15-letter words containing u, g, a
- nation-building — Journalists sometimes use nation-building to refer to government policies that are designed to create a strong sense of national identity.
- national league — the older of the two major professional U.S. baseball leagues, established in 1876. Abbreviation: N.L.
- native language — first language, mother tongue
- natural english — Programming in normal, spoken English. [Sammet 1969, p.768].
- natural wastage — Natural wastage is the process of employees leaving their jobs because they want to retire or move to other jobs, rather than because their employer makes them leave.
- negative equity — If someone who has borrowed money to buy a house or flat has negative equity, the amount of money they owe is greater than the present value of their home.
- negative number — a number that is less than 0
- negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
- neurobiological — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- neuropathologic — Of or pertaining to neuropathology.
- nitramino group — the univalent group –NHNO 2 .
- nonagricultural — not applied to or generally practicing agriculture: a nonagricultural nation.
- nonjudgmentally — not judged or judging on the basis of one's personal standards or opinions: They tried to adopt a nonjudgmental attitude that didn't reflect their own biases. My guidance counselor in high school was sympathetic and nonjudgmental.
- nonmucilaginous — Not mucilaginous.
- nuclear testing — the process of carrying out a test on a nuclear weapon to determine effectiveness, etc
- nuisance ground — a garbage dump.
- numismatologist — One versed in numismatology.
- nutmeg geranium — a southern African plant, Pelargonium fragrans, of the geranium family, having hairy leaves with scalloped margins and nutmeg-scented clusters of white flowers, of which the two upper petals are veined deep pink.
- object language — the language to which a metalanguage refers.
- oblique sailing — the navigation of a vessel on a point of the compass other than one of the cardinal points.
- obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
- ocean greyhound — a fast ship, esp a liner
- off one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- omnium gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.
- omnium-gatherum — a miscellaneous collection.
- opisthognathous — having receding jaws.
- optical pumping — a method for increasing the number of atoms or molecules occupying higher energy levels by irradiating them with light of the proper frequencies to raise them to those levels.
- opus anglicanum — fine embroidery, esp of church vestments, produced in England c.1200–c.1350; characterized by the rich materials used, esp silver gilt thread
- organomagnesium — pertaining to or noting an organic compound, especially an organic halide, containing magnesium linked to carbon.
- organomercurial — an organic compound containing mercury
- out of training — become unfit
- outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
- outstandingness — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
- outward-looking — looking beyond oneself; open-minded and reaching out to other people, organizations, etc
- over-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- painted bunting — a brilliantly colored bunting, Passerina ciris, of the southern U.S.
- paralinguistics — the study of paralanguage.
- parent language — an earlier language from which another is derived.
- pedagoguishness — the quality of being pedagoguish
- perforating gun — A perforating gun is a device used to make holes in oil and gas wells in preparation for production.
- pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
- phonautographic — relating to a phonautograph or a piece of equipment that records sound visually by detecting the sound waves and indicating them on a graph
- phosphate group — the group or radical obtained by removal of one or more hydrogen atoms from phosphoric acid.
- photofluorogram — a recording on photographic film of images produced by a fluoroscopic examination.
- picture gallery — place where art is exhibited and sold
- picture-framing — the job of framing photos, paintings etc
- pig, run like a — To run very slowly on given hardware, said of software. Distinct from hog.
- pinochet ugarte — Augusto [ou-goos-taw] /aʊˈgus tɔ/ (Show IPA), 1915–2006, Chilean army general and political leader: president 1973–90.
- pituitary gland — a small, somewhat cherry-shaped double structure attached by a stalk to the base of the brain and constituting the master endocrine gland affecting all hormonal functions in the body, consisting of an anterior region ((anterior pituitary) or (adenohypophysis)) that develops embryonically from the roof of the mouth and that secretes growth hormone, LH, FSH, ACTH, TSH, and MSH, a posterior region ((posterior pituitary) or (neurohypophysis)) that develops from the back of the forebrain and that secretes the hormones vasopressin and oxytocin, and an intermediate part (pars intermedia) derived from the anterior region but joined to the posterior region, that secretes the hormone MSH in lower vertebrates.
- plagiostomatous — plagiostome