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15-letter words containing l, a, g, r, n

  • laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
  • laryngotracheal — of, relating to, or involving the larynx and trachea.
  • laser machining — Laser machining is a process in which material is removed from a surface using light from a laser.
  • 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
  • latent learning — learning mediated neither by reward nor by the expectation of reward
  • lay a finger on — to harm
  • leading article — Also called leader. the most important or prominent news story in a newspaper.
  • leading strings — strings or straps formerly used to guide and support a young child learning to walk
  • leakage current — A leakage current is an electric current in an unwanted conductive path under normal operating conditions.
  • leakage-current — an act of leaking; leak.
  • 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.
  • lending library — Also called circulating library, rental library. a small library that is maintained by a commercial establishment, as a drugstore, and is composed largely of current books that are lent to customers for a fee.
  • length over all — Nautical. the entire length of a vessel, measured from the foremost point of the bow to the aftermost point of the stern.
  • leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
  • library binding — a tough, durable cloth binding for books. Compare edition binding.
  • limiting factor — Physiology. the slowest, therefore rate-limiting, step in a process or reaction involving several steps.
  • linear argument — (theory)   A function argument which is used exactly once by the function. If the argument is used at most once then it is safe to inline the function and replace the single occurrence of the formal parameter with the actual argument expression. If the argument was used more than once this transformation would duplicate the argument expression, causing it to be evaluated more than once. If the argument is sure to be used at least once then it is safe to evaluate it in advance (see strictness analysis) whereas if the argument was not used then this would waste work and might prevent the program from terminating.
  • linear ordering — an ordering that is reflexive, antisymmetric, transitive, and connected, as less than or equal to on the involved integers
  • linear topology — (theory)   A linear topology on a left A-module M is a topology on M that is invariant under translations and admits a fundamental system of neighborhood of 0 that consists of submodules of M. If there is such a topology, M is said to be linearly topologized. If A is given a discrete topology, then M becomes a topological A-module with respect to a linear topology.
  • linear-tracking — (of a tone arm) designed to move across a phonograph record in a straight line, instead of an arc, so that as the needle tracks the groove, its orientation remains unchanged.
  • linguistic area — a geographical area in which several languages sharing common features are spoken.
  • living quarters — accommodation
  • living standard — standard of living.
  • loading program — a series of instructions entered automatically in a program that starts the processing.
  • long parliament — the Parliament that assembled November 3, 1640, was expelled by Cromwell in 1653, reconvened in 1659, and was dissolved in 1660.
  • long-grain rice — a type of rice that has long grains, rather than round grains
  • long-sufferance — long-suffering.
  • longhorn cattle — cattle of a long-horned breed, usually red or variegated, formerly common in SW US
  • lord-in-waiting — a nobleman in attendance on a British monarch or the Prince of Wales.
  • 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.
  • lowland gorilla — the eastern lowland gorilla or western lowland gorilla. See under gorilla.
  • lubricating oil — an oily substance that is used to cover or treat machinery so as to lessen friction
  • luggage handler — someone whose job is to handle and direct luggage, esp at an airport
  • lung transplant — a medical operation in which the lungs are taken out of someone who has died and are placed into another person's body
  • luster painting — a method of decorating glazed pottery with metallic pigment, originated in Persia, popular from the 9th through the mid-19th centuries.
  • lymphogranuloma — any of certain diseases characterized by granulomatous lesions of lymph nodes.
  • magnetoelectric — of or relating to the induction of electric current or electromotive force by means of permanent magnets.
  • magnetorheology — the study of the relationships between the particle and fluid properties of magnetic suspensions.
  • 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
  • make a long arm — to reach out for something, as from a sitting position
  • malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
  • manual steering — Manual steering is steering in which the driver does all the work, without the help of mechanical power.
  • manual training — training in the various manual arts and crafts, as woodworking.
  • marginalisation — (British) alternative spelling of marginalization.
  • marginalization — to place in a position of marginal importance, influence, or power: the government's attempts to marginalize criticism and restore public confidence.
  • marigold window — wheel window.
  • markup language — a set of standards, as HTML or SGML, used to create an appropriate markup scheme for an electronic document, as to indicate its structure or format.
  • master-planning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
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