14-letter words containing g, l, i
- google-bombing — an effort to move a website to the top of search-engine results for a particular word or phrase, by creating a large number of links that contain this search text.
- googlewhacking — The action of searching for googlewhacks.
- gosling, james — James Gosling
- gothic revival — a Gothic style of architecture popular between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, exemplified by the Houses of Parliament in London (1840)
- gouldian finch — a multicoloured finch, Chloebia gouldiae, of tropical N Australia
- grain elevator — elevator (def 4).
- grammaticality — the state or quality of being grammatical.
- grammaticalize — to convert (a content word or part of one) into a functor, as in using OE līc, “body,” as a suffix in adjectives and adverbs, such as OE frēondlīc, “friendly.”.
- granary weevil — a reddish-brown weevil, Sitophilus granarius, that infests stored grain.
- grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
- granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
- grapefruitlike — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
- graph coloring — graph colouring
- graphite cloth — a nonwoven fabric made by embedding carbon fibers in a plastic bonding material, used in layers as a substitute for sheet metal, as in the construction of aircraft wings.
- grappling iron — a grapnel.
- great firewall — a system that prevents access to websites deemed undesirable by the government of the People's Republic of China
- great plantain — a N temperate plant, Plantago major, which has a rosette of broad leaves and a slender spike of small greenish flowers: family Plantaginaceae
- greek catholic — a member of the Greek Orthodox Church.
- greek valerian — any of various plants belonging to the genus Polemonium, of the phlox family, especially P. reptans, having pinnate leaves and blue flowers.
- gridwall panel — A gridwall panel is a metal grid that can be hung on a wall and used for displaying goods.
- grinding wheel — a wheel composed of abrasive material, used for grinding.
- group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
- grylloblattids — Plural form of grylloblattid.
- guardian angel — an angel believed to protect a particular person, as from danger or error.
- guatemala city — a republic in N Central America. 42,042 sq. mi. (108,889 sq. km).
- guided missile — an aerial missile, as a rocket, steered during its flight by radio signals, clockwork controls, etc.
- gulf of guinea — a large inlet of the S Atlantic on the W coast of Africa, extending from Cape Palmas, Liberia, to Cape Lopez, Gabon: contains two large bays, the Bight of Bonny and the Bight of Benin, separated by the Niger delta
- gulf of mexico — a republic in S North America. 761,530 sq. mi. (1,972,363 sq. km). . Capital: Mexico City.
- gulf of tonkin — an arm of the South China Sea, bordered by N Vietnam, the Leizhou Peninsula of SW China, and Hainan Island. Length: about 500 km (300 miles)
- gull-wing door — a car door that opens upwards
- gunstock stile — (in a door) a diminished stile having an oblique transition between the broader and narrower parts.
- gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
- gynaecological — Alternative spelling of gynecological.
- gyroscopically — Using a gyroscope.
- gyrostabiliser — (British spelling) Alternative form of gyrostabilizer.
- gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
- gyrostabilizer — a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel.
- haemagglutinin — Alternative spelling of hemagglutinin.
- haematological — Alternative spelling of hematological.
- hagiographical — Hagiographic.
- hague tribunal — the court of arbitration for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, established at The Hague by the international peace conference of 1899: its panel of jurists nominates a list of persons from which members of the United Nations International Court of Justice are elected.
- hair-splitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
- half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
- half-pedalling — a technique of piano playing in which the sustaining pedal is raised and immediately depressed thus allowing the lower strings to continue sounding
- hallucinogenic — producing hallucinations: a hallucinogenic drug.
- hand-lettering — to print by hand: She hand-lettered a “for sale” sign.
- hanging scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
- hanging valley — a valley, the lower end of which opens high above a shore, usually caused by the rapid erosion of a cliff.
- happy slapping — the practice of attacking, esp slapping, an unsuspecting passer-by and filming it with a mobile camera phone, footage of which is then circulated for the amusement of others