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

  • driving barrel — (in a weight-driven clock) the drum turned by the descent of the weight, which drives the clock mechanism.
  • drug addiction — dependence on a chemical substance
  • drunk dialling — the practice of making a phone call while drunk, esp to someone about whom one has romantic notions
  • dwelling place — a dwelling.
  • dynamic typing — (programming)   Enforcement of type rules at run time as opposed to compile time. Dynamic typing catches more errors as run-time exceptions than static typing.
  • earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
  • earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
  • east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
  • easy listening — middle-of-the-road (def 3).
  • easy-listening — Also called easy listening. popular music having comparatively conventional, melodic qualities and hence having broad commercial appeal.
  • eaves-dropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • edgar atheling — ?1050–?1125, grandson of Edmund II; Anglo-Saxon pretender to the English throne in 1066
  • edging lobelia — a trailing lobelia, Lobelia erinus, of southern Africa, having loose clusters of blue flowers.
  • editorializing — Present participle of editorialize.
  • education page — a page in a newspaper devoted to news relating to education or teaching
  • effort bargain — a bargain in which the reward to an employee is based on the effort that the employee puts in
  • egalitarianism — belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, social, or economic life.
  • eggshell paint — paint that has a slight sheen
  • egocentrically — In an egocentric manner.
  • electric organ — a pipe organ operated by electrical means
  • electroplating — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
  • elegiac stanza — a quatrain in iambic pentameters with alternate lines rhyming
  • embarrassingly — In an embarrassing manner.
  • emilia-romagna — a region of N central Italy, on the Adriatic: rises from the plains of the Po valley in the north to the Apennines in the south. Capital: Bologna. Pop: 4 030 220 (2003 est). Area: 22 123 sq km (8628 sq miles)
  • encephalitogen — an agent that is able to produce encephalitis
  • encompassingly — So as to encompass.
  • engine failure — failure to operate by the engine of an aircraft, car, or other vehicle
  • english saddle — a lightweight saddle with a low cantle and pommel and no horn, designed to place the rider's weight forward onto the withers
  • english walnut — an Asiatic walnut tree (Juglans regia) now grown in Europe and North America
  • enigmatography — the composing or collection of enigmas
  • entertainingly — In an entertaining manner.
  • epigenetically — By means of, or in terms of, epigenesis or epigenetics.
  • equiangularity — the state of being equiangular
  • essentialising — Present participle of essentialise.
  • ethnographical — Ethnographic.
  • ethnologically — In an ethnological manner or fashion.
  • etiopathogenic — Of or pertaining to etiopathogenesis.
  • eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
  • evangelicalism — (Christianity, historical) Lutheranism.
  • evangelisation — Alternative spelling of evangelization.
  • evangelization — The act of evangelizing; the state of being evangelized.
  • evening prayer — the daily evening service of Bible readings and prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer
  • ever and again — now and then; from time to time
  • exacerbatingly — In an exacerbating way; so as to aggravate or make worse.
  • exasperatingly — In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
  • excruciatingly — In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great pain or anguish.
  • exhilaratingly — In a way that exhilarates.
  • exocrine gland — any gland, such as a salivary or sweat gland, that secretes its products through a duct onto an epithelial surface
  • exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
  • exsanguination — The action of draining a person, animal, or organ of blood.
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