15-letter words containing l, g, y, c
- high technology — any technology requiring the most sophisticated scientific equipment and advanced engineering techniques, as microelectronics, data processing, genetic engineering, or telecommunications (opposed to low technology).
- holding company — a company that controls other companies through stock ownership but that usually does not engage directly in their productive operations (distinguished from parent company).
- holiday cottage — a cottage used for accommodation for a family, couple, etc, on holiday
- holographically — In a holographic way.
- hydrobiological — of or relating to hydrobiology
- hygroscopically — In a hygroscopic way.
- hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
- hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- ideographically — an ideogram.
- immunologically — the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.
- incorrigibility — not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.
- insignificantly — Of such extremely small quantity or degree that it is not worth measuring.
- interchangeably — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
- large cranberry — See under cranberry (def 1).
- laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
- laryngotracheal — of, relating to, or involving the larynx and trachea.
- legacy software — legacy system
- lexicologically — Describing a relation to lexicology.
- logarithmically — In a logarithmic manner.
- logging company — a company that fells trees and sells timber
- lump uncurrying — Chin's generalisation of uncurrying. A curried function taking several tuples as arguments can be transformed to take a single tuple containing all the components of the original tuples.
- macro-sociology — the sociological study of large-scale social systems and long-term patterns and processes.
- magnetic pulley — a magnetic device for separating metal from sand, refuse, etc.
- malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
- mass psychology — the study of the behavior of large groups of people.
- megalokaryocyte — Megakaryocyte.
- metacognitively — In a metacognitive way.
- metallurgically — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metric topology — a topology for a space in which open sets are defined in terms of a given metric.
- micromorphology — the study of the form and structure of organisms at a microscopic level
- microtechnology — technology that uses microelectronics
- mineralogically — With regard to mineralogy.
- morphologically — the branch of biology dealing with the form and structure of organisms.
- neuropsychology — The study of the relationship between behavior, emotion, and cognition on the one hand, and brain function on the other.
- neurotoxicology — the science that deals with the effects of poisons on the nervous system.
- new archaeology — a reorientation of archaeology, dating from the 1960s, that emphasizes an explicitly scientific, problem-oriented, deductive approach to research.
- nonbelligerency — the state or status of not participating in a war.
- nonbiologically — in a nonbiological way, not in a biological way
- oligodendrocyte — A glial cell similar to an astrocyte but with fewer protuberances, concerned with the production of myelin in the central nervous system.
- operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
- 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
- paleogeophysics — (used with a plural verb) inferred geophysical conditions or processes of designated periods of the geologic past.
- palynologically — from a palynological point of view
- phonogramically — in a phonogramic manner
- phrenologically — in a manner relating to phrenology
- physical change — a usually reversible change in the physical properties of a substance, as size or shape: Freezing a liquid is a physical change.
- physiologically — of or relating to physiology.
- picture gallery — place where art is exhibited and sold
- piggyback plant — a plant, Tolmiea menziesii, of the saxifrage family, native to western North America, that produces new plants at the base of its broad, hairy leaves and that is popular as a houseplant.