14-letter words containing g, e, t, a, l, o
- gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
- gyrostabilizer — a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel.
- haematological — Alternative spelling of hematological.
- 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.
- hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
- herpetological — Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- iatrogenically — In an iatrogenic manner.
- illegalization — to make illegal: They even wanted to illegalize smoking.
- illegitimation — (obsolete) The act of making illegitimate; bastardization.
- inter-regional — of or relating to a region of considerable extent; not merely local: a regional meeting of the Boy Scouts.
- interblock gap — the area or space separating consecutive blocks of data or consecutive physical records on an external storage medium.
- interior angle — an angle formed between parallel lines by a third line that intersects them.
- jacobite glass — an English drinking glass of the late 17th or early 18th century, engraved with Jacobite mottoes and symbols.
- kilogram-meter — a meter-kilogram-second unit of work or energy, equal to the work done by a force of one kilogram when its point of application moves through a distance of one meter in the direction of the force; approximately 7.2 foot-pounds. Abbreviation: kg-m.
- lanterne rouge — a notional award given to the competitor who finishes last in a cycle race
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- leamington spa — a city in Warwickshire, central England: health resort.
- legal document — a document concerning a legal matter; a document drawn up by a lawyer
- legislatorship — The office or position of a legislator.
- legitimisation — (British) alternative spelling of legitimization.
- legitimization — to make legitimate.
- leptomeningeal — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the leptomeninges.
- lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
- lexington park — a town in S Maryland.
- light reaction — the stage of photosynthesis during which light energy is absorbed by chlorophyll and transformed into chemical energy stored in ATP
- light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
- 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.
- linkage editor — linker
- linkage-editor — a system program that combines independently compiled object modules or load modules into a single load module.
- loan agreement — an agreement on the terms of a loan
- loan guarantee — an undertaking by a government to pay a debt if the borrower defaults
- logic emulator — A system of FPGAs, programmable interconnect and software which automatically configures itself into an operating prototype of a large-scale logic design, such as a microprocessor. An emulated design can be connected into the target system and really operated and tested before the design is made into an integrated circuit.
- long-term care — continuing help and attention
- longleat house — an Elizabethan mansion near Warminster in Wiltshire, built (from 1568) by Robert Smythson for Sir John Thynne; the grounds, landscaped by Capability Brown, now contain a famous safari park
- lot-et-garonne — a department in SW France. 2079 sq. mi. (5385 sq. km). Capital: Agen.
- lothian region — a former local government region in SE central Scotland, formed in 1975 from East Lothian, most of Midlothian, and West Lothian; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of East Lothian, Midlothian, West Lothian, and Edinburgh
- low-angle shot — a shot taken with the camera placed in a position below and pointing upward at the subject.
- lower tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 2690 km (1670 miles) long
- lugger topsail — a fore-and-aft topsail used above a lugsail.
- lysogenization — the process of a bacterium becoming lysogenic
- magnetooptical — Having both magnetic and optical elements.
- magniloquently — In a magniloquent manner.
- magnolia metal — an alloy used for bearings, consisting largely of lead (up to 80 per cent) and antimony, with the addition of smaller quantities of iron and tin
- magnolia state — Mississippi (used as a nickname).
- megakaryoblast — a cell that gives rise to a megakaryocyte.
- megatechnology — high technology that is developing rapidly
- metallogenetic — metallogenic