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14-letter words containing g, r, i, s, l, e

  • gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
  • gyrostabilizer — a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel.
  • half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
  • healing powers — beneficial qualities
  • hedge clippers — clippers or shears used to trim hedges
  • herpetologists — Plural form of herpetologist.
  • highland dress — the historical costume, including the plaid, kilt or filibeg, and bonnet, as worn by Highland clansmen and soldiers
  • horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
  • hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
  • in one's glory — at one's best, happiest, etc.
  • ingloriousness — The state of being inglorious.
  • insanely great — (Macintosh community, from Steve Jobs; also BSD Unix people via Bill Joy) Something so incredibly elegant that it is imaginable only to someone possessing the most puissant of hacker-natures.
  • intelligencers — Plural form of intelligencer.
  • interlanguages — Plural form of interlanguage.
  • interreligious — existing or communicating between different religions.
  • intersegmental — of, relating to, or characterized by segments or segmentation.
  • intransigently — In an intransigent manner.
  • irregularities — the quality or state of being irregular.
  • kegel exercise — Often, Kegel exercises. exercise performed to strengthen the pubococcygeus and other muscles of the pelvic floor, in order to control incontinence, improve sexual response, etc.
  • l-asparaginase — an enzyme that destroys asparagine, a nonessential amino acid needed as a nutrient by rapidly growing cells: used in treating leukemia
  • landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
  • laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
  • laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
  • laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
  • laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
  • legislatorship — The office or position of a legislator.
  • lemongrass oil — an aromatic oil made from lemon grass and used in aromatherapy, as a pesticide, and as a preservative
  • level crossing — grade crossing.
  • lexicographers — Plural form of lexicographer.
  • lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
  • lifestyle guru — a person hired to give someone advice on various aspects of his or her life, work, and relationships
  • light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
  • limburg cheese — a semihard white cheese of very strong smell and flavour
  • locking pliers — pliers whose jaws are connected at a sliding pivot, permitting them to be temporarily locked in a fixed position for ease in grasping and turning nuts.
  • logistic curve — a curve, shaped like a letter S , defined as an exponential function and used to model various forms of growth.
  • long-suffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
  • longevity risk — Longevity risk is the potential risk attached to the increasing life expectancy of policyholders, which can result in higher than expected payouts for insurance companies.
  • lopping shears — long-handled pruning shears.
  • lugger topsail — a fore-and-aft topsail used above a lugsail.
  • lugubriousness — The property of being lugubrious.
  • 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.
  • magistral line — the line from which the position of the other lines of fieldworks is determined.
  • maraging steel — a low-carbon steel that has been heated and quenched to form martensite: contains up to 25 percent nickel.
  • masterplanning — to construct a master plan for: to master-plan one's career.
  • metal spraying — a process in which a layer of one metal is sprayed onto another in the molten state
  • meteorologists — Plural form of meteorologist.
  • middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
  • mineral rights — right to extract minerals from land
  • mineral spring — a spring of water that contains a significant amount of dissolved minerals.
  • modern english — the English language since c1475.
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