14-letter words containing g, r, i, s, l
- sulfinyl group — the bivalent group >SO.
- sulphur spring — a natural hot spring containing sulphur, believed to have curative properties
- surgical shock — a state of shock that can occur during or after surgery
- survivor guilt — feelings of guilt for having survived a catastrophe in which others died.
- tate galleries — two art galleries in London, the original Tate Gallery (1897), now Tate Britain, and Tate Modern, created in the former Bankside power station in 2000
- teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
- thermal spring — a spring whose temperature is higher than the mean temperature of ground water in the area.
- to strike gold — If you strike gold, you find, do, or produce something that brings you a lot of money or success.
- traffic lights — a set of coloured lights placed at crossroads, junctions, etc, to control the flow of traffic
- transit lounge — a waiting room at an international airport used mainly by passengers transferring from one flight to another without presenting themselves to customs or immigration officials
- transportingly — in a way to be transported or to transport
- traumatologist — a branch of surgery dealing with major wounds caused by accidents or violence.
- trysting place — a place for a meeting, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous.
- turning chisel — a chisel used for shaping work on a lathe.
- twilight hours — the period in which there occurs soft diffused light due to the sun being just below the horizon, esp following sunset
- ultra-rightism — the beliefs of extremely right-wing political parties or groups
- ultra-rightist — a person with extremely right-wing political views
- undespairingly — in an undespairing manner
- unrightfulness — the quality of being unjust or unrightful
- unsurprisingly — causing surprise, wonder, or astonishment.
- vaingloriously — in a vainglorious manner
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- venus's girdle — an iridescent blue-and-green comb jelly, Cestum veneris, having a ribbon-shaped, gelatinous body.
- venus's-girdle — an iridescent blue-and-green comb jelly, Cestum veneris, having a ribbon-shaped, gelatinous body.
- vestal virgins — (in ancient Rome) one of four, later six, virgins consecrated to Vesta and to the tending of the sacred fire on her altar.
- virgin islands — group of islands in the Caribbean
- voroshilovgrad — a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.
- walking papers — notice of dismissal
- walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
- webliographies — Plural form of webliography.
- welfare rights — legal entitlements to financial and other benefits
- windmill grass — finger grass.
- wrangel island — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the coast of the extreme NE of Russia: administratively part of Russia; mountainous and mostly tundra. Area: about 7300 sq km (2800 sq miles)
- wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling
- yield strength — the stress necessary to produce a given inelastic strain in a material.