14-letter words containing g, l, o, r, i
- boy-meets-girl — conventionally or trivially romantic
- brachydiagonal — the shorter lateral axis of a rhombic prism
- branchiostegal — of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fish
- brazing solder — an alloy of copper and zinc for joining two metal surfaces by melting the alloy so that it forms a thin layer between the surfaces
- breech-loading — (of a firearm) loaded at the breech
- bring to light — something that makes things visible or affords illumination: All colors depend on light.
- british legion — (in Britain) a national social club for veterans of the armed forces.
- broad daylight — of great breadth: The river was too broad to swim across.
- building works — construction projects
- bullion fringe — a thick gold or silver wire or fringed cord used as a trimming, as on military uniforms
- caloric energy — energy measured in calories
- caprimulgiform — Of or pertaining to the taxonomic order Caprimulgiformes.
- carcinological — relating to carcinology
- carpet bowling — a form of bowls played indoors on a strip of carpet, at the centre of which lies an obstacle round which the bowl has to pass
- carriage clock — a portable clock, usually in a rectangular case with a handle on the top, of a type originally used by travellers
- cartilage bone — any bone that develops within cartilage rather than in a fibrous tissue membrane
- cartographical — Pertaining to cartography.
- celto-germanic — having the characteristics of both the Celtic and Germanic peoples.
- central region — a former local government region in central Scotland, formed in 1975 from Clackmannanshire, most of Stirlingshire, and parts of Perthshire, West Lothian, Fife, and Kinross-shire; in 1996 it was replaced by the council areas of Stirling, Clackmannanshire, and Falkirk
- chloroargyrite — a greyish-yellow or colourless soft secondary mineral consisting of silver chloride in cubic crystalline form: a source of silver. Formula: AgCl
- chronobiologic — relating to chronobiology
- chronologizing — to arrange in chronological order.
- clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
- clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
- climbing irons — spiked steel frames worn on the feet to assist in climbing trees, ice slopes, etc
- cloister garth — garth (def 1).
- co-religionist — A person's co-religionists are people who have the same religion.
- cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
- cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
- coherent light — light in which the electromagnetic waves maintain a fixed and predictable phase relationship with each other over a period of time.
- colouring book — A colouring book is a book of simple drawings which children can colour in.
- compromisingly — In a compromising manner.
- configuraholic — (jargon) A luser who twiddles with computer settings until it no longer works and must be fixed by the system administror.
- conflagrations — Plural form of conflagration.
- conglomerating — Present participle of conglomerate.
- conglomeration — A conglomeration of things is a group of many different things, gathered together.
- conglomerative — of, relating to, or resembling a conglomerate
- congratulating — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
- congratulation — the act of congratulating
- congregational — of or relating to a congregation
- contour flying — the technique of flying at a constant altitude of less than 22.8 metres (75 feet) above the ground.
- copolymerizing — Present participle of copolymerize.
- coreligionists — Plural form of coreligionist.
- cornucopia leg — a leg used on pieces in the Directoire and Empire styles, curving downward from the piece and curving upward again to a point and having a foot or caster at the lowest part of the curve.
- cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
- courtesy light — the interior light in a motor vehicle
- criminological — the study of crime and criminals: a branch of sociology.
- criminologists — Plural form of criminologist.