15-letter words containing eg
- electronegative — Electrically negative.
- elegiac couplet — a couplet composed of a dactylic hexameter followed by a dactylic pentameter
- external degree — a degree gained by a student who studies extramurally
- false pregnancy — physiological signs of pregnancy without conception; pseudocyesis.
- grampian region — a former local government region in NE Scotland, formed in 1975 from Aberdeenshire, Kincardineshire, and most of Banffshire and Morayshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Aberdeenshire, City of Aberdeen, and Moray
- green vegetable — a vegetable having green edible parts, as lettuce or broccoli.
- gregorian chant — the plain song or cantus firmus used in the ritual of the Roman Catholic Church.
- gregorian water — a mixture of water, salt, ashes, and wine, blessed and sprinkled over the altar in the consecration of a church.
- h g edgar degas — Hilaire Germain Edgar [ee-ler zher-man ed-gar] /iˈlɛr ʒɛrˈmɛ̃ ɛdˈgar/ (Show IPA), 1834–1917, French impressionist painter.
- hapax legomenon — a word or phrase that appears only once in a manuscript, document, or particular area of literature.
- hard-boiled egg — egg boiled until the yolk is set
- human megaphone — the technique of using a crowd of people to repeat a speaker's words in unison
- i beg to differ — You say 'I beg to differ' when you are politely emphasizing that you disagree with someone.
- impregnableness — The state of being impregnable; impregnability.
- in the negative — by saying no
- integral domain — a commutative ring in which the cancellation law holds true.
- integrationists — Plural form of integrationist.
- intercollegiate — taking place between or participating in activities between different colleges: intercollegiate athletics.
- kegel exercises — Often, Kegel exercises. exercise performed to strengthen the pubococcygeus and other muscles of the pelvic floor, in order to control incontinence, improve sexual response, etc.
- lactovegetarian — Also called lactarian. a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy products.
- las vegas night — an evening of casino-style gambling, usually sponsored by a charitable, religious, or other fund-raising organization.
- legacy software — legacy system
- legal successor — a person or thing that legally follows, esp a person who succeeds another in an office
- legion of honor — a French order of distinction instituted in 1802 by Napoleon with membership being granted for meritorious civil or military services.
- legion of merit — a decoration ranking below the Silver Star and above the Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded to U.S. and foreign military personnel for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding services to the U.S.
- macroaggregated — in the form of a macroaggregate
- marlborough leg — a tapered leg having a square section.
- master's degree — a degree awarded by a graduate school or department, usually to a person who has completed at least one year of graduate study.
- megacorporation — a giant company formed from two or more large companies or a number of companies of various sizes.
- megagametophyte — the female gametophyte in seed plants.
- megalithic tomb — a burial chamber constructed of large stones, either underground or covered by a mound and usually consisting of long transepted corridors (gallery graves) or of a distinct chamber and passage (passage graves). The tombs may date from the 4th millennium bc
- megalokaryocyte — Megakaryocyte.
- micropegmatitic — relating to, or designating, a microscopic pegmatitic structure
- mis-categorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- miscegenational — of or relating to miscegenation
- misregistration — the act of registering.
- negative charge — a charge that has more electrons than protons and has a lower electrical potential
- 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 income — invested income that has produced a loss and hence may yield a tax deduction.
- negative number — a number that is less than 0
- negative option — a clause in a sales contract, as for a series of books or records, that provides that merchandise will be sent periodically to the subscriber unless he or she notifies the company in writing that it is not wanted.
- negative profit — a financial loss
- negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
- neo-hegelianism — Hegelianism as modified by various philosophers of the latter half of the 19th century.
- network segment — (networking) A part of an Ethernet or other network, on which all message traffic is common to all nodes, i.e. it is broadcast from one node on the segment and received by all others. This is normally because the segment is a single continuous conductor, though it may include repeaters(?). Since all nodes share the physical medium, collision detection or some other protocol is required to determine whether a message was transmitted without interference from other nodes. The receiving node inspects the destination address of a packet to tell if it was (one of) the intended recipient(s). Communication between nodes on different segments is via one or more routers.
- non-egotistical — pertaining to or characterized by egotism.
- non-legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
- non-negotiation — mutual discussion and arrangement of the terms of a transaction or agreement: the negotiation of a treaty.
- nondegenerative — tending to degenerate.
- north las vegas — a city in S Nevada.