15-letter words containing o, c, t, a, g, n
- great recession — the protracted worldwide economic recession following the financial crisis of 2007–08
- gregorian chant — the plain song or cantus firmus used in the ritual of the Roman Catholic Church.
- heat-conducting — able to conduct heat or whose function is to conduct heat
- hot-dip coating — the process of coating sheets of iron or steel with molten zinc.
- hovering accent — indeterminacy as to which of two consecutive syllables in a line of verse bears the metrical stress, as in any of the first three feet of Slow, slow, / fresh fount, / keep time / with my / salt tears.
- hydrofracturing — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- image converter — a device for producing a visual image formed by other electromagnetic radiation such as infrared or ultraviolet radiation or X-rays
- indicator light — a device for indicating that a motor vehicle is about to turn left or right; blinker
- intercollegiate — taking place between or participating in activities between different colleges: intercollegiate athletics.
- interiorscaping — The design, installation, and maintenance of interiorscapes.
- interrecord gap — the area or space separating consecutive physical records of data on an external storage medium.
- joint financing — the provision of funds for a project, etc, from two or more sources
- 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.
- limiting factor — Physiology. the slowest, therefore rate-limiting, step in a process or reaction involving several steps.
- longhorn cattle — cattle of a long-horned breed, usually red or variegated, formerly common in SW US
- lubricating oil — an oily substance that is used to cover or treat machinery so as to lessen friction
- magnetic bottle — Physics. a magnetic field so shaped that it can confine a plasma: used in a proposed design for fusion reactors.
- magnetic course — a course whose bearing is given relative to the magnetic meridian of the area.
- magnetic domain — a portion of a ferromagnetic material where the magnetic moments are aligned with one another because of interactions between molecules or atoms.
- magnetic mirror — a region in a magnetic bottle where the magnetic field increases abruptly, causing charged particles that enter it to be reflected.
- magnetic moment — a vector quantity associated with a given electric current, magnet, or the like, having the property that its vector product with the magnetic induction equals the torque acting on the given object.
- magnetoelectric — of or relating to the induction of electric current or electromotive force by means of permanent magnets.
- magnetoreceptor — The part of an organism responsible for magnetoreception.
- malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
- megacorporation — a giant company formed from two or more large companies or a number of companies of various sizes.
- metacognitively — In a metacognitive way.
- metallo-organic — organometallic.
- microangiopathy — any disease of the small blood vessels.
- microgeneration — the small-scale generation of electrical power, through means such as solar or wind power
- micromanagement — The direct management of a project etc to an excessive degree, with too much attention to detail and insufficient delegation.
- miscegenational — of or relating to miscegenation
- miscoordinating — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- narcotics agent — an undercover agent who provides information to the police about illegal drugs, illegal drug trafficking, and users of illegal drugs
- navigation acts — any of several acts of Parliament between 1651 and 1847 designed primarily to expand British trade and limit trade by British colonies with countries that were rivals of Great Britain.
- negative income — invested income that has produced a loss and hence may yield a tax deduction.
- neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
- nightwatchwoman — (rare) The female equivalent of a nightwatchman.
- non-egotistical — pertaining to or characterized by egotism.
- non-grammatical — (of a sentence or expression) not conforming to the grammatical rules of a given language.
- nonagricultural — not applied to or generally practicing agriculture: a nonagricultural nation.
- nonantagonistic — acting in opposition; opposing, especially mutually.
- nonintoxicating — Not intoxicating; not causing drunkenness.
- nonphotographic — not involving photographic equipment or techniques
- object exchange — (protocol) (OBEX) A Bluetooth protocol in the Core Protocol Stack for data exchange.
- object language — the language to which a metalanguage refers.
- opencast mining — mining by excavating from the surface
- operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit