14-letter words containing i, r, e, l, a, n
- financial year — law: annual accounting period
- fireman's lift — a method of carrying a person, in which you put one shoulder into the person's midriff, lift them and carry them with their head arms and upper torso hanging down your back while you grip their legs with one hand (leaving your other hand free to hold the ladder as you climb down)
- first language — mother tongue
- five-year plan — any plan for national economic or industrial development specifying goals to be reached within a period of five years, especially as undertaken by the Soviet Union and China.
- flabbergasting — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flinders grass — a drought-resistant pasture grass, Iseilema membranacea, native to inland regions of Australia and used as fodder.
- flinders range — a mountain range in S Australia. Highest peak, St. Mary Peak, 3900 feet (1190 meters).
- floating heart — any of certain aquatic plants belonging to the genus Nymphoides, of the gentian family, especially N. aquatica, having floating, more or less heart-shaped leaves and a cluster of small, white, five-petaled flowers.
- floating voter — those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party.
- flowering crab — any of several species and varieties of crab apple trees with small fruits and abundant spring flowers ranging from white to reddish purple
- flowering flax — a plant, Linum grandiflorum, of northern Africa, having quickly fading, red or pink flowers.
- flying trapeze — a trapeze used in performing gymnastic displays high above the ground
- forced landing — aircraft: emergency descent
- formidableness — The quality of being formidable.
- fractionalised — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalise.
- fractionalized — Simple past tense and past participle of fractionalize.
- framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
- franklin stove — a cast-iron stove having the general form of a fireplace with enclosed top, bottom, side, and back, the front being completely open or able to be closed by doors.
- fraternal twin — one of a pair of twins, not necessarily resembling each other, or of the same sex, that develop from two separately fertilized ova.
- friction layer — the atmospheric layer extending up to about 600 m, in which the aerodynamic effects of surface friction are appreciable
- friendly match — a match played for its own sake, and not as part of a competition, etc
- frontoparietal — of or relating to the frontal and parietal bones of the cranium.
- gallatin range — a mountain range in NW Wyoming and SW Montana. High point, Electric Peak, 10,992 feet (3350 meters).
- gay liberation — a political and social movement to combat legal and social discrimination against homosexuals.
- gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
- general public — people in general
- general strike — a mass strike in all or many trades and industries in a section or in all parts of a country.
- generalisation — The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
- generalissimos — Plural form of generalissimo.
- generalization — the act or process of generalizing.
- generationally — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
- genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
- geocentrically — In a geocentric manner.
- gerontological — Of or pertaining to gerontology.
- gilbert patten — Gilbert ("Burt L. Standish") 1866–1945, U.S. writer of adventure stories.
- glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
- grain elevator — elevator (def 4).
- granary weevil — a reddish-brown weevil, Sitophilus granarius, that infests stored grain.
- grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
- great plantain — a N temperate plant, Plantago major, which has a rosette of broad leaves and a slender spike of small greenish flowers: family Plantaginaceae
- greek valerian — any of various plants belonging to the genus Polemonium, of the phlox family, especially P. reptans, having pinnate leaves and blue flowers.
- gridwall panel — A gridwall panel is a metal grid that can be hung on a wall and used for displaying goods.
- guardian angel — an angel believed to protect a particular person, as from danger or error.
- 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.
- hairline crack — a very fine crack
- haitian creole — the creolized French that is the native language of most Haitians.
- half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
- hand-delivered — (of a letter or parcel) delivered by the sender rather than a postman or courier
- hand-lettering — to print by hand: She hand-lettered a “for sale” sign.