15-letter words containing e, a, g, l, s
- eclipse plumage — the dull plumage developed in some brightly colored birds after the breeding season.
- electromyograms — Plural form of electromyogram.
- electrosurgical — Relating to electrosurgery.
- english channel — waterway between England and France
- english sparrow — a small Eurasian weaverbird, Passer domesticus, now established in North America and Australia. It has a brown streaked plumage with grey underparts
- english speaker — a person who speaks English as a first, or second mother tongue
- epistemological — Of or pertaining to epistemology or theory of knowledge, as a field of study.
- estates general — States-General (sense 1)
- estuary english — a variety of standard British English in which the pronunciation reflects various features characteristic of London and the Southeast of England
- evangelicalness — the state or quality of being evangelical
- everlastingness — The state or quality of being everlasting.
- extralinguistic — Outside the realm of linguistics.
- false pregnancy — physiological signs of pregnancy without conception; pseudocyesis.
- feast of lights — Hanukkah.
- female suffrage — woman suffrage.
- fetal diagnosis — prenatal determination of genetic or chemical abnormalities in a fetus, esp by amniocentesis
- fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
- first gentleman — (often initial capital letters) the husband of the U.S. president or a current governor or mayor.
- fishing village — a village in which fishing is the main industry
- flight of ideas — a rapid flow of thought, manifested by accelerated speech with abrupt changes from topic to topic: a symptom of some mental illnesses, especially manic disorder.
- flight sergeant — a noncommissioned officer in the Royal Air Force junior in rank to a master aircrew
- floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
- fringe festival — an unofficial, often unconventional, arts festival that is associated with another, larger festival
- gallant soldier — a South American plant, Galinsoga parviflora, widely distributed as a weed, having small daisy-like flowers surrounded by silvery scales: family Asteraceae (composites)
- gambier islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean, in French Polynesia. Chief settlement: Rikitéa. Pop: 1097 (2002). Area: 30 sq km (11 sq miles)
- gambling losses — money lost as a result of playing games of chance for money
- gardening tools — tools used for gardening, such as a trowel, spade, rake, etc
- gas-guzzler tax — a tax imposed on the purchase price of an automobile not meeting fuel efficiency standards.
- gaspe peninsula — a peninsula in SE Canada, in Quebec province, between New Brunswick and the St. Lawrence River.
- gatefold sleeve — a record sleeve that opens out like a book
- general paresis — a syphilitic brain disorder characterized by chronic inflammation and degeneration of cerebral tissue resulting in mental and physical deterioration.
- general science — basic science taught as a school subject
- general servant — a domestic servant who performs general tasks
- general studies — a school subject that includes a variety of skills and topics (such as comprehension, and current affairs, which may complement the study of A-levels in specific subjects)
- general-purpose — useful in many ways; not limited in use or function: a good general-purpose dictionary.
- generalisations — Plural form of generalisation.
- generalizations — Plural form of generalization.
- gentlemanliness — like, befitting, or characteristic of a gentleman.
- george marshall — Alfred, 1842–1924, English economist.
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
- gesneria family — the plant family Gesneriaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having a basal rosette of usually toothed leaves, tubular two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the African violet, gloxinia, and streptocarpus.
- gestalt therapy — holistic psychotherapy
- ghetto fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
- ghetto-fabulous — pertaining to or noting a lifestyle of showy but superficial glamour and luxury that is sometimes adopted by people in or from an urban ghetto: That man is just ghetto-fabulous; his bling wears bling!
- giant sunflower — a composite plant, Helianthus giganteus, of eastern North America, growing nearly 12 feet (4 meters) high and having very large yellow flower heads.
- gilbert islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific: with Banaba, the Phoenix Islands, and three of the Line Islands they constitute the independent state of Kiribati; until 1975 they formed part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands; achieved full independence in 1979. Pop: 82 902 (2005). Area: 295 sq km (114 sq miles)
- girdle traverse — a climb that consists of a complete traverse of a face or crag
- glanville-hicks — Peggy, 1912–1990, U.S. composer and music critic, born in Australia.
- glass menagerie — a play (1945) by Tennessee Williams.
- glazier's point — a small, pointed piece of sheet metal, for holding a pane of glass in a sash until the putty has hardened.