14-letter words containing e, g, l, s
- de los angeles — Victoria (bikˈtorja). 1923–2005, Spanish soprano
- decentralising — Present participle of decentralise.
- delightfulness — The state or quality of being delightful.
- demilitarising — Present participle of demilitarise.
- demythologised — Simple past tense and past participle of demythologise.
- dental surgeon — dentist who carries out surgery
- dental surgery — a place where a dentist can be consulted
- depoliticising — Present participle of depoliticise.
- dermatologists — Plural form of dermatologist.
- devil's-tongue — a foul-smelling, fleshy plant, Amorphophallus rivieri, of the Old World tropics, having flowers on a spike surrounded by a dark-red spathe.
- diagonalisable — (of a square matrix or linear map) able to be diagonalised
- dialectologist — a specialist in dialectology.
- digestibleness — The quality of being digestible.
- disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
- disbelievingly — In a disbelieving manner; in a manner that is difficult to believe.
- discharge lamp — a lamp in which light is produced by an electric discharge in a gas-filled glass enclosure.
- discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
- disembowelling — (chiefly, British) present participle of disembowel.
- disenthralling — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
- disgruntlement — to put into a state of sulky dissatisfaction; make discontent.
- disgustfulness — the quality of being disgustful
- disingenuously — In a manner that is not frank or open; deceptively.
- disk duplexing — (hardware, storage) A variation on disk mirroring where, as well as redundant disk drives, a second disk controller or host adapter is also present.
- disregardfully — In a disregardful manner; negligently; heedlessly.
- diverging lens — a lens that causes a beam of parallel rays to diverge after refraction, as from a virtual image; a lens that has a negative focal length.
- dogmaticalness — The quality of being dogmatical.
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
- drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
- dressing glass — a small, adjustable mirror designed to stand on a dressing table.
- dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
- drill sergeant — military officer who drills recruits
- driving lesson — a session involving driving practice and theory with a driving instructor
- ductless gland — endocrine gland.
- dwelling house — a house occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a residence.
- earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
- earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
- easy listening — middle-of-the-road (def 3).
- easy-listening — Also called easy listening. popular music having comparatively conventional, melodic qualities and hence having broad commercial appeal.
- ecclesiologist — One versed in ecclesiology.
- egalitarianism — belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, social, or economic life.
- eggshell paint — paint that has a slight sheen
- eggshell white — a yellowish white colour
- ego psychology — the study of the adaptive and mediating functions of the ego and their role in personality development and emotional disorder
- eightsome reel — a Scottish dance for eight people
- electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
- electrogenesis — (biochemistry, physics) The production of electricity in the tissues of a living organism.
- electrologists — Plural form of electrologist.
- electromagnets — Plural form of electromagnet.
- electrosurgery — Surgery using a high-frequency electric current to heat and so cut tissue with great precision.