14-letter words containing g, r, i, s, l
- mineral rights — right to extract minerals from land
- mineral spring — a spring of water that contains a significant amount of dissolved minerals.
- mistranslating — Present participle of mistranslate.
- modern english — the English language since c1475.
- molly maguires — a secret society organized in Ireland in 1843 to terrorize landlords' agents in order to prevent evictions
- monoglycerides — Plural form of monoglyceride.
- multireligious — belonging to or following more than one religion
- murrhine glass — glassware believed to resemble the murrhine cups of ancient Rome.
- natural rights — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
- negri sembilan — a state in Malaysia, on the SW Malay Peninsula. 2580 sq. mi. (6682 sq. km). Capital: Seremban.
- neighborliness — having or showing qualities befitting a neighbor; friendly.
- neil armstrong — (Daniel) Louis ("Satchmo") 1900–71, U.S. jazz trumpeter and bandleader.
- neurobiologist — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- nielsen rating — an estimate of the total number of viewers for a particular television program, expressed as a percentage of the total number of viewers whose television sets are on at the time and based on a monitoring of the sets of a preselected sample of viewers.
- norman english — the dialect of English used by the Norman conquerors of England
- nursing bottle — a bottle with a rubber nipple, from which an infant sucks milk, water, etc.
- obligatoriness — The quality or state of being obligatory.
- organisational — (British) alternative spelling of organizational.
- organosiloxane — a siloxane containing an organic group.
- ornithologists — Plural form of ornithologist.
- oscillographic — Of or pertaining to an oscillograph.
- osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
- oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
- paralinguistic — of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.
- parking lights — the parking lights on a vehicle are the small lights at the front that help other drivers to notice the vehicle and to judge its width
- passenger list — register of all travellers on board
- passenger mile — a unit of measurement, consisting of one mile traveled by a passenger, that airlines, railroads, and other public transportation facilities use in recording volume of traffic.
- pharmacologist — the science dealing with the preparation, uses, and especially the effects of drugs.
- phraseological — manner or style of verbal expression; characteristic language: legal phraseology.
- popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- press clipping — clipping (def 2).
- pressing plant — a manufacturing plant where phonograph records are produced by pressing in a mold or by stamping.
- progestational — prepared for pregnancy, as the lining of the uterus prior to menstruation or in the early stages of gestation itself; progravid.
- prognostically — of or relating to prognosis.
- protistologist — a student of, or expert in, protistology
- pulsating star — a type of variable star, the variation in brightness resulting from expansion and subsequent contraction of the star
- pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
- quicksilvering — the mercury on the back of a mirror
- quintus prolog — (language, product) A version of Prolog developed by Quintus. Development of Quintus Prolog had transferred to the Swedish Institute of Computer Science by December 1998. Telephone: +1 (800) 542 1283.
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
- racing colours — the colours painted on a racing car to represent the nation of the car or driver
- racing cyclist — a cyclist who takes part in bicycle races
- rammelsbergite — a mineral, essentially nickel diarsenide, NiAs 2 .
- razor-slashing — the action of slashing someone with a razor in order to kill, wound, or disfigure them
- realized gains — Realized gains are gains which have been made from the sale of an asset.
- reassimilating — to take in and incorporate as one's own; absorb: He assimilated many new experiences on his European trip.
- recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
- reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
- registrability — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.