14-letter words containing g, i, l, o, t
- histopathology — the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- hospital light — hopper casement.
- hot gospelling — aggressive evangelizing of religious belief
- hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- hydrobiologist — someone who studies or specializes in hydrobiology
- iatrogenically — In an iatrogenic manner.
- ichthyological — Of or pertaining to ichthyology. Adjective form of ichthyology.
- illegalization — to make illegal: They even wanted to illegalize smoking.
- illegitimation — (obsolete) The act of making illegitimate; bastardization.
- immunoblotting — The use of immunoblots to analyse proteins.
- incontiguously — in an incontiguous or unconnected fashion; discretely
- 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.
- interreligious — existing or communicating between different religions.
- intoxicatingly — causing or capable of causing intoxication: intoxicating beverages.
- invigoratingly — In an invigorating manner.
- jacobite glass — an English drinking glass of the late 17th or early 18th century, engraved with Jacobite mottoes and symbols.
- jingoistically — (manner) In a jingoistic manner.
- 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.
- kochel listing — the chronological number of a composition of Mozart as assigned in the catalog of the composer's works compiled in the 19th century by the Austrian musicologist Ludwig von Köchel (1800–1877) and since revised several times. Abbreviation: K.
- lactoglobulins — Plural form of lactoglobulin.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- last knockings — the final stage of a period or activity
- laughing stock — object of others' amusement
- laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
- leamington spa — a city in Warwickshire, central England: health resort.
- 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-coloured — having a light colour
- 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.
- line of flight — the flight path of something travelling from one place to another
- linkage editor — linker
- linkage-editor — a system program that combines independently compiled object modules or load modules into a single load module.
- lipogrammatism — the practice or art of writing lipograms
- lipogrammatist — a person who writes lipograms
- listening post — Military. a post or position, as in advance of a defensive line, established for the purpose of listening to detect the enemy's movements.
- lithographical — Of or pertaining to lithography.
- lithologically — From a lithological point of view.
- little bighorn — a river flowing N from N Wyoming to S Montana into the Bighorn River: General Custer and troops defeated near its juncture by Indians 1876. 80 miles (130 km) long.
- liturgiologist — a person who studies liturgiology
- living history — any of various activities involving the re-enactment of historical events or the recreation of living conditions of the past