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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
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