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14-letter words containing a, l, i, g

  • clock-watching — the act of checking the time in anticipation of a break or the end of the working day
  • cloister garth — garth (def 1).
  • closed gentian — any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers
  • clouded magpie — a geometrid moth, Abraxas sylvata, that is paler than the magpie moth
  • coaching glass — a small drinking glass of the early 19th century having no foot.
  • cocktail glass — a glass for serving cocktails, typically bell-shaped and having a foot and a stem.
  • coelanaglyphic — (of pottery) decorated with sunken relief
  • cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
  • colombian gold — a potent marijuana grown in South America.
  • colonial goose — an old-fashioned name for stuffed roast mutton
  • conciliatingly — So as to conciliate.
  • configuraholic — (jargon)   A luser who twiddles with computer settings until it no longer works and must be fixed by the system administror.
  • conflagrations — Plural form of conflagration.
  • conglobulation — the act of conglobing
  • conglomerating — Present participle of conglomerate.
  • conglomeration — A conglomeration of things is a group of many different things, gathered together.
  • conglomerative — of, relating to, or resembling a conglomerate
  • conglutinating — Present participle of conglutinate.
  • conglutination — glued together; adhering.
  • congratulating — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
  • congratulation — the act of congratulating
  • congregational — of or relating to a congregation
  • contact flight — a flight in which the pilot remains in sight of land or water
  • contact flying — flying an airplane in conditions of good visibility so that the course and altitude can be determined by observing points or objects on the ground; VFR
  • cornucopia leg — a leg used on pieces in the Directoire and Empire styles, curving downward from the piece and curving upward again to a point and having a foot or caster at the lowest part of the curve.
  • cosmetological — the art or profession of applying cosmetics.
  • cosmogonically — In a cosmogonic manner.
  • cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
  • cosmologically — In a cosmological way.
  • countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
  • credentialling — the practice of analysing the credentials of an individual or organization
  • creme anglaise — a custardlike cream sauce, often flavored with vanilla, served with fresh fruit, rich chocolate desserts, etc.
  • criminological — the study of crime and criminals: a branch of sociology.
  • critical angle — the smallest possible angle of incidence for which light rays are totally reflected at an interface between substances of different refractive index
  • cryobiological — of or relating to cryobiology
  • crystal gazing — the act of staring into a crystal globe (crystal ball) supposedly in order to arouse visual perceptions of the future, etc
  • cylinder glass — a sheet of glass formed originally in the shape of a cylinder and then divided lengthwise and flattened.
  • cytopathologic — the science dealing with the study of the diseases of cells.
  • dactyliography — the art of engraving or writing on gems
  • darning needle — a long needle with a large eye used for darning
  • data modelling — data model
  • daughterliness — The quality of being daughterly.
  • daylight hours — the hours when it is daylight
  • decentralising — Present participle of decentralise.
  • decentralizing — Present participle of decentralize.
  • defibrillating — Present participle of defibrillate.
  • deflagrability — the state or quality of being deflagrable
  • delegitimation — according to law; lawful: the property's legitimate owner.
  • delegitimatize — delegitimize.
  • demilitarising — Present participle of demilitarise.
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