15-letter words containing l, o, n, g
- critical region — that part of a statistical distribution in which the probability of a given hypothesis is less than the chosen significance level, so that the hypothesis would be rejected
- crossing patrol — a person who holds up the traffic so that school children can cross the road safely
- crosslinguistic — relating to different languages
- crunchy granola — crisp; brittle.
- crunchy-granola — characterized by or defining oneself by ecological awareness, liberal political views, and support or use of natural products and health foods.
- cum grano salis — with a grain of salt; not too literally
- cybertechnology — Computer technology, especially that which involves the Internet or cyberspace.
- cycling clothes — special clothes, such as lycra shorts, suitable for cycling in
- cycling holiday — a holiday in which one cycles between destinations
- cycloneolignane — (organic chemistry) Any neolignane having an additional ring.
- cytogenetically — (medicine, biology) By means or in terms of cytogenetics, the genetics of the cell.
- deagglomeration — Deagglomeration is the process of breaking up agglomerates.
- deglamorization — the act or process of making less glamorous
- delaware jargon — a jargon based on Unami Delaware, now extinct but formerly used as a lingua franca in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.
- delayed opening — the automatic opening of a parachute after a predetermined delay to allow the parachutist to reach a particular height
- delaying action — a measure or measures taken to gain time, as when weaker military forces harass the advance of a superior enemy without coming to a pitched battle
- demythologizing — Present participle of demythologize.
- denationalizing — Present participle of denationalize.
- dendrohydrology — The science that uses dendrochronology to investigate and reconstruct hydrologic processes, such as river flow and past lake levels.
- deoxyhemoglobin — the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) in arterial blood. Symbol: Hb.
- depersonalizing — Present participle of depersonalize.
- developing bath — an amount of photographic developer into which photographic film or paper is inserted
- developing tank — a container used to develop photographic film and which enables the film to be developed in daylight
- diagonal matrix — a square matrix in which all the entries except those along the diagonal from upper left to lower right are zero.
- diagonalisation — (UK) In matrix algebra, the process of converting a square matrix into a diagonal matrix, usually to find the eigenvalues of the matrix.
- diagonalization — (in linear algebra) the process of diagonalizing
- dinoflagellates — Plural form of dinoflagellate.
- direct coupling — conductive coupling between electronic circuits, as opposed to inductive or capacitative coupling
- direction angle — an angle made by a given vector and a coordinate axis.
- disappointingly — failing to fulfill one's hopes or expectations: a disappointing movie; a disappointing marriage.
- disconcertingly — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
- dissolving view — an effect created by the projection of slides on a screen in such a way that each picture seems to dissolve into the succeeding one without an interval in between.
- dongola leather — a leather similar to kid, made from goatskin, sheepskin, or calfskin.
- double genitive — a possessive construction consisting of a prepositional phrase with of containing a substantive in the possessive case, as of father's in He is a friend of father's.
- double integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of two variables and that requires two applications of the integration process to evaluate.
- double knitting — a widely used medium thickness of knitting wool
- double negation — the principle that a statement is equivalent to the denial of its negation, as it is not the case that John is not here meaning John is here
- double negative — a syntactic construction in which two negative words are used in the same clause to express a single negation.
- double printing — the exposure of the same positive photographic emulsion to two or more negatives, resulting in the superimposition of multiple images after development
- double stopping — playing two notes or parts simultaneously on a string instrument
- downhill skiing — the sport of skiing down a slope, usually making turns and various maneuvers.
- dr. strangelove — a person, especially a military or government official, who advocates initiating nuclear warfare.
- dropping bottle — a bottle with correlated lengthwise grooves in the neck and in the stopper, permitting a controlled flow of the liquid contents in the form of drops.
- drying-up cloth — a tea towel
- duelling pistol — one of a pair of identical pistols made specifically for use in duels
- east longmeadow — a city in SW Massachusetts.
- eddington limit — the theoretical upper limit of luminosity that a star of a given mass can reach; occurs when the outward force of the radiation just balances the inward gravitational force
- eddystone light — lighthouse on dangerous rocks (Eddystone Rocks) just off the SE coast of Cornwall, in the English Channel
- edgar allan poe — Edgar Allan, 1809–49, U.S. poet, short-story writer, and critic.
- egyptian clover — a Mediterranean clover, Trifolium alexandrinum, grown as a forage crop and to improve the soil in the southwestern US and the Nile valley