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15-letter words containing o, l, g, i, c

  • gaelic football — an Irish game played with 15 players on each side and goals resembling rugby posts with a net on the bottom part. Players are allowed to kick, punch, and bounce the ball and attempt to get it over the bar or in the net
  • gale-force wind — a wind of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour
  • galvanic couple — voltaic couple.
  • galvanomagnetic — of or relating to the creation of an electromagnetic field within a conductor, as a metal, or a semiconductor through which an electric current is passed.
  • gas oil contact — In a reservoir, gas oil contact is the area containing a mix of gas and oil, below which there is mainly oil and above which there is mainly gas.
  • gastric balloon — an inflatable rubber bag placed in the stomach to reduce its capacity as an aid to losing weight
  • gastronomically — the art or science of good eating.
  • gender politics — debate about the roles and relations of men and women
  • general officer — an officer ranking above colonel.
  • geochronologist — A geologist whose speciality is geochronology.
  • geomagnetically — In a geomagnetic way; through geomagnetism.
  • geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
  • geotectonically — from a geotectonic point of view
  • gila woodpecker — a dull-colored woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
  • glass harmonica — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated, revolving glass bowls, the rims of which are moistened and set in vibration by friction from the fingertips.
  • globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
  • glossographical — relating to glossography
  • gloucester city — a city in W New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
  • gloucestershire — a county in SW England. 1255 sq. mi. (2640 sq. km). County seat: Gloucester.
  • glucocorticoids — Plural form of glucocorticoid.
  • gluconeogenesis — glucose formation in animals from a noncarbohydrate source, as from proteins or fats.
  • gluconeogenetic — Of or pertaining to gluconeogenesis.
  • glucuronic acid — Biochemistry. an acid, C 6 H 10 O 7 , formed by the oxidation of glucose, found combined with other products of metabolism in the blood and urine.
  • glycogenic acid — gluconic acid.
  • glyconeogenesis — gluconeogenesis.
  • glycuronic acid — glucuronic acid.
  • gnotobiological — relating to gnotobiology
  • goal difference — the number of goals scored by a team minus the number of goals it has conceded
  • goldilocks zone — a zone around a star having temperatures and other conditions that can support life on planets: Mars is thought to lie on the outer edge of the sun's Goldilocks zone.
  • governing class — the social class that holds the power in a country
  • gramophonically — in a gramophonic manner
  • graph colouring — (application)   A constraint-satisfaction problem often used as a test case in research, which also turns out to be equivalent to certain real-world problems (e.g. register allocation). Given a connected graph and a fixed number of colours, the problem is to assign a colour to each node, subject to the constraint that any two connected nodes cannot be assigned the same colour. This is an example of an NP-complete problem. See also four colour map theorem.
  • graphologically — In terms of or by means of graphology.
  • grecian profile — a profile distinguished by the absence of the hollow between the upper ridge of the nose and the forehead, thereby forming a straight line.
  • groutlock brick — a brick chamfered on its inner angles to allow space for vertical and horizontal reinforcing rods sealed in grout.
  • guild socialism — a form of socialism developed in England in the 20th century, emphasizing decentralization of industry and services with control to be vested in autonomous guilds of workers.
  • gulf of corinth — an inlet of the Ionian Sea between the Peloponnese and central Greece
  • haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
  • hemiglossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a portion of the tongue.
  • hepaticological — of or relating to hepaticology
  • high technology — any technology requiring the most sophisticated scientific equipment and advanced engineering techniques, as microelectronics, data processing, genetic engineering, or telecommunications (opposed to low technology).
  • histopathologic — the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.
  • holding company — a company that controls other companies through stock ownership but that usually does not engage directly in their productive operations (distinguished from parent company).
  • holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
  • holding paddock — a paddock in which cattle or sheep are kept temporarily, as before shearing, etc
  • holiday cottage — a cottage used for accommodation for a family, couple, etc, on holiday
  • holographically — In a holographic way.
  • hydrobiological — of or relating to hydrobiology
  • hygroscopically — In a hygroscopic way.
  • hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
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