16-letter words containing og
- cryptozoological — (cryptozoology) Of or pertaining to cryptozoology.
- cryptozoologists — Plural form of cryptozoologist.
- crystallographer — A person skilled in crystallography.
- crystallographic — of, relating to, or dealing with crystals or crystallography.
- cyanogen bromide — a colorless, slightly water-soluble, poisonous, volatile, crystalline solid, BrCN, used chiefly as a fumigant and a pesticide.
- cytotechnologist — a technician who specializes in identifying cells and cellular abnormalities.
- de broglie waves — the set of waves that represent the behaviour of an elementary particle, or some atoms and molecules, under certain conditions. The de Broglie wavelength, λ, is given by λ = h/mv, where h is the Planck constant, m the mass, and v the velocity of the particle
- dendrochronology — the study of the annual rings of trees, used esp to date past events
- deoxyhaemoglobin — (biochemistry) The form of haemoglobin that has released its oxygen.
- dephlogisticated — Simple past tense and past participle of dephlogisticate.
- depth psychology — the study of unconscious motives and attitudes
- dermatologically — In a dermatological way.
- dinitrogen oxide — a colourless nonflammable slightly soluble gas with a sweet smell: used as an anaesthetic in dentistry and surgery. Formula: N 2O
- discographically — In terms of discography.
- drogue parachute — Also called drogue. a small parachute that deploys first in order to pull a larger parachute from its pack.
- ebenezer scrooge — Ebenezer [eb-uh-nee-zer] /ˌɛb əˈni zər/ (Show IPA) a miserly curmudgeon in Dickens' Christmas Carol.
- echocardiographs — Plural form of echocardiograph.
- echocardiography — an instrument employing reflected ultrasonic waves to examine the structures and functioning of the heart.
- ecological niche — niche (def 3).
- economic geology — the branch of geology dealing with the location and exploitation of industrial materials obtained from the earth.
- ecotoxicological — Of or pertaining to ecotoxicology.
- edinburgh prolog — Prolog dialect which eventually developed into the standard, as opposed to Marseille Prolog. (The difference is largely syntax.) Clocksin & Mellish describe Edinburgh Prolog. Version: C-Prolog.
- electromyographs — Plural form of electromyograph.
- electromyography — The recording of the electrical activity of muscle tissue, or its representation as a visual display or audible signal, using electrodes attached to the skin or inserted into the muscle.
- emulator program — (networking) (EP) IBM software that emulates a 2701/2/3 hard-wired IBM 360 communications controller and resides in a 370x/372x/374x comms controller. See also Partitioned Emulation Program (PEP).
- encephalitogenic — That can cause encephalitis.
- encephalographic — Relating to, or employing encephalography.
- endocrinologists — Plural form of endocrinologist.
- equational logic — (logic) First-order equational logic consists of quantifier-free terms of ordinary first-order logic, with equality as the only predicate symbol. The model theory of this logic was developed into Universal algebra by Birkhoff et al. [Birkhoff, Gratzer, Cohn]. It was later made into a branch of category theory by Lawvere ("algebraic theories").
- eschatologically — In an eschatological manner.
- ethnographically — Regarding the ethnography (of a region).
- ethnomethodology — A method of sociological analysis that examines how individuals use everyday conversation and gestures to construct a common-sense view of the world.
- etiopathogenesis — (medicine) The cause and subsequent development of an abnormal condition or of a disease.
- face recognition — the ability of a computer to scan, store, and recognize human faces for use in identifying people
- father-surrogate — a male who replaces an absent father and becomes an object of attachment.
- foot reflexology — reflexology (def 1).
- gastroenterology — the study of the structure, functions, and diseases of digestive organs.
- geochronological — Of or pertaining to geochronology.
- geochronologists — Plural form of geochronologist.
- geographic range — the distance at which a certain light, as that of a lighthouse, is visible to the eye at a given elevation, assuming that the weather is clear and that the light is sufficiently powerful to be visible from any point at which it appears above the horizon.
- geological cycle — Geology. a continuous process by which rocks are created, changed from one form to another, destroyed, and then formed again.
- geomorphological — Of or pertaining to geomorphology.
- glottochronology — the branch of lexicostatistics that studies the rate of replacement of vocabulary and attempts to determine what percentage of basic vocabulary two presently distinct but related languages share, using the information thus obtained to estimate how long ago they ceased being a single language.
- go the whole hog — Nautical. (of a hull) to have less than the proper amount of sheer because of structural weakness; arch. Compare sag (def 6a).
- greater-doxology — Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
- hardrock geology — (loosely) of or relating to igneous or metamorphic rocks, as in mining (hard-rock mining) and geology (hard-rock geology)
- hieroglyphically — In hieroglyphics.
- histopathologist — A person involved in histopathology.
- historiographies — Plural form of historiography.
- holographic will — a will that is entirely in the handwriting of the testator: in some states recognized as valid without the attestation of witnesses.