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14-letter words containing g, i, l, n, h

  • coaching glass — a small drinking glass of the early 19th century having no foot.
  • coelanaglyphic — (of pottery) decorated with sunken relief
  • coherent light — light in which the electromagnetic waves maintain a fixed and predictable phase relationship with each other over a period of time.
  • configuraholic — (jargon)   A luser who twiddles with computer settings until it no longer works and must be fixed by the system administror.
  • contact flight — a flight in which the pilot remains in sight of land or water
  • cross holdings — the holding of shares by one company in another company
  • cycling shorts — tight-fitting shorts reaching partway to the knee for cycling, sport, etc
  • daughterliness — The quality of being daughterly.
  • delightfulness — The state or quality of being delightful.
  • dental hygiene — the maintenance of the teeth and gums in healthy condition, esp by proper brushing, the removal of plaque, etc
  • diagonal cloth — a twilled fabric woven with distinctly diagonal lines.
  • dihedral angle — the angle between two planes in a dihedron.
  • disenthralling — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
  • disinthralling — the act of freedom from thraldom
  • divine healing — healing through divine intervention as in response to prayer or because of faith.
  • dovetail hinge — a strap hinge having leaves which are narrower at their junction than at their other extremities.
  • 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.
  • driving school — vehicle operation lessons
  • drummond light — calcium light.
  • dwelling house — a house occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a residence.
  • earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
  • edgar atheling — ?1050–?1125, grandson of Edmund II; Anglo-Saxon pretender to the English throne in 1066
  • eggshell paint — paint that has a slight sheen
  • election night — the evening when the votes from an election are being counted
  • electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
  • embellishingly — in an embellishing manner
  • encephalitogen — an agent that is able to produce encephalitis
  • english muffin — crumpet
  • english saddle — a lightweight saddle with a low cantle and pommel and no horn, designed to place the rider's weight forward onto the withers
  • english setter — bird dog
  • english sonnet — a sonnet form developed in 16th-century England and employed by Shakespeare, having the rhyme scheme a b a b c d c d e f e f g g
  • english system — the foot-pound-second system of measurement
  • english walnut — an Asiatic walnut tree (Juglans regia) now grown in Europe and North America
  • enlightenments — Plural form of enlightenment.
  • etching needle — a type of needle used to etch patterns or designs on printing plates
  • ethnographical — Ethnographic.
  • ethnologically — In an ethnological manner or fashion.
  • ethnoreligious — Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion.
  • exhilaratingly — In a way that exhilarates.
  • extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
  • fellowshipping — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
  • fencing school — an academy or school where fencing was taught by fencing masters
  • field strength — the intensity of an electromagnetic wave at any point in the area covered by a radio or television transmitter
  • finishing line — In a race, the finishing line is the place on the track or course where the race officially ends.
  • finishing nail — a slender nail with a small globular head, used for finish work, being driven to slightly beneath the surface and covered with putty or the like.
  • fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.
  • flash smelting — a smelting process for sulphur-containing ores in which the dried and powdered ore, mixed with oxygen, is ignited on discharge from a nozzle, melts, and drops to the bottom of a settling chamber. Sulphur is released mainly in its solid form, thus reducing atmospheric pollution
  • flashing point — flash point (def 1).
  • flight control — the direction of airplane movements, especially takeoffs and landings, by messages from the ground.
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