15-letter words containing l, o, g
- as you go along — If you do something as you go along, you do it while you are doing another thing, without preparing it beforehand.
- ascending colon — the first portion of the colon, beginning at the cecum in the lower right abdominal cavity and continuing upward along the right posterior abdominal wall to approximately the lower ribs.
- assign a policy — If you assign a policy, you transfer legal ownership of an insurance policy to another person.
- astrobiologists — Plural form of astrobiologist.
- auditor general — (in Canada) a federal official responsible for auditing government departments and making an annual report
- autolithography — a lithographic technique by which the artist draws or traces with a brush and pen directly on a stone or plate.
- aviator glasses — sunglasses that look like goggles
- bacterial ghost — a bacterial cell that is emptied and filled artificially with another substance
- bacteriological — Of or relating to bacteriology or bacteria.
- balloon barrage — a series of moored balloons, usually strung together and hung with cables, for impeding a low-level attack by enemy aircraft.
- bank of england — the central bank of the United Kingdom, which acts as banker to the government and the commercial banks. It is responsible for managing the government's debt and implementing its policy on other monetary matters: established in 1694, nationalized in 1946; in 1997 the government restored the authority to set interest rates to the Bank
- barrage balloon — Barrage balloons are large balloons which are fixed to the ground by strong steel cables. They are used in wartime, when the cables are intended to destroy low-flying enemy aircraft.
- base technology — (company) The company which developed and distributes Liana. E-mail: Jack Krupansky <[email protected]> (owner). Address: Base Technology, Attn: Jack Krupansky, 1500 Mass. Ave. NW #114 Washington, DC 2005, USA. 800-786-9505 Telephone: +1 800 876 9505.
- be spoiling for — to have an aggressive desire for (a fight, etc)
- beach goldenrod — a composite plant, Solidago sempervirens, of eastern and southern North America, having a thick stem and large, branched, one-sided terminal clusters of yellow flowers, flourishing on sea beaches or salt marshes.
- beef wellington — a lightly roasted beef fillet covered with pâté de foie gras, wrapped in pastry, and then baked
- belgian griffon — one of a variety of the Brussels griffon having a black or reddish-brown and black coat.
- benzoglyoxaline — benzimidazole.
- bibliographical — a complete or selective list of works compiled upon some common principle, as authorship, subject, place of publication, or printer.
- bicycle touring — the activity of touring on a bicycle
- billings method — a natural method of birth control that involves examining the colour and viscosity of the cervical mucus to discover when ovulation is occurring
- biobibliography — a bibliography containing biographical sketches of the authors listed.
- biopsychologist — a field of psychology that deals with the effects of biological factors on behavior.
- biting housefly — a two-winged fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, having the mouthparts adapted for biting, and commonly a household and stable pest.
- black guillemot — a common guillemot, Cepphus grylle: its summer plumage is black with white wing patches and its winter plumage white with greyish wings
- blagoveshchensk — a city and port in E Russia, in Siberia on the Amur River. Pop: 222 000 (2005 est)
- blasting powder — a form of gunpowder made with sodium nitrate instead of saltpeter, used chiefly for blasting rock, ore, etc.
- blenheim orange — a type of apple tree bearing gold-coloured apples
- blood poisoning — Blood poisoning is a serious illness resulting from an infection in your blood.
- bloodguiltiness — guilty of murder or bloodshed.
- blotch printing — a fabric-printing method in which the ground color is transferred from the cylinder and the motif retains the original hue of the cloth.
- blue cattle dog — an Australian breed of dog with a bluish coat, developed for herding cattle
- boarding school — A boarding school is a school which some or all of the pupils live in during the school term. Compare day school.
- boating holiday — a holiday spent sailing or travelling in a canal boat, cruiser, etc
- boil-in-the-bag — (of food) able to be boiled in a sealed bag until ready to eat
- boiled dressing — a cooked salad dressing thickened with egg yolks and often containing mustard.
- bologna sausage — a large smoked sausage made of seasoned mixed meats
- boolean algebra — a system of symbolic logic devised by George Boole to codify logical operations. It is used in computers
- borough council — a local government body elected by a borough
- borough-english — (until 1925) a custom in certain English boroughs whereby the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers
- breaking plough — a plough with a long shallow mouldboard for turning virgin land or sod land
- bring into line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- bronzed grackle — the western subspecies of the American bird, the common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula versicolor, having bronzy, iridescent plumage.
- brooklyn bridge — a suspension bridge over the East River, in New York City, connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn: built 1867–84. 5989 feet (1825 meters) long.
- building worker — a labourer, bricklayer, etc who works in the construction industry
- bulldog edition — the early edition of a morning newspaper, chiefly for out-of-town distribution
- by a long chalk — You can use by a long chalk to add emphasis to something you are saying.
- california gull — a large gull, Larus californicus, of the western U.S.
- call for margin — a demand made by a stockbroker for partial payment of a client's debt due to decreasing value of the collateral
- call forwarding — a telephone service that allows incoming calls to be transferred automatically to another number or extension