15-letter words containing n, g, u, l, t
- high resolution — a great amount of detail visible in a photographic, TV, or video image
- high-resolution — having or capable of producing an image characterized by fine detail: high-resolution photography; high-resolution lens.
- hot-bulb engine — a low-compression oil engine requiring a heated bulb or cap for ignition.
- hung parliament — a parliament that does not have a party with a working majority
- hunting leopard — the cheetah.
- ignatius loyola — Saint Ignatius of (Iñigo López de Loyola) 1491–1556, Spanish soldier and ecclesiastic: founder of the Society of Jesus.
- immunohistology — the microscopic study of tissues with the aid of antibodies that bind to tissue components and reveal their presence.
- immunopathology — the study of diseases having an immunologic or allergic basis.
- 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.
- industrialising — Present participle of industrialise.
- industrializing — Present participle of industrialize.
- insight-fulness — characterized by or displaying insight; perceptive.
- insulating tape — adhesive tape, impregnated with a moisture-repelling substance, used to insulate exposed electrical conductors
- italian sausage — salami
- langres plateau — a calcareous plateau of E France north of Dijon between the Seine and the Saône, reaching over 580 m (1900 ft): forms a watershed between rivers flowing to the Mediterranean and to the English Channel
- langston hughes — Charles Evans, 1862–1948, U.S. jurist and statesman: chief justice of the U.S. 1930–41.
- lantern gurnard — a type of gurnard
- lapland bunting — a passerine bird: Calcarius lapponicus
- leakage current — A leakage current is an electric current in an unwanted conductive path under normal operating conditions.
- leakage-current — an act of leaking; leak.
- leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
- light in august — a novel (1932) by William Faulkner.
- light pollution — unwanted or harmful light, as from bright street lights or neon signs.
- linear argument — (theory) A function argument which is used exactly once by the function. If the argument is used at most once then it is safe to inline the function and replace the single occurrence of the formal parameter with the actual argument expression. If the argument was used more than once this transformation would duplicate the argument expression, causing it to be evaluated more than once. If the argument is sure to be used at least once then it is safe to evaluate it in advance (see strictness analysis) whereas if the argument was not used then this would waste work and might prevent the program from terminating.
- linguistic area — a geographical area in which several languages sharing common features are spoken.
- linguistic form — any meaningful unit of speech, as a sentence, phrase, word, morpheme, or suffix.
- liquid nitrogen — nitrogen in a liquid state
- listed building — (in Britain) a building officially recognized as having special historical or architectural interest and therefore protected from demolition or alteration
- living quarters — accommodation
- lobster newburg — (sometimes lowercase) lobster cooked in a thick seasoned cream sauce made with sherry or brandy.
- lubricating oil — an oily substance that is used to cover or treat machinery so as to lessen friction
- lung specialist — doctor specializing in lung conditions
- lung transplant — a medical operation in which the lungs are taken out of someone who has died and are placed into another person's body
- luster painting — a method of decorating glazed pottery with metallic pigment, originated in Persia, popular from the 9th through the mid-19th centuries.
- magnesium light — the strongly actinic white light produced when magnesium is burned: used in photography, signaling, pyrotechnics, etc.
- magnetic bubble — a tiny mobile magnetized area within a magnetic material, the basis of one type of solid-state storage medium (magnetic bubble memory)
- magnetic pulley — a magnetic device for separating metal from sand, refuse, etc.
- mail user agent — (messaging) (MUA) The program that allows the user to compose and read electronic mail messages. The MUA provides the interface between the user and the Message Transfer Agent. Outgoing mail is eventually handed over to an MTA for delivery while the incoming messages are picked up from where the MTA left it (although MUA's running on single-user machines may pick up mail using POP). Popular MUAs for Unix include elm, mush, pine, and RMAIL.
- malpighian tube — one of a group of long, slender excretory tubules at the anterior end of the hindgut in insects and other terrestrial arthropods.
- malpighian tuft — glomerulus (def 2).
- manual steering — Manual steering is steering in which the driver does all the work, without the help of mechanical power.
- manual training — training in the various manual arts and crafts, as woodworking.
- metalinguistics — the study of the relation between languages and the other cultural systems they refer to.
- methylene group — the bivalent organic group >CH 2 , derived from methane.
- microtunnelling — a technique used to excavate tunnels mechanically for the laying of pipes
- minimum tillage — no-tillage.
- monumentalizing — Present participle of monumentalize.
- mother language — a language from which another language is descended; parent language.
- motoring public — the population that drive road vehicles
- mouthwateringly — In a mouthwatering manner.