15-letter words containing g, i, n, l
- auditor general — (in Canada) a federal official responsible for auditing government departments and making an annual report
- back plastering — the introduction of partitions of lath and plaster between the inner and outer surfaces of a stud wall in order to improve the insulating properties of the wall.
- baltic exchange — a group of companies, based in London, which engages in trading activities, esp chartering cargo vessels
- bangtail muster — a roundup of cattle to be counted, each one having the hairs on its tail docked as it is counted
- banqueting hall — a large building or room used for feasts
- bat-wing sleeve — formed, shaped, etc., like the wing of a bat.
- be spoiling for — to have an aggressive desire for (a fight, etc)
- beef wellington — a lightly roasted beef fillet covered with pâté de foie gras, wrapped in pastry, and then baked
- beginner's luck — the initial good fortune or success commonly supposed to come to a person who has recently taken up a new pursuit, as a sport or game: Catching a large trout the first time you go fishing is simply beginner's luck.
- belgian griffon — one of a variety of the Brussels griffon having a black or reddish-brown and black coat.
- belt-tightening — If you need to do some belt-tightening, you must spend less money and manage without things because you have less money than you used to have.
- benzoglyoxaline — benzimidazole.
- bicycle touring — the activity of touring on a bicycle
- billing machine — a business machine used to itemize and total customer accounts, produce bills, post account records, etc.
- billings method — a natural method of birth control that involves examining the colour and viscosity of the cervical mucus to discover when ovulation is occurring
- biting housefly — a two-winged fly, Stomoxys calcitrans, having the mouthparts adapted for biting, and commonly a household and stable pest.
- blank cartridge — a cartridge containing powder but no bullet: used in battle practice or as a signal
- blasting powder — a form of gunpowder made with sodium nitrate instead of saltpeter, used chiefly for blasting rock, ore, etc.
- blending center — A blending center is a place for mixing fluids, gases, and powders.
- blenheim orange — a type of apple tree bearing gold-coloured apples
- blood poisoning — Blood poisoning is a serious illness resulting from an infection in your blood.
- bloodguiltiness — guilty of murder or bloodshed.
- blotch printing — a fabric-printing method in which the ground color is transferred from the cylinder and the motif retains the original hue of the cloth.
- boarding school — A boarding school is a school which some or all of the pupils live in during the school term. Compare day school.
- boating holiday — a holiday spent sailing or travelling in a canal boat, cruiser, etc
- boil-in-the-bag — (of food) able to be boiled in a sealed bag until ready to eat
- boiled dressing — a cooked salad dressing thickened with egg yolks and often containing mustard.
- borough council — a local government body elected by a borough
- borough-english — (until 1925) a custom in certain English boroughs whereby the youngest son inherited land to the exclusion of his older brothers
- branching rules — rules that are used to break down a complex problem into several smaller problems
- brazilian guava — a Brazilian shrub, Psidium guineense, of the myrtle family, having white-fleshed, greenish-yellow, bitter fruit.
- breaking plough — a plough with a long shallow mouldboard for turning virgin land or sod land
- bridge-building — efforts to establish communications and friendly contacts between people in order to make them friends or allies
- bring into line — a mark or stroke long in proportion to its breadth, made with a pen, pencil, tool, etc., on a surface: a line down the middle of the page.
- british english — the English language as spoken and written in England and as distinguished esp. from American English
- brooklyn bridge — a suspension bridge over the East River, in New York City, connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn: built 1867–84. 5989 feet (1825 meters) long.
- building permit — a permit for construction work
- building trades — the trades and professions concerned with the creation and finishing of buildings, such as carpenters, plasterers, masons, electricians, etc.
- building worker — a labourer, bricklayer, etc who works in the construction industry
- bulldog edition — the early edition of a morning newspaper, chiefly for out-of-town distribution
- california gull — a large gull, Larus californicus, of the western U.S.
- call for margin — a demand made by a stockbroker for partial payment of a client's debt due to decreasing value of the collateral
- call forwarding — a telephone service that allows incoming calls to be transferred automatically to another number or extension
- call into being — to create
- calvin coolidge — Calvin, 1872–1933, 30th president of the U.S. 1923–29.
- canadian legion — a national social club for veterans of the Canadian armed services.
- capital gearing — the ratio of a company's debt capital to its equity capital
- categoricalness — The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute.
- cattle breeding — the science or business of breeding and raising cattle
- celo-navigation — celestial navigation.