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

  • creme anglaise — a custardlike cream sauce, often flavored with vanilla, served with fresh fruit, rich chocolate desserts, etc.
  • criminological — the study of crime and criminals: a branch of sociology.
  • critical angle — the smallest possible angle of incidence for which light rays are totally reflected at an interface between substances of different refractive index
  • crystal gazing — the act of staring into a crystal globe (crystal ball) supposedly in order to arouse visual perceptions of the future, etc
  • cylinder glass — a sheet of glass formed originally in the shape of a cylinder and then divided lengthwise and flattened.
  • decentralising — Present participle of decentralise.
  • decentralizing — Present participle of decentralize.
  • denuclearizing — Present participle of denuclearize.
  • depreciatingly — So as to disparage or belittle.
  • diagenetically — in a diagenetic way
  • diagnostically — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
  • diagonal cloth — a twilled fabric woven with distinctly diagonal lines.
  • directed angle — See at directed (def 3).
  • disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
  • discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
  • dogmaticalness — The quality of being dogmatical.
  • double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
  • dragline crane — an excavating crane having a bucket that is dropped from a boom and dragged toward the crane base by a cable.
  • drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
  • dwelling place — a dwelling.
  • 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
  • encephalitogen — an agent that is able to produce encephalitis
  • encompassingly — So as to encompass.
  • epigenetically — By means of, or in terms of, epigenesis or epigenetics.
  • ethnographical — Ethnographic.
  • ethnologically — In an ethnological manner or fashion.
  • eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
  • evangelicalism — (Christianity, historical) Lutheranism.
  • exacerbatingly — In an exacerbating way; so as to aggravate or make worse.
  • excruciatingly — In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great pain or anguish.
  • exocrine gland — any gland, such as a salivary or sweat gland, that secretes its products through a duct onto an epithelial surface
  • falling action — the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.
  • fictionalizing — Present participle of fictionalize.
  • field guidance — a method of guiding a missile to a point within a gravitational or radio field by means of the properties of the field
  • filing cabinet — office: tall set of drawers
  • fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.
  • flagellomaniac — a person who is enthusiastic about or derives (sexual) pleasure from whipping or being whipped
  • floating cloud — Drifting Cloud, The.
  • floating stock — stock not held for permanent investment and hence available for speculation; stock held by brokers and speculators rather than investors.
  • 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
  • flying machine — a vehicle that sustains itself in and propels itself through the air; an airplane, helicopter, glider, or the like.
  • forced landing — aircraft: emergency descent
  • framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
  • galactic noise — unidentified radio-frequency radiation originating from beyond the solar system.
  • galactic plane — the plane of the galactic equator.
  • galeopithecine — of, relating to, or resembling the flying lemur (Galeopithecus)
  • galley kitchen — a household kitchen designed with kitchen units on both sides and no kitchen table
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