15-letter words containing l, y, n, c
- drying-up cloth — a tea towel
- dysfunctionally — not performing normally, as an organ or structure of the body; malfunctioning.
- early christian — denoting or relating to the style of architecture that started in Italy in the 3rd century ad and spread through the Roman empire until the 5th century
- econometrically — In terms of econometrics.
- 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
- electroanalyses — Plural form of electroanalysis.
- electroanalysis — (physics, chemistry) Any of several electrochemical forms of analysis.
- electrodynamics — The branch of mechanics concerned with the interaction of electric currents with magnetic fields or with other electric currents.
- encephalography — Any of various techniques for recording the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
- encyclopaedical — Of or pertaining to encyclopaediae.
- encyclopedicity — The quality or state of being encyclopedic.
- endomycorrhizal — Of or pertaining to endomycorrhiza.
- endonucleolytic — relating to endonuclease
- entomologically — In terms of entomology.
- epeirogenically — in the manner of epeirogeny
- epichlorohydrin — an organic compound used as a solvent in resin-making
- epicyclic train — a cluster of gears consisting of a central gearwheel with external teeth (the sun), a coaxial gearwheel of greater diameter with internal teeth (the annulus), and one or more planetary gears engaging with both of them to provide a large gear ratio in a compact space
- ethnomusicology — The study of the music of different cultures, especially non-Western ones.
- ethnopsychology — The scientific study of psychological concepts as they exist across different ethnic groups.
- ethylene glycol — a colorless, viscous liquid, HOCH2CH2OH, used as an antifreeze, as a solvent, in resins, etc.
- exchangeability — The condition of being exchangeable.
- factor analysis — the use of one of several methods for reducing a set of variables to a lesser number of new variables, each of which is a function of one or more of the original variables.
- false pregnancy — physiological signs of pregnancy without conception; pseudocyesis.
- flavourdynamics — as in quantum flavour dynamics, a mathematical model used to describe the interaction of flavoured particles (weak force) through the exchange of intermediate vector bosons
- flight of fancy — An idea or statement that is very imaginative but complicated, silly, or impractical can be referred to as a flight of fancy.
- floating policy — (in marine insurance) a policy that provides protection of a broad nature for shipments of merchandise and that is valid continuously until canceled.
- fly honeysuckle — either of two honeysuckle shrubs, Lonicera canadensis, of eastern North America, or L. xylosteum, of Eurasia, having paired yellowish flowers tinged with red.
- flying characin — hatchetfish (def 2).
- flying dutchman — a legendary Dutch ghost ship supposed to be seen at sea, especially near the Cape of Good Hope.
- food technology — a branch of technology that is involved in the production of food
- french mulberry — a shrub, Callicarpa americana, of the verbena family, of the south-central U.S. and the West Indies, having violet-colored fruit and bluish flowers.
- frontal cyclone — any extratropical cyclone associated with a front: the most common cyclonic storm.
- fuel efficiency — the (least) amount of fuel used in proportion to the number of miles travelled
- functionability — functional (def 3).
- fungistatically — in a fungistatic manner
- gastronomically — the art or science of good eating.
- gene technology — manipulation of DNA
- genetic fallacy — the fallacy of confusing questions of validity and logical order with questions of origin and temporal order.
- geomagnetically — In a geomagnetic way; through geomagnetism.
- geotectonically — from a geotectonic point of view
- glen canyon dam — Adam Clayton, Jr. 1908–72, U.S. clergyman, politician, and civil-rights leader: congressman 1945–67, 1969–71.
- glycaemic index — an index indicating the effects of various foods on blood sugar. Fast-releasing foods that raise blood sugar levels quickly are high on the index, while slow-releasing foods, at the bottom of the index, give a slow but sustained release of sugar
- glycogenic acid — gluconic acid.
- glyconeogenesis — gluconeogenesis.
- glycuronic acid — glucuronic acid.
- gramophonically — in a gramophonic manner
- haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- heliocentricity — measured or considered as being seen from the center of the sun.
- hemodynamically — With regard to hemodynamics.
- hendecasyllabic — having 11 syllables.