14-letter words containing g, u, i, l, t
- divine liturgy — liturgy (def 5).
- downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
- downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
- drifting cloud — Japanese Uki Gumo. a novel (1887–89) by Shimei Futabatei.
- drummond light — calcium light.
- dunning letter — a letter pressing someone for payment
- engine trouble — malfunction of a vehicle's engine
- english walnut — an Asiatic walnut tree (Juglans regia) now grown in Europe and North America
- equiangularity — the state of being equiangular
- ethnoreligious — Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion.
- eulogistically — In the form or manner of a eulogy; with praise.
- excruciatingly — In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great pain or anguish.
- extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
- fertility drug — a substance that enhances the ability to produce young.
- file signature — A magic number.
- final judgment — judgment (def 8).
- finger trouble — trouble caused by operator error, such as striking the wrong key
- first language — mother tongue
- flagitiousness — The state or quality of being flagitious.
- flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
- floating cloud — Drifting Cloud, The.
- flying dustbin — petard (def 3).
- focusing cloth — an opaque cloth surrounding the ground glass of a camera so as to shield the eyes of the photographer from light that would otherwise prevent seeing the image in the ground glass.
- formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
- fortunetelling — the act or practice of predicting the future.
- garlic mustard — a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
- gemuetlichkeit — warm cordiality; comfortable friendliness; congeniality.
- geolinguistics — the study of the geographical distribution of languages
- gesticulations — Plural form of gesticulation.
- giant puffball — a puffball, Calvatia gigantea, that is the largest of its kind, known to have grown to more than 5 feet (1.6 meters) in circumference.
- glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- glamourization — Alternative form of glamorization.
- glucocorticoid — any of a class of steroid hormones that are synthesized by the adrenal cortex of vertebrates and have anti-inflammatory activity.
- gluteus medius — the muscle of the buttocks lying between the gluteus maximus and the gluteus minimus, involved in the abduction of the thigh.
- granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
- granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
- grapefruitlike — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
- group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
- guatemala city — a republic in N Central America. 42,042 sq. mi. (108,889 sq. km).
- gulf of tonkin — an arm of the South China Sea, bordered by N Vietnam, the Leizhou Peninsula of SW China, and Hainan Island. Length: about 500 km (300 miles)
- gunstock stile — (in a door) a diminished stile having an oblique transition between the broader and narrower parts.
- haemagglutinin — Alternative spelling of hemagglutinin.
- hague tribunal — the court of arbitration for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, established at The Hague by the international peace conference of 1899: its panel of jurists nominates a list of persons from which members of the United Nations International Court of Justice are elected.
- hemagglutinate — to cause the clumping of red blood cells in
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- illuminatingly — In an illuminating manner.
- immunoblotting — The use of immunoblots to analyse proteins.