language. Compare source language (def 1).
  • toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
  • transfer lounge — the place in an airport where you wait for a transfer from one flight to another
  • treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
  • tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
  • tumbling barrel — a rotating drum for subjecting materials or small manufactured objects, loosely placed inside, to a tumbling action, as to mix materials or to polish objects by friction with one another or with an abrasive.
  • ultracentrifuge — a high-speed centrifuge for subjecting sols or solutions to forces many times that of gravity and producing concentration differences depending on the weight of the micelle or molecule.
  • ulysses s grant — Cary (Archibald Leach) 1904–86, U.S. actor, born in England.
  • uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
  • unchallengeably — in a way that cannot be challenged; in an unchallengeable manner
  • uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
  • understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
  • ungentlemanlike — unlike a gentleman
  • union catalogue — a catalogue listing every publication held at cooperating libraries
  • universal stage — a small theodolite mounted on the stage of a polarizing microscope and used in the petrographic analysis of rocks.
  • unknowledgeable — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
  • unmanageability — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
  • upper arlington — a city in central Ohio, near Columbus.
  • urban guerrilla — a member of any underground political group engaged in terrorism or violence in urban areas, especially during the 1970s.
  • van diemen gulf — an inlet of the Timor Sea in N Australia, in the Northern Territory
  • völkerwanderung — the migration of peoples, esp of Germanic and Slavic peoples into S and W Europe from 2nd to 11th centuries
  • walking wounded — casualties, as of a military conflict, who are wounded but ambulatory.
  • wallace nutting — Wallace, 1861–1941, U.S. antiquary, author, and illustrator.
  • wrongful arrest — the act of arresting someone without proper reason
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