15-letter words containing g, l, i, s
- disappointingly — failing to fulfill one's hopes or expectations: a disappointing movie; a disappointing marriage.
- disarticulating — Present participle of disarticulate.
- disconcertingly — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
- disenchantingly — In a disenchanting manner.
- disentanglement — Removal of, or extrication from twists, tangles, complications or confusion.
- disestablishing — Present participle of disestablish.
- disgracefulness — The state or quality of being disgraceful.
- dishcloth gourd — loofah (def 1).
- dishearteningly — In a disheartening manner.
- displeasingness — the state of being displeasing
- dissolving view — an effect created by the projection of slides on a screen in such a way that each picture seems to dissolve into the succeeding one without an interval in between.
- distinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- distinguishably — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- distress signal — a signal used, or designed to be used, by persons in peril, for the purpose of summoning aid, indicating their position, etc., as a radio code sign, aerial flare, flag hoist, or the like. Compare distress call (def 1).
- double stopping — playing two notes or parts simultaneously on a string instrument
- downhill skiing — the sport of skiing down a slope, usually making turns and various maneuvers.
- driving license — A driving license is the same as a driver's license.
- duelling pistol — one of a pair of identical pistols made specifically for use in duels
- dysteleological — Of or pertaining to dysteleology.
- early saxifrage — an eastern North American plant, Saxifraga virginiensis, of the saxifrage family, having toothed basal leaves and branched clusters of small white flowers.
- ecclesiological — Of or pertaining to ecclesiology.
- eclipse plumage — the dull plumage developed in some brightly colored birds after the breeding season.
- ecotoxicologist — One who studies ecotoxicology.
- eddystone light — lighthouse on dangerous rocks (Eddystone Rocks) just off the SE coast of Cornwall, in the English Channel
- elections judge — someone who oversees an election
- electrosurgical — Relating to electrosurgery.
- endocrinologist — A person who is skilled at, or practices endocrinology.
- english bulldog — bulldog (sense 1)
- english channel — waterway between England and France
- english sparrow — a small Eurasian weaverbird, Passer domesticus, now established in North America and Australia. It has a brown streaked plumage with grey underparts
- english speaker — a person who speaks English as a first, or second mother tongue
- epidemiologists — Plural form of epidemiologist.
- epistemological — Of or pertaining to epistemology or theory of knowledge, as a field of study.
- estuary english — a variety of standard British English in which the pronunciation reflects various features characteristic of London and the Southeast of England
- ethnolinguistic — Of or pertaining to ethnolinguistics.
- ethnomusicology — The study of the music of different cultures, especially non-Western ones.
- evangelicalness — the state or quality of being evangelical
- everlastingness — The state or quality of being everlasting.
- extension light — a light on the end of a length of cable
- extralinguistic — Outside the realm of linguistics.
- fantasmagorical — Alternative form of phantasmagorical.
- feast of lights — Hanukkah.
- feelinglessness — Lack of feeling or emotion.
- fetal diagnosis — prenatal determination of genetic or chemical abnormalities in a fetus, esp by amniocentesis
- fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
- fight windmills — to fight imaginary evils or opponents
- filling station — service station (def 1).
- finger spelling — a method of communicating with or among deaf people in which different shapes made with the fingers represent different letters of the alphabet
- first gentleman — (often initial capital letters) the husband of the U.S. president or a current governor or mayor.
- fishing village — a village in which fishing is the main industry