15-letter words containing t, e, l, g, n, o
- 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.
- 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
- cybertechnology — Computer technology, especially that which involves the Internet or cyberspace.
- cycling clothes — special clothes, such as lycra shorts, suitable for cycling in
- cytogenetically — (medicine, biology) By means or in terms of cytogenetics, the genetics of the cell.
- deagglomeration — Deagglomeration is the process of breaking up agglomerates.
- deglamorization — the act or process of making less glamorous
- 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
- demythologizing — Present participle of demythologize.
- denationalizing — Present participle of denationalize.
- developing bath — an amount of photographic developer into which photographic film or paper is inserted
- developing tank — a container used to develop photographic film and which enables the film to be developed in daylight
- dinoflagellates — Plural form of dinoflagellate.
- direct coupling — conductive coupling between electronic circuits, as opposed to inductive or capacitative coupling
- direction angle — an angle made by a given vector and a coordinate axis.
- disconcertingly — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
- dongola leather — a leather similar to kid, made from goatskin, sheepskin, or calfskin.
- double genitive — a possessive construction consisting of a prepositional phrase with of containing a substantive in the possessive case, as of father's in He is a friend of father's.
- double integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of two variables and that requires two applications of the integration process to evaluate.
- double knitting — a widely used medium thickness of knitting wool
- double negation — the principle that a statement is equivalent to the denial of its negation, as it is not the case that John is not here meaning John is here
- double negative — a syntactic construction in which two negative words are used in the same clause to express a single negation.
- double printing — the exposure of the same positive photographic emulsion to two or more negatives, resulting in the superimposition of multiple images after development
- double stopping — playing two notes or parts simultaneously on a string instrument
- dr. strangelove — a person, especially a military or government official, who advocates initiating nuclear warfare.
- dropping bottle — a bottle with correlated lengthwise grooves in the neck and in the stopper, permitting a controlled flow of the liquid contents in the form of drops.
- duelling pistol — one of a pair of identical pistols made specifically for use in duels
- east longmeadow — a city in SW Massachusetts.
- eddington limit — the theoretical upper limit of luminosity that a star of a given mass can reach; occurs when the outward force of the radiation just balances the inward gravitational force
- eddystone light — lighthouse on dangerous rocks (Eddystone Rocks) just off the SE coast of Cornwall, in the English Channel
- egyptian clover — a Mediterranean clover, Trifolium alexandrinum, grown as a forage crop and to improve the soil in the southwestern US and the Nile valley
- electing a pope — (electronics, humour) (From the smoke signals given out when the guys in funny hats choose a new Pope) Causing an integrated circuit or other electronic component to emit smoke by passing too much current through it. See magic smoke.
- elections judge — someone who oversees an election
- electromagnetic — Of or relating to the interrelation of electric currents or fields and magnetic fields.
- electronegative — Electrically negative.
- electronic game — any of various small handheld computerized games, usually battery-operated, having a small screen on which graphics are displayed and buttons to operate the game
- endocrinologist — A person who is skilled at, or practices endocrinology.
- entomologically — In terms of entomology.
- ethnolinguistic — Of or pertaining to ethnolinguistics.
- ethnomusicology — The study of the music of different cultures, especially non-Western ones.
- ethnopsychology — The scientific study of psychological concepts as they exist across different ethnic groups.
- ethylene glycol — a colorless, viscous liquid, HOCH2CH2OH, used as an antifreeze, as a solvent, in resins, etc.
- extension light — a light on the end of a length of cable
- fetal diagnosis — prenatal determination of genetic or chemical abnormalities in a fetus, esp by amniocentesis
- flapping router — (networking) A router that transmits routing updates alternately advertising a destination network first via one route, then via a different route. Flapping routers are identified on more advanced protocol analysers such as the Network General (TM) Sniffer.