14-letter words containing g, i, l, n
- chladni figure — a pattern formed by fine powder placed on a vibrating surface, used to display the positions of nodes and antinodes
- chopping block — a thick wooden board used for chopping vegetables, meat etc on
- chronobiologic — relating to chronobiology
- chronologizing — to arrange in chronological order.
- cilician gates — a pass in S Turkey, over the Taurus Mountains
- cisalpine gaul — (in the ancient world) that part of Gaul between the Alps and the Apennines
- civil engineer — A civil engineer is a person who plans, designs, and constructs roads, bridges, harbours, and public buildings.
- clapperclawing — Present participle of clapperclaw.
- cleaning fluid — a solvent or other solution for removing stains or cleaning particular objects
- cleaning woman — A cleaning woman is the same as a cleaning lady.
- clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
- clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
- climate change — change occurring in the Earth's overall climate and in particular climates, now regarded as a result of human activity and resulting generally in global warming
- climbing frame — A climbing frame is a structure that has been made for children to climb and play on. It consists of metal or wooden bars joined together.
- climbing irons — spiked steel frames worn on the feet to assist in climbing trees, ice slopes, etc
- climbing perch — any of a genus (Anabas) of freshwater gouramies of Southeast Asia and Africa that can live out of water briefly and travel short distances over land
- clingmans dome — mountain on the Tenn.-N.C. border; highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains: 6,642 ft (2,024 m)
- clock-watching — the act of checking the time in anticipation of a break or the end of the working day
- closed gentian — any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers
- clustergeeking — (jargon) /kluh'st*r-gee"king/ (CMU) Spending more time at a computer cluster doing CS homework than most people spend breathing.
- co-religionist — A person's co-religionists are people who have the same religion.
- coaching glass — a small drinking glass of the early 19th century having no foot.
- cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
- coelanaglyphic — (of pottery) decorated with sunken relief
- cognoscibility — capable of being known.
- coherent light — light in which the electromagnetic waves maintain a fixed and predictable phase relationship with each other over a period of time.
- collecting box — a box for the temporary storage of examples or specimens
- collecting tin — a tin for donations of money for charity or another particular purpose
- collectivizing — Present participle of collectivize.
- colombian gold — a potent marijuana grown in South America.
- colonial goose — an old-fashioned name for stuffed roast mutton
- colouring book — A colouring book is a book of simple drawings which children can colour in.
- compromisingly — In a compromising manner.
- conciliatingly — So as to conciliate.
- configuraholic — (jargon) A luser who twiddles with computer settings until it no longer works and must be fixed by the system administror.
- conflagrations — Plural form of conflagration.
- conglobulation — the act of conglobing
- conglomerating — Present participle of conglomerate.
- conglomeration — A conglomeration of things is a group of many different things, gathered together.
- conglomerative — of, relating to, or resembling a conglomerate
- conglutinating — Present participle of conglutinate.
- conglutination — glued together; adhering.
- congratulating — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
- congratulation — the act of congratulating
- congregational — of or relating to a congregation
- contact flight — a flight in which the pilot remains in sight of land or water
- contact flying — flying an airplane in conditions of good visibility so that the course and altitude can be determined by observing points or objects on the ground; VFR
- contour flying — the technique of flying at a constant altitude of less than 22.8 metres (75 feet) above the ground.
- cooling system — a system which cools something such as a building or engine