14-letter words containing g, l, s
- dutchman's log — a method of gauging a ship's speed, in which the distance between two shipboard observation stations is divided by the time elapsing between the throwing overboard of an object by the first station and the sighting of it by the second.
- dwelling house — a house occupied, or intended to be occupied, as a residence.
- earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
- earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
- easy listening — middle-of-the-road (def 3).
- easy-listening — Also called easy listening. popular music having comparatively conventional, melodic qualities and hence having broad commercial appeal.
- ecclesiologist — One versed in ecclesiology.
- egalitarianism — belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, social, or economic life.
- eggshell paint — paint that has a slight sheen
- eggshell white — a yellowish white colour
- ego psychology — the study of the adaptive and mediating functions of the ego and their role in personality development and emotional disorder
- eightsome reel — a Scottish dance for eight people
- electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
- electrogenesis — (biochemistry, physics) The production of electricity in the tissues of a living organism.
- electrologists — Plural form of electrologist.
- electromagnets — Plural form of electromagnet.
- electrosurgery — Surgery using a high-frequency electric current to heat and so cut tissue with great precision.
- elegiac stanza — a quatrain in iambic pentameters with alternate lines rhyming
- elephant grass — any of various stout tropical grasses or grasslike plants, esp Pennisetum purpureum, and Typha elephantina, a type of reed mace
- embarrassingly — In an embarrassing manner.
- embellishingly — in an embellishing manner
- encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
- encompassingly — So as to encompass.
- engler degrees — a scale of measurement of viscosity based on the ratio of the time taken by a particular liquid to flow through a standard orifice to the time taken by water to flow through the same orifice
- english muffin — crumpet
- english saddle — a lightweight saddle with a low cantle and pommel and no horn, designed to place the rider's weight forward onto the withers
- english setter — bird dog
- english sonnet — a sonnet form developed in 16th-century England and employed by Shakespeare, having the rhyme scheme a b a b c d c d e f e f g g
- english system — the foot-pound-second system of measurement
- english walnut — an Asiatic walnut tree (Juglans regia) now grown in Europe and North America
- enlightenments — Plural form of enlightenment.
- enterprisingly — In an enterprising manner.
- epidemiologist — A scientist (often a medical doctor) who specializes in epidemiology.
- epistemologies — Plural form of epistemology.
- epistemologist — A person, especially a philosopher, who studies theory of knowledge.
- epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
- ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- eschatological — Pertaining to eschatology.
- essentialising — Present participle of essentialise.
- ethnoreligious — Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion.
- eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
- eulogistically — In the form or manner of a eulogy; with praise.
- evangelicalism — (Christianity, historical) Lutheranism.
- evangelisation — Alternative spelling of evangelization.
- exasperatingly — In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
- excess luggage — luggage that is greater in weight or in number of pieces than an airline, etc, will carry free
- exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
- extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
- false beginner — a language student who has some knowledge of a language, but who needs to start again from the beginning
- false negative — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test failed to recognize an existing condition or finding. a person who receives this test result.