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15-letter words containing l, o, r, g, n

  • holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
  • holding pattern — a traffic pattern for aircraft at a specified location (holding point) where they are ordered to remain until permitted to land or proceed.
  • horned oak gall — a small, round tumor, formed around wasp eggs laid in the branches of a pin oak tree, that disrupts the flow of nutrients to the tree, with consequent defoliation and death.
  • hovering vessel — a vessel in territorial waters apparently collaborating in illicit operations.
  • hunting leopard — the cheetah.
  • hyperpolarizing — Present participle of hyperpolarize.
  • imperial gallon — a British gallon used in liquid and dry measurement equivalent to 1.2 U.S. gallons, or 4.54 liters.
  • in the long run — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • incorrigibility — not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.
  • indicator light — a device for indicating that a motor vehicle is about to turn left or right; blinker
  • integral domain — a commutative ring in which the cancellation law holds true.
  • intercollegiate — taking place between or participating in activities between different colleges: intercollegiate athletics.
  • interrogatingly — So as to interrogate; with urgent or bullying questioning.
  • interrogational — the act of interrogating; questioning.
  • interrogatively — In an interrogative manner; by means of a question.
  • irreligiousness — The state or quality of being irreligious; ungodliness.
  • island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
  • job enlargement — a widening of the range of tasks performed by an employee in order to provide variety in the activities undertaken
  • jogger's nipple — painful inflammation of the nipple, caused by friction with a garment when running for long distances
  • journal bearing — a plain cylindrical bearing to support a shaft or axle
  • kangaroo island — an island in the Indian Ocean, off South Australia. Area: 4350 sq km (1680 sq miles)
  • knight bachelor — bachelor (def 3).
  • lactovegetarian — Also called lactarian. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products.
  • laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
  • laryngotracheal — of, relating to, or involving the larynx and trachea.
  • laser ring gyro — a system of aerial navigation in which rotation is sensed by the measuring of the frequency shift of laser light in a closed circuit in a horizontal plane
  • lay a finger on — to harm
  • legion of honor — a French order of distinction instituted in 1802 by Napoleon with membership being granted for meritorious civil or military services.
  • legion of merit — a decoration ranking below the Silver Star and above the Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded to U.S. and foreign military personnel for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the U.S.
  • lemon-grass oil — a yellowish to brownish oil distilled from the leaves of certain lemon grasses, especially Cymbopogon citratus, used chiefly in perfumery.
  • length over all — Nautical. the entire length of a vessel, measured from the foremost point of the bow to the aftermost point of the stern.
  • leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
  • licensing hours — hours during which alcoholic drinks may be sold legally
  • limiting factor — Physiology. the slowest, therefore rate-limiting, step in a process or reaction involving several steps.
  • linear ordering — an ordering that is reflexive, antisymmetric, transitive, and connected, as less than or equal to on the involved integers
  • linear topology — (theory)   A linear topology on a left A-module M is a topology on M that is invariant under translations and admits a fundamental system of neighborhood of 0 that consists of submodules of M. If there is such a topology, M is said to be linearly topologized. If A is given a discrete topology, then M becomes a topological A-module with respect to a linear topology.
  • linguistic form — any meaningful unit of speech, as a sentence, phrase, word, morpheme, or suffix.
  • liquid nitrogen — nitrogen in a liquid state
  • loading program — a series of instructions entered automatically in a program that starts the processing.
  • lobster newburg — (sometimes lowercase) lobster cooked in a thick seasoned cream sauce made with sherry or brandy.
  • long parliament — the Parliament that assembled November 3, 1640, was expelled by Cromwell in 1653, reconvened in 1659, and was dissolved in 1660.
  • long-grain rice — a type of rice that has long grains, rather than round grains
  • long-sufferance — long-suffering.
  • longhorn cattle — cattle of a long-horned breed, usually red or variegated, formerly common in SW US
  • longshore drift — beach drift.
  • lord-in-waiting — a nobleman in attendance on a British monarch or the Prince of Wales.
  • lost generation — the generation of men and women who came of age during or immediately following World War I: viewed, as a result of their war experiences and the social upheaval of the time, as cynical, disillusioned, and without cultural or emotional stability.
  • lowland gorilla — the eastern lowland gorilla or western lowland gorilla. See under gorilla.
  • lubricating oil — an oily substance that is used to cover or treat machinery so as to lessen friction
  • luminous energy — light1 (def 2a).
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