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17-letter words containing l, a, g, u, i

  • marriage equality — the state of having the same rights and responsibilities of marriage as others, regardless of one's sexual orientation or gender identity.
  • medicochirurgical — pertaining to medicine and surgery.
  • messier catalogue — a catalogue of 103 nonstellar objects, such as nebulae and galaxies, prepared in 1781–86. An object is referred to by its number in this catalogue, for example the Andromeda Galaxy is referred to as M31
  • modeling language — modelling language
  • molecular biology — the branch of biology that deals with the nature of biological phenomena at the molecular level through the study of DNA and RNA, proteins, and other macromolecules involved in genetic information and cell function, characteristically making use of advanced tools and techniques of separation, manipulation, imaging, and analysis.
  • multigenerational — of or relating to several generations, as of a family, or society: a multigenerational novel covering 300 years.
  • multiple integral — an integral in which the integrand involves a function of more than one variable and which requires for evaluation repetition of the integration process.
  • naked singularity — an infinitely dense point mass without a surrounding black hole
  • natural logarithm — a logarithm having e as a base. Symbol: ln.
  • nautical twilight — the period of time during which the sun is 12° below the horizon
  • neurobiologically — In terms of or by means of neurobiology.
  • neuropathological — (medicine) Of, pertaining to, or arising from neuropathology, the pathology of nerve tissue.
  • ngaliema mountain — Mount, a mountain with two summits, in central Africa, between Uganda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo: highest peak in the Ruwenzori group. 16,790 feet (5119 meters).
  • nursing auxiliary — someone who performs duties such as washing and dressing patients, making beds, etc, in an establishment such as a hospital
  • optical computing — (hardware)   (Or "Optical Signal Processing") Operating on data represented using electromagnetic radiation, e.g. visible light, instead of the electrical signals used in a conventional electronic digital computer. Electronic digital computers are built from transistors. These form components that store data and logic gates that perform the low-level Boolean operations such as AND, OR and NOT that are the basis of all digital computation. The optical equivalent requires material with a non-linear refractive index such that light beams can interact with each other to perform the same Boolean operations. Though the photons that carry optical signals offer some theoretical advantages over the electrons that carry electronic signals, there are many practical problems that would have to be overcome before optical computing could compete in terms of cost, power and speed.
  • osculating circle — circle of curvature.
  • outline agreement — a contract, etc, setting out the preliminary terms or guidelines for an agreement; a preliminary agreement
  • pauline privilege — (in canon law) the privilege given to converts to dissolve a marriage with an unbaptized spouse if either obstructs the religious practices of the other.
  • phonological rule — an operation in generative phonology that substitutes one sound or class of sounds for another in a phonological derivation.
  • pittsburg landing — a village in SW Tennessee, on the Tennessee River: battle of Shiloh in 1862.
  • political refugee — a person who has fled from a homeland because of political persecution.
  • postural drainage — a therapy for clearing congested lungs by placing the patient in a position for drainage by gravity, often accompanied by percussion with hollowed hands.
  • prelingually deaf — deaf from birth or having acquired deafness before learning to speak
  • programming fluid — (jargon)   (Or "wirewater") Coffee, unleaded coffee (decaffeinated), Cola, or any caffeinacious stimulant. Many hackers consider these essential for those all-night hacking runs.
  • pseudepigraphical — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
  • pseudo-biological — pertaining to biology.
  • purple granadilla — the edible fruit of any of several species of passionflower, especially Passiflora edulis (purple granadilla) or P. quadrangularis (giant granadilla)
  • pyroligneous acid — a yellowish, acidic, water-soluble liquid, containing about 10 percent acetic acid, obtained by the destructive distillation of wood: used for smoking meats.
  • quasi-legislative — having the function of making laws: a legislative body.
  • recreational drug — drug taken for pleasure
  • recurring decimal — Mathematics. repeating decimal.
  • ring-tailed lemur — a Madagascan prosimian primate, Lemur catta, with a long black and white ringed tail
  • rio grande do sul — a state in S Brazil. 107,923 sq. mi. (279,520 sq. km). Capital: Pôrto Alegre.
  • self-perpetuating — continuing oneself in office, rank, etc., beyond the normal limit.
  • separating funnel — a large funnel having a tap in its output tube, used to separate immiscible liquids
  • septicemic plague — an especially dangerous form of plague in which the infecting organisms invade the bloodstream. Compare plague (def 2).
  • sexual generation — the gametophyte generation in the alternation of generations in plants that produces a zygote from male and female gametes.
  • sleeping quarters — the rooms where people sleep in a large building or complex or on a boat etc
  • sliding vane pump — A sliding vane pump is a pump in which the vanes (=flat parts) are the main sealing element between the suction and discharge areas.
  • social accounting — the analysis of the economy by sectors leading to the calculation and publication of economic statistics, such as gross national product and national income
  • south farmingdale — a town on central Long Island, in SE New York.
  • southern triangle — the constellation Triangulum Australe.
  • spiritual healing — faith healing
  • spruce gall aphid — any of various homopterous insects of the family Adelgidae, as Adelges abietis (spruce gall aphid) and Pineus pinifoliae (pine leaf aphid) that feed and form galls on conifers.
  • state legislature — laws of a country
  • strange interlude — a play (1928) by Eugene O'Neill.
  • subclavian groove — either of two grooves in the first rib, one for the main artery (subclavian artery) and the other for the main vein (subclavian vein) of the arm
  • subsidiary ledger — (in accounting) a ledger containing a group of detailed and related accounts the total of which is summarized in the control account.
  • surgical dressing — a dressing made of cotton, used for incisions made during surgery
  • symbolic language — a specialized language dependent upon the use of symbols for communication and created for the purpose of achieving greater exactitude, as in symbolic logic or mathematics.
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