15-letter words containing l, g, y, c, e
- exchangeability — The condition of being exchangeable.
- false pregnancy — physiological signs of pregnancy without conception; pseudocyesis.
- food technology — a branch of technology that is involved in the production of food
- gene technology — manipulation of DNA
- genetic fallacy — the fallacy of confusing questions of validity and logical order with questions of origin and temporal order.
- geomagnetically — In a geomagnetic way; through geomagnetism.
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
- geotectonically — from a geotectonic point of view
- gladbach-rheydt — a former city in W Germany; now part of Mönchengladbach.
- glen canyon dam — Adam Clayton, Jr. 1908–72, U.S. clergyman, politician, and civil-rights leader: congressman 1945–67, 1969–71.
- gloucester city — a city in W New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
- glycaemic index — an index indicating the effects of various foods on blood sugar. Fast-releasing foods that raise blood sugar levels quickly are high on the index, while slow-releasing foods, at the bottom of the index, give a slow but sustained release of sugar
- glycogenic acid — gluconic acid.
- glyconeogenesis — gluconeogenesis.
- gravimetrically — (chemistry) Using a gravimetric method.
- haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
- hemiglossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a portion of the tongue.
- high technology — any technology requiring the most sophisticated scientific equipment and advanced engineering techniques, as microelectronics, data processing, genetic engineering, or telecommunications (opposed to low technology).
- holiday cottage — a cottage used for accommodation for a family, couple, etc, on holiday
- hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
- hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
- ideographically — an ideogram.
- interchangeably — (of two things) capable of being put or used in the place of each other: interchangeable symbols.
- large cranberry — See under cranberry (def 1).
- laryngectomized — having had one's larynx surgically removed by undergoing a laryngectomy
- laryngotracheal — of, relating to, or involving the larynx and trachea.
- legacy software — legacy system
- lexicologically — Describing a relation to lexicology.
- magnetic pulley — a magnetic device for separating metal from sand, refuse, etc.
- malacopterygian — belonging or pertaining to the Malacopterygii (Malacopteri), a group of soft-finned, teleost fishes.
- megalokaryocyte — Megakaryocyte.
- metacognitively — In a metacognitive way.
- metallurgically — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- metric topology — a topology for a space in which open sets are defined in terms of a given metric.
- microtechnology — technology that uses microelectronics
- mineralogically — With regard to mineralogy.
- neuropsychology — The study of the relationship between behavior, emotion, and cognition on the one hand, and brain function on the other.
- neurotoxicology — the science that deals with the effects of poisons on the nervous system.
- new archaeology — a reorientation of archaeology, dating from the 1960s, that emphasizes an explicitly scientific, problem-oriented, deductive approach to research.
- nonbelligerency — the state or status of not participating in a war.
- oligodendrocyte — A glial cell similar to an astrocyte but with fewer protuberances, concerned with the production of myelin in the central nervous system.
- operating cycle — the period of time between starting a business and making a profit
- oxygen cylinder — a metal cylinder containing oxygen under pressure
- package holiday — a holiday arranged by a travel company in which your travel and accommodation are booked for you
- paleogeophysics — (used with a plural verb) inferred geophysical conditions or processes of designated periods of the geologic past.
- phrenologically — in a manner relating to phrenology
- physical change — a usually reversible change in the physical properties of a substance, as size or shape: Freezing a liquid is a physical change.
- picture gallery — place where art is exhibited and sold
- plastic surgery — the branch of surgery dealing with the repair or replacement of malformed, injured, or lost organs or tissues of the body, chiefly by the transplant of living tissues.
- publicity agent — A publicity agent is a person whose job is to make sure that a large number of people know about a person, show, or event so that they are successful.