14-letter words containing g, e, t, a, l, i
- straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
- strike a light — to ignite something, esp a match, by friction
- sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
- sugar the pill — to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant
- swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
- tablet coating — A tablet coating is a covering over a tablet, used to mask the taste, make it easier to swallow, or protect the active medication inside.
- tailgate party — A tailgate party is a social gathering at which food is served from or near a vehicle, especially in a parking lot before a sports game.
- target vehicle — a spacecraft used to develop and practise orbital space rendezvous and docking techniques in preparation for the lunar missions
- tate galleries — two art galleries in London, the original Tate Gallery (1897), now Tate Britain, and Tate Modern, created in the former Bankside power station in 2000
- tax-collecting — the collection of taxes owed by individuals
- teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
- telangiectasis — chronic dilatation of the capillaries and other small blood vessels.
- telegraph wire — a wire that transmits telegraph and telephone signals
- televangelical — relating to televangelism
- terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
- the ivy league — a group of eight universities (Brown, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth College, Harvard, Princeton, the University of Pennsylvania, and Yale) that have similar academic and social prestige in the US to Oxford and Cambridge in Britain
- the real thing — If you say that a thing or event is the real thing, you mean that it is the thing or event itself, rather than an imitation or copy.
- thermal imager — a piece of equipment used to detect or provide images of people or things
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
- to ring a bell — If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is.
- tongue-lashing — severe scolding
- training plane — a plane used for training pilots, esp in the military
- training table — a table in a dining hall, as at a college, where athletes are provided with special meals to aid their conditioning.
- transit lounge — a waiting room at an international airport used mainly by passengers transferring from one flight to another without presenting themselves to customs or immigration officials
- trial marriage — an arrangement by which a couple live together for a period of time to see if they are compatible for marriage.
- trickle charge — a continuous, slow charge supplied to a storage battery to keep it in a fully charged state.
- triple glazing — three layers of glass in windows or doors
- trysting place — a place for a meeting, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous.
- ultraenergetic — (of particles) producing exceptional levels of energy
- unappetizingly — in an unappetizing manner
- uncongeniality — the condition of being uncongenial
- unegoistically — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
- unflatteringly — in an unflattering manner
- unhesitatingly — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
- upgradeability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- vaginal tablet — A vaginal tablet is a tablet inserted into the vagina to treat infection.
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- vegetable dish — a dish designed to serve vegetables from
- vegetable silk — a fine, glossy fiber, similar to silk cotton, from the seeds of a spiny Brazilian tree, Chorisia speciosa.
- venetian glass — ornamental glassware of the type made at Venice, especially that from the island of Murano.
- vertical angle — one of two opposite and equal angles formed by the intersection of two lines.
- vestal virgins — (in ancient Rome) one of four, later six, virgins consecrated to Vesta and to the tending of the sacred fire on her altar.
- walking ticket — walking papers.
- watering place — British. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc.
- weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
- welfare rights — legal entitlements to financial and other benefits
- whale watching — the activity of observing whales in their natural surroundings
- white gasoline — unleaded and uncracked gasoline, designed especially for use in motorboats.
- yearly meeting — any of several associations of local Quaker congregations.