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15-letter words containing a, l, n, g, i, s

  • laser ring gyro — a system of aerial navigation in which rotation is sensed by the measuring of the frequency shift of laser light in a closed circuit in a horizontal plane
  • leading counsel — the more senior of two counsels
  • leading strings — strings or straps formerly used to guide and support a young child learning to walk
  • leaving present — a present given to a person when they leave a job, place etc
  • lemon-grass oil — a yellowish to brownish oil distilled from the leaves of certain lemon grasses, especially Cymbopogon citratus, used chiefly in perfumery.
  • leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
  • leukaemogenesis — the development of leukaemia
  • lexical scoping — lexical scope
  • light and shade — If you say that there is light and shade in something such as a performance, you mean you like it because different parts of it are different in tone or mood.
  • light in august — a novel (1932) by William Faulkner.
  • lightheadedness — Alternative spelling of light-headedness.
  • linguistic area — a geographical area in which several languages sharing common features are spoken.
  • living quarters — accommodation
  • living standard — standard of living.
  • lost generation — the generation of men and women who came of age during or immediately following World War I: viewed, as a result of their war experiences and the social upheaval of the time, as cynical, disillusioned, and without cultural or emotional stability.
  • lung specialist — doctor specializing in lung conditions
  • luster painting — a method of decorating glazed pottery with metallic pigment, originated in Persia, popular from the 9th through the mid-19th centuries.
  • magnesium light — the strongly actinic white light produced when magnesium is burned: used in photography, signaling, pyrotechnics, etc.
  • mail user agent — (messaging)   (MUA) The program that allows the user to compose and read electronic mail messages. The MUA provides the interface between the user and the Message Transfer Agent. Outgoing mail is eventually handed over to an MTA for delivery while the incoming messages are picked up from where the MTA left it (although MUA's running on single-user machines may pick up mail using POP). Popular MUAs for Unix include elm, mush, pine, and RMAIL.
  • mailing address — postal or delivery address
  • manual steering — Manual steering is steering in which the driver does all the work, without the help of mechanical power.
  • marginalisation — (British) alternative spelling of marginalization.
  • master-planning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
  • meaninglessness — without meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeless; insignificant: a meaningless reply; a meaningless existence.
  • measuring glass — a graduated glass container used to measure quantities of liquid
  • metalinguistics — the study of the relation between languages and the other cultural systems they refer to.
  • miscegenational — of or relating to miscegenation
  • morale-boosting — A morale-boosting action or event makes people feel more confident and cheerful.
  • moving sidewalk — a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.
  • multilingualism — using or able to speak several or many languages with some facility.
  • musical evening — a social evening with a musical programme
  • natural english — Programming in normal, spoken English. [Sammet 1969, p.768].
  • navigation laws — laws relating to navigation
  • 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.
  • non-egotistical — pertaining to or characterized by egotism.
  • non-legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
  • nonmucilaginous — Not mucilaginous.
  • nonself-antigen — any of the antigens present in an individual that originate outside the body (contrasted with self-antigen).
  • nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
  • north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
  • nuclear testing — the process of carrying out a test on a nuclear weapon to determine effectiveness, etc
  • numismatologist — One versed in numismatology.
  • 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.
  • old age pension — An old age pension is a regular amount of money that people receive from the government when they have retired from work.
  • oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
  • oligomerisation — Alternative spelling of oligomerization.
  • onomasiological — the study of the means of expressing a given concept.
  • 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
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