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14-letter words containing i, g, l, a

  • reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
  • reflexological — of or relating to reflexology
  • refrangibility — capable of being refracted, as rays of light.
  • registrability — a book in which records of acts, events, names, etc., are kept.
  • relieving arch — discharging arch.
  • repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • retail banking — banking for individual customers
  • retaining wall — a wall for holding in place a mass of earth or the like, as at the edge of a terrace or excavation.
  • rheumatologist — a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.
  • right and left — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
  • right triangle — a triangle having a right angle (contrasted with oblique triangle).
  • roger williams — Ben Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1889–1953, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
  • roller bearing — a bearing consisting of cylindrical or tapered rollers running between races in two concentric rings, one of which is mounted on a rotating or oscillating part, as a shaft.
  • roller-skating — the act of moving on roller skates
  • rolling launch — the process of introducing a new product into a market gradually
  • route flapping — flapping router
  • royal highness — a title used prior to 1917 and designating a brother, sister, child, grandchild, aunt, or uncle belonging to the male line of the royal family. a title used since 1917 and designating a child or grandchild of the sovereign. any person given this title by the Crown.
  • royal marriage — a meld of the king and queen of trumps, as in pinochle. Compare marriage (def 9).
  • running battle — When two groups of people fight a running battle, they keep attacking each other in various parts of a place.
  • saber rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
  • saber-rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
  • sabre-rattling — If you describe a threat, especially a threat of military action, as sabre-rattling, you do not believe that the threat will actually be carried out.
  • sacrilegiously — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
  • sailing dinghy — a small boat or dinghy with a single mast, used esp for recreational sailing
  • sailing length — a measurement of a yacht, comprising its length on the water line as well as certain measurements taken from the overhangs at bow and stern.
  • sailing orders — the final orders given to a ship's commander before sailing, concerning matters such as time of departure, destination, etc
  • salad dressing — a sauce for a salad, usually with a base of oil and vinegar or of mayonnaise.
  • sales campaign — product promotion and publicity
  • sales planning — the business activity of estimating future sales of products or services and setting sales targets
  • sales register — a business machine that indicates to customers the amounts of individual sales, has a money drawer from which to make change, records and totals receipts, and may automatically calculate the change due.
  • salivary gland — any of several glands, as the submaxillary glands, that secrete saliva.
  • salmon fishing — the sport of angling for salmon
  • salvageability — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
  • sandwich glass — any of various forms of glassware manufactured at Sandwich, Mass., from 1825 to c1890.
  • sb will go far — If you say that someone will go far, you mean that they will be very successful in their career.
  • scaling ladder — a ladder for climbing high walls.
  • scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
  • schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
  • scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
  • scrimmage line — line of scrimmage.
  • sea of galilee — a lake in NE Israel, 209 m (686 ft) below sea level, through which the River Jordan flows. Area: 165 sq km (64 sq miles)
  • self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
  • self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
  • self-annealing — denoting certain metals, such as lead, tin, and zinc, that recrystallize at air temperatures and so may be cold-worked without strain-hardening
  • self-defeating — serving to frustrate, thwart, etc., one's own intention or interests: His behavior was certainly self-defeating.
  • self-diagnosis — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
  • self-expanding — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
  • self-financing — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
  • self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
  • self-mediating — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
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