14-letter words containing g, r, i, l, n
- cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
- 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.
- countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
- credentialling — the practice of analysing the credentials of an individual or organization
- creme anglaise — a custardlike cream sauce, often flavored with vanilla, served with fresh fruit, rich chocolate desserts, etc.
- criminological — the study of crime and criminals: a branch of sociology.
- criminologists — Plural form of criminologist.
- critical angle — the smallest possible angle of incidence for which light rays are totally reflected at an interface between substances of different refractive index
- cross holdings — the holding of shares by one company in another company
- crowning glory — the greatest achievement
- crystal gazing — the act of staring into a crystal globe (crystal ball) supposedly in order to arouse visual perceptions of the future, etc
- cycling shorts — tight-fitting shorts reaching partway to the knee for cycling, sport, etc
- cylinder glass — a sheet of glass formed originally in the shape of a cylinder and then divided lengthwise and flattened.
- darning needle — a long needle with a large eye used for darning
- daughterliness — The quality of being daughterly.
- decentralising — Present participle of decentralise.
- decentralizing — Present participle of decentralize.
- defibrillating — Present participle of defibrillate.
- demilitarising — Present participle of demilitarise.
- demilitarizing — Present participle of demilitarize.
- demineralizing — Present participle of demineralize.
- demoralizingly — in a demoralizing manner
- denuclearizing — Present participle of denuclearize.
- depreciatingly — So as to disparage or belittle.
- detail drawing — a separate large-scale drawing of a small part or section of a building, machine, etc
- dihedral angle — the angle between two planes in a dihedron.
- directed angle — See at directed (def 3).
- disapprovingly — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
- discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
- disenthralling — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
- disgruntlement — to put into a state of sulky dissatisfaction; make discontent.
- disinthralling — the act of freedom from thraldom
- diverging lens — a lens that causes a beam of parallel rays to diverge after refraction, as from a virtual image; a lens that has a negative focal length.
- divine liturgy — liturgy (def 5).
- double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
- double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane