14-letter words containing g, l, i, b, e
- landing beacon — a radio transmitter that emits a landing beam
- left-branching — (of a grammatical construction) characterized by greater structural complexity in the position preceding the head, as the phrase my brother's friend's house; having most of the constituents on the left in a tree diagram (opposed to right-branching).
- limburg cheese — a semihard white cheese of very strong smell and flavour
- linear algebra — the branch of mathematics that deals with general statements of relations, utilizing letters and other symbols to represent specific sets of numbers, values, vectors, etc., in the description of such relations.
- 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.
- living bandage — a method of treating severe burns or other skin injuries in which cultured cells grown from a sample of the patient's own skin are applied to the wound in order to stimulate new cell growth and avoid problems of graft rejection
- logic variable — (programming) A variable in a logic programming language which is initially undefined ("unbound") but may get bound to a value or another logic variable during unification of the containing clause with the current goal. The value to which it is bound may contain other variables which may themselves be bound or unbound. For example, when unifying the clause sad(X) :- computer(X, ibmpc). with the goal sad(billgates). the variable X will become bound to the atom "billgates" yielding the new subgoal "computer(billgates, ibmpc)".
- lugubriousness — The property of being lugubrious.
- marine biology — science of sea life
- methaemoglobin — a brownish compound of oxygen and hemoglobin, formed in the blood, as by the use of certain drugs.
- middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
- millennium bug — Year 2000
- mixed blessing — something that, although generally favorable or advantageous, has one or more unfavorable or disadvantageous features.
- natural bridge — a natural limestone bridge in western Virginia. 215 feet (66 meters) high; 90 feet (27 meters) span.
- needle bearing — an antifriction roller bearing in which long rollers of very small diameter fill the race without a cage to provide spacers between them
- negri sembilan — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 2580 sq. mi. (6682 sq. km). Capital: Seremban.
- neighborliness — having or showing qualities befitting a neighbor; friendly.
- neurobiologist — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- nibelungenlied — a Middle High German epic of c1200, related to the Scandinavian Volsunga Saga and telling of the life of Siegfried, his marriage to Kriemhild, his wooing of Brunhild on behalf of Gunther, his murder by Hagen, and the revenge of Kriemhild.
- non-cognizable — capable of being perceived or known.
- non-negligible — so small, trifling, or unimportant that it may safely be neglected or disregarded: The extra expenses were negligible.
- non-negotiable — capable of being negotiated: a negotiable salary demand.
- nonbelligerent — of or relating to a country whose status or policy is one of nonbelligerency.
- nursing bottle — a bottle with a rubber nipple, from which an infant sucks milk, water, etc.
- obligatoriness — The quality or state of being obligatory.
- opening bowler — a player who makes the first bowl in cricket
- oxyhaemoglobin — the bright red product formed when oxygen from the lungs combines with haemoglobin in the blood
- palaebiologist — a person who studies or is an expert in palaebiology
- paleobiologist — the branch of paleontology dealing with fossil life forms, especially with reference to their origin, structure, evolution, etc.
- pilgrim bottle — a flat-sided water bottle having two loops at the side of a short neck for a suspending cord or chain.
- potbellied pig — a type of small, dark, domesticated pig with a lighter band running around its middle, native to Vietnam and sometimes kept as a pet.
- public gallery — the gallery in a chamber of Parliament reserved for members of the public who wish to listen to the proceedings
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
- racing bicycle — a bicycle designed for cycling on roads or taking part in road cycling races
- railway bridge — a bridge built to carry a railway over a road, river, etc
- rammelsbergite — a mineral, essentially nickel diarsenide, NiAs 2 .
- re-eligibility — the quality or state of being re-eligible
- refrangibility — capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
- registrability — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
- retail banking — banking for individual customers
- roller bearing — a bearing consisting of cylindrical or tapered rollers running between races in two concentric rings, one of which is mounted on a rotating or oscillating part, as a shaft.
- running battle — When two groups of people fight a running battle, they keep attacking each other in various parts of a place.
- saber rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
- saber-rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
- sabre-rattling — If you describe a threat, especially a threat of military action, as sabre-rattling, you do not believe that the threat will actually be carried out.
- salvageability — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- serum globulin — the blood serum component consisting of proteins with a larger molecular weight than serum albumin
- single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
- sleeping berth — a bunk for sleeping on on a train or boat
- spellbindingly — in a spellbinding manner