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14-letter words containing g, r, a, n, u, l

  • feature-length — long enough to be made a feature; of full length: a feature-length story; a feature-length film.
  • file signature — A magic number.
  • first language — mother tongue
  • flying gurnard — any marine fish of the family Dactylopteridae, especially Dactylopterus volitans, having greatly enlarged, colorful pectoral fins that enable it to glide short distances through the air.
  • galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
  • gastroduodenal — of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum
  • gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
  • gender-neutral — noting or relating to a word or phrase that does not refer to one gender only: Firefighter and flight attendant are gender-neutral terms.
  • general public — people in general
  • george pullman — plural Pullmans. a railroad sleeping car or parlor car.
  • gerald sussman — (person)   (Gerald J. Sussman, Jerry) A noted hacker at MIT and one of the developers of SCHEME and 6.001.
  • glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
  • glamourization — Alternative form of glamorization.
  • glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
  • golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
  • 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.
  • grapple ground — an anchorage, especially for small vessels.
  • ground leakage — Ground leakage is the flow of current from a live conductor to the earth through the insulation.
  • guardian angel — an angel believed to protect a particular person, as from danger or error.
  • gulf of anadyr — an inlet of the Bering Sea, off the coast of NE Russia
  • gulf of mannar — the part of the Indian Ocean between SE India and the island of Sri Lanka: pearl fishing
  • 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.
  • hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
  • horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
  • integral curve — a curve that is a geometric representation of a functional solution to a given differential equation.
  • interlanguages — Plural form of interlanguage.
  • interlingually — in an interlingual manner
  • jungle warfare — the specialized techniques required by the military to survive and fight in jungle terrain
  • lake nicaragua — a lake in SW Nicaragua, separated from the Pacific by an isthmus 19 km (12 miles) wide: the largest lake in Central America. Area: 8264 sq km (3191 sq miles)
  • landing ground — airfield
  • languorousness — The quality of being languorous.
  • lanterne rouge — a notional award given to the competitor who finishes last in a cycle race
  • laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
  • laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
  • learning curve — Education. a graphic representation of progress in learning measured against the time required to achieve mastery.
  • leather-lunged — speaking or capable of speaking in a loud, resonant voice, especially for prolonged periods: The leather-lunged senator carried on the filibuster for 18 hours.
  • legal currency — money that is officially part of a country's currency
  • lemon geranium — a garden geranium, Pelargonium crispum, having lemon-scented leaves.
  • loan guarantee — an undertaking by a government to pay a debt if the borrower defaults
  • long drawn out — A long drawn out process or conflict lasts an unnecessarily long time or an unpleasantly long time.
  • long underwear — a close-fitting, usually knitted undergarment with legs reaching to the ankles, as a union suit, worn as protection against the cold.
  • long-drawn-out — lasting a very long time; protracted: a long-drawn-out story.
  • louangphrabang — a city in N Laos, on the Mekong River: former royal capital.
  • lower tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 2690 km (1670 miles) long
  • luminous range — the distance at which a certain light, as that of a lighthouse, is visible in clear weather, disregarding interference from obstructions and from the curvature of the earth and depending on the power of the light.
  • lunatic fringe — members on the periphery of any group, especially political, social, or religious, who hold extreme or fanatical views.
  • macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
  • mangold-wurzel — mangel-wurzel.
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