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13-letter words containing o, l, e, a, g

  • belgian congo — former Belgian colony (1908-60) in central Africa: now the country of Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
  • beta globulin — a blood plasma protein that is separable from other globulins by electrophoresis.
  • beta-blocking — acting to inhibit the activity of the nerves that are stimulated by adrenaline
  • bibliographer — an expert in bibliography
  • biodegradable — Something that is biodegradable breaks down or decays naturally without any special scientific treatment, and can therefore be thrown away without causing pollution.
  • bioecological — the study of the interrelations among living organisms in their natural environment; ecology.
  • bitonal image — (graphics)   An image consisting only of a foreground colour and a background colour. Compare monochrome.
  • blamestorming — a discussion or meeting for the purpose of assigning blame.
  • blastogenesis — the theory that inherited characteristics are transmitted only by germ plasm
  • blood sausage — a kind of black sausage made from minced pork fat, pig's blood, and other ingredients
  • blow a gasket — to burst out in anger
  • blow the gaff — to divulge a secret
  • blue grosbeak — a grosbeak, Guiraca caerulea, of the U.S., Mexico, and Central America, the male of which is blue with two rusty bars on each wing.
  • body language — Your body language is the way in which you show your feelings or thoughts to other people by means of the position or movements of your body, rather than with words.
  • boiling range — A boiling range is the temperature range involved in the distillation of oil, from the start to the time when it evaporates.
  • book learning — knowledge gained from books rather than from direct personal experience
  • book-learning — knowledge acquired by reading books, as distinguished from that obtained through observation and experience.
  • boolean logic — (logic)   A logic based on Boolean algebra.
  • borage family — any member of the plant family Boraginaceae, typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, and trees having simple, alternate, hairy leaves and usually blue, five-lobed flowers in a cluster that uncoils as they bloom, including borage, bugloss, and forget-me-not.
  • bougainvillea — Bougainvillea is a climbing plant that has thin, red or purple flowers and grows mainly in hot countries.
  • bowling alley — A bowling alley is a building which contains several tracks for bowling.
  • brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
  • breechloading — loaded at the breech.
  • buffalo grove — a city in NE Illinois.
  • cable molding — a molding in the form of a rope.
  • calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
  • canon regular — a clergyman of certain religious communities following a monastic rule
  • canonical age — the age specified by canon law when a person becomes eligible to participate in a certain rite or hold a certain office.
  • cape marigold — any composite plant of the genus Dimorphotheca, having variously colored, daisylike flowers.
  • cardiomegalia — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
  • carriage bolt — a round-headed bolt for timber, threaded along part of its shank, inserted into holes already drilled.
  • catalog verse — verse made by compiling long lists of everyday objects, names, or events, united by a common theme and often didactic in tone.
  • categorically — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
  • categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
  • categorizable — Capable of being categorized.
  • chaise longue — A chaise longue is a kind of sofa with only one arm and usually a back along half its length.
  • chaise lounge — A chaise lounge is the same as a chaise longue.
  • charcoal grey — a very dark grey colour
  • chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
  • chicago style — a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble.
  • chlorargyrite — a mineral, the naturally occurring form of silver chloride, formed in the oxidation process of silver
  • clear-coating — an automotive painting technique in which a coating of clear lacquer or other synthetic liquid is applied over the base color to enhance the shine and durability of the paint.
  • clearing loan — a bank loan to finance the purchase of securities which is repayable within the calendar day on which it is made.
  • clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • cleistogamous — having small, unopened, self-pollinating flowers, usually in addition to the showier flowers
  • close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
  • coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
  • coco language — (language)   (Cocol) A language for writing left-attributed LL1 grammars, used as the input language for the Coco LL1 parser generator, which produces Modula-2 table-driven parsers as output. Cocol-2 is a version for the Coco-2 generator. Cocol/R is an improvement over the original Cocol and Cocol-2.
  • colleagueship — workplace companionship
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