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15-letter words containing g, i, l, a, r

  • endocrine gland — anatomy: hormone-secreting gland
  • 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
  • engraving plate — a metal, usually steel, plate on which an image is engraved in order to be reproduced
  • epeirogenically — in the manner of epeirogeny
  • erythromelalgia — A rare neurovascular peripheral pain disorder in which blood vessels, usually in the lower extremities or hands, are episodically blocked, then become hyperemic and inflamed.
  • estuary english — a variety of standard British English in which the pronunciation reflects various features characteristic of London and the Southeast of England
  • everlastingness — The state or quality of being everlasting.
  • extralinguistic — Outside the realm of linguistics.
  • falling weather — wet weather, as rain or snow.
  • family grouping — a system, used usually in the infant school, of grouping children of various ages together, esp for project work
  • fantasmagorical — Alternative form of phantasmagorical.
  • fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
  • finger alphabet — a series of shapes made by the fingers that indicate letters of an alphabet and can be used in fingerspelling for the deaf
  • first gentleman — (often initial capital letters) the husband of the U.S. president or a current governor or mayor.
  • flame hardening — the surface hardening of ferrous metals by heating the metal with an oxyacetylene flame followed by rapid cooling
  • flame-arc light — an arc light that uses flame carbons to colour the arc
  • flamingo-flower — a central American plant, Anthurium scherzeranum, of the arum family, having a red, coiled spadix and a bright red, shiny, heart-shaped spathe, grown as an ornamental.
  • flapping router — (networking)   A router that transmits routing updates alternately advertising a destination network first via one route, then via a different route. Flapping routers are identified on more advanced protocol analysers such as the Network General (TM) Sniffer.
  • flight sergeant — a noncommissioned officer in the Royal Air Force junior in rank to a master aircrew
  • floating charge — an unsecured charge on the assets of an enterprise that allows such assets to be used commercially until the enterprise ceases to operate or the creditor intervenes to demand collateral
  • floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
  • flowering maple — any of various shrubs belonging to the genus Abutilon, of the mallow family, having large, bright-colored flowers.
  • flowering plant — a plant that produces flowers, fruit, and seeds; angiosperm.
  • fluorine dating — a method of determining the relative age of fossil bones found in the same excavation by comparing their fluorine content.
  • flying characin — hatchetfish (def 2).
  • forward-looking — planning for or anticipating possible future events, conditions, etc.; progressive.
  • fractionalizing — Present participle of fractionalize.
  • franklin's gull — a black-headed North American gull, Larus pipixcan, feeding chiefly on insects.
  • french marigold — a composite plant, Tagetes patula, of Mexico, having yellow flowers with red markings.
  • fringe festival — an unofficial, often unconventional, arts festival that is associated with another, larger festival
  • gale-force wind — a wind of force seven to ten on the Beaufort scale or from 45 to 90 kilometres per hour
  • 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)
  • galvanized iron — iron or steel, especially in sheets, coated with zinc to prevent rust.
  • 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)
  • gaming platform — a computer system specially made for playing video games; a console: The new gaming platforms have much better graphics resolution than previous generation consoles.
  • gardening leave — If someone who leaves their job is given gardening leave, they continue to receive their salary and in return they agree not to work for anyone else for a period of time.
  • gardening tools — tools used for gardening, such as a trowel, spade, rake, etc
  • gastric balloon — an inflatable rubber bag placed in the stomach to reduce its capacity as an aid to losing weight
  • gastronomically — the art or science of good eating.
  • gender equality — the state of having the same rights, status, and opportunities as others, regardless of one's gender.
  • general holiday — a public holiday
  • general meeting — business: for all members
  • general officer — an officer ranking above colonel.
  • 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 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)
  • generalisations — Plural form of generalisation.
  • generalizations — Plural form of generalization.
  • geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
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