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15-letter words containing o, g, l, e

  • compleat angler — a book on fishing (1653) by Izaak Walton.
  • comprehendingly — In an comprehending manner; knowingly.
  • conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
  • conceptualizing — Present participle of conceptualize.
  • concrete jungle — If you refer to a city or area as a concrete jungle, you mean that it has a lot of modern buildings and you think it is ugly or unpleasant to live in.
  • condescendingly — In a condescending manner.
  • congealableness — the quality of being congealable
  • congealed salad — a molded gelatin salad containing chopped fruit or vegetables.
  • congelifraction — the shattering or splitting of rock or frozen soil due to the action of frost.
  • conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.
  • congress-people — congressmember.
  • congressionally — of or relating to a congress.
  • constable glass — a drinking glass of the 18th century, having a heavy foot, a tall body, and a capacity of 1 quart (0.946 liters).
  • contextualising — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
  • contextualizing — Present participle of contextualize.
  • controlled drug — a drug whose sale is illegal except through prescribed medical channels
  • controller gain — In a control loop, the controller gain is the strength of action a controller will take at a particular point below or above the setpoint.
  • converging lens — a lens that converts parallel rays of light to convergent rays and produces a real image.
  • coolgardie safe — a cupboard with wetted hessian walls for keeping food cool: used esp in Australia
  • cooling process — the process of becoming cooler
  • copenhagen blue — a greyish-blue colour
  • correcting lens — a thin lens used to correct spherical aberration introduced by the spherical mirror in certain optical systems
  • correspondingly — You use correspondingly when describing a situation which is closely connected with one you have just mentioned or is similar to it.
  • counteractingly — In a way that counteracts.
  • counterclaiming — Present participle of counterclaim.
  • counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
  • counterplotting — Present participle of counterplot.
  • courting couple — a pair of lovers
  • covering letter — A covering letter is a letter that you send with a parcel or with another letter in order to provide extra information.
  • cowper's glands — two small yellowish glands near the prostate that secrete a mucous substance into the urethra during sexual stimulation in males
  • cracked gas oil — Cracked gas oil is a gas oil which is formed as one of the products of a gas reaction.
  • cradle-to-grave — extending throughout one's life, from birth to death: a cradle-to-grave system of health care.
  • cricopharyngeal — of, relating to, or involving the cricoid cartilage and the pharynx.
  • crisis theology — a neoorthodox theology, advocated by Karl Barth and others, emphasizing the absolute necessity of faith and divine revelation in transcending the personal crisis, common to all humankind, that arises from the contradictions inherent in human nature and in the social order.
  • 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
  • crustaceologist — One who studies crustaceology.
  • cybertechnology — Computer technology, especially that which involves the Internet or cyberspace.
  • cycling clothes — special clothes, such as lycra shorts, suitable for cycling in
  • cycloneolignane — (organic chemistry) Any neolignane having an additional ring.
  • cytogenetically — (medicine, biology) By means or in terms of cytogenetics, the genetics of the cell.
  • cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
  • de broglie wave — a hypothetical wave associated with the motion of a particle of atomic or subatomic size that describes effects such as the diffraction of beams of particles by crystals.
  • 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
  • demographically — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
  • demythologizing — Present participle of demythologize.
  • denationalizing — Present participle of denationalize.
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