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14-letter words containing f, o, g, l

  • gulf of guinea — a large inlet of the S Atlantic on the W coast of Africa, extending from Cape Palmas, Liberia, to Cape Lopez, Gabon: contains two large bays, the Bight of Bonny and the Bight of Benin, separated by the Niger delta
  • gulf of mannar — the part of the Indian Ocean between SE India and the island of Sri Lanka: pearl fishing
  • gulf of mexico — a republic in S North America. 761,530 sq. mi. (1,972,363 sq. km). . Capital: Mexico City.
  • gulf of panama — a wide inlet of the Pacific in Panama
  • gulf of tonkin — an arm of the South China Sea, bordered by N Vietnam, the Leizhou Peninsula of SW China, and Hainan Island. Length: about 500 km (300 miles)
  • half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
  • half-forgotten — a past participle of forget.
  • height of land — a watershed
  • hemoflagellate — a flagellate protozoan, especially of the genera Trypanosoma and Leishmania, that is parasitic in the blood.
  • kilogram-force — a meter-kilogram-second unit of force, equal to the force that produces an acceleration equal to the acceleration of gravity, when acting on a mass of one kilogram. Abbreviation: kgf.
  • law of thought — any of the three basic laws of traditional logic: the law of contradiction, the law of excluded middle, and the law of identity.
  • let oneself go — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • lignosulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
  • line of flight — the flight path of something travelling from one place to another
  • logania family — the plant family Loganiaceae, typified by herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs of warm regions having usually opposite leaves, clusters of regular flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry, capsule, or fleshy fruit, and including the butterfly bush, Carolina jessamine, logania, and trees of the genus Strychnos, which are the source of curare, nux vomica, and strychnine.
  • long-forgotten — belonging to the past; no longer remembered
  • long-suffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
  • malfunctioning — failure to function properly: a malfunction of the liver; the malfunction of a rocket.
  • man of galilee — Jesus.
  • miniature golf — a game or amusement modeled on golf and played with a putter and golf ball, in which each very short, grassless “hole” constitutes an obstacle course, consisting of wooden alleys, tunnels, bridges, etc., through which the ball must be driven to hole it.
  • mongolian fold — epicanthus.
  • moonlight flit — a hurried departure at night, esp from rented accommodation to avoid payment of rent owed
  • morgain le fay — Morgan le Fay.
  • nonconflicting — Not conflicting; compatible.
  • outing flannel — a light cotton flannel with a short, dense nap.
  • oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
  • reflectography — a non-destructive technique which uses infrared light to see beneath the painted surface in works of art in order to obtain information about those artworks
  • reflexological — of or relating to reflexology
  • revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
  • right-to-lifer — someone who supports the right to life of the unborn and opposes abortion, experiments on embryos, etc
  • rooting reflex — a reflex in infants in which the head is turned towards any stimulus; used to find the nipple
  • route flapping — flapping router
  • salmon fishing — the sport of angling for salmon
  • sb will go far — If you say that someone will go far, you mean that they will be very successful in their career.
  • sea of galilee — a lake in NE Israel, 209 m (686 ft) below sea level, through which the River Jordan flows. Area: 165 sq km (64 sq miles)
  • self-confining — to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book.
  • self-consoling — to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort: Only his children could console him when his wife died.
  • self-diagnosis — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
  • self-enforcing — of or having the capability of enforcement within oneself or itself; self-regulating.
  • self-engrossed — to occupy completely, as the mind or attention; absorb: Their discussion engrossed his attention. She is engrossed in her work.
  • self-forgetful — forgetful or not thinking of one's own advantage, interest, etc.
  • self-glorified — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
  • self-governing — governed by itself or having self-government, as a state or community; independent.
  • self-knowledge — knowledge or understanding of oneself, one's character, abilities, motives, etc.
  • self-mockingly — in a self-mocking manner
  • self-operating — automatic.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-poisoning — illness due to the taking of poison
  • self-reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
  • self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
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