0%

14-letter words containing l, a, n

  • granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
  • graph coloring — graph colouring
  • grapple ground — an anchorage, especially for small vessels.
  • grappling iron — a grapnel.
  • grassman's law — an observation, made by H. G. Grassman, that when aspirated consonants occurred in successive syllables in Sanskrit and classical Greek, one, usually the first, was unaspirated, becoming a voiced stop in Sanskrit and a voiceless stop in Greek.
  • 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
  • greater london — Jack, 1876–1916, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
  • greek valerian — any of various plants belonging to the genus Polemonium, of the phlox family, especially P. reptans, having pinnate leaves and blue flowers.
  • green lead ore — pyromorphite.
  • gridwall panel — A gridwall panel is a metal grid that can be hung on a wall and used for displaying goods.
  • groote eylandt — an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria off the coast of NE Australia. 950 sq. mi. (2461 sq. km).
  • ground leakage — Ground leakage is the flow of current from a live conductor to the earth through the insulation.
  • guardian angel — an angel believed to protect a particular person, as from danger or error.
  • gulf of anadyr — an inlet of the Bering Sea, off the coast of NE Russia
  • gulf of guinea — a large inlet of the S Atlantic on the W coast of Africa, extending from Cape Palmas, Liberia, to Cape Lopez, Gabon: contains two large bays, the Bight of Bonny and the Bight of Benin, separated by the Niger delta
  • gulf of mannar — the part of the Indian Ocean between SE India and the island of Sri Lanka: pearl fishing
  • gulf of panama — a wide inlet of the Pacific in Panama
  • gynaecological — Alternative spelling of gynecological.
  • hadrian's wall — a wall of defense for the Roman province of Britain, constructed by Hadrian between Solway Firth and the mouth of the Tyne.
  • 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.
  • hair-splitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
  • 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.
  • half-concealed — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
  • half-conscious — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
  • half-convinced — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
  • half-evergreen — having leaves which may or may not remain green throughout the year
  • half-forgotten — a past participle of forget.
  • half-lap joint — a joint between two timbers halved together so that a flush surface results.
  • half-note rest — a pause of half a semibreve
  • half-pedalling — a technique of piano playing in which the sustaining pedal is raised and immediately depressed thus allowing the lower strings to continue sounding
  • halfpennyworth — As much as could be bought for a halfpenny.
  • halicarnassian — an ancient city of Caria, in SW Asia Minor: site of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
  • hallucinations — Plural form of hallucination.
  • hallucinogenic — producing hallucinations: a hallucinogenic drug.
  • hamilton basso — Hamilton, 1904–64, U.S. journalist and novelist.
  • hamilton inlet — an arm of the Atlantic in SE Labrador, an estuary of the Churchill River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
  • hamiltonianism — the political principles or doctrines held by or associated with Alexander Hamilton, especially those stressing a strong central government and protective tariffs.
  • 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.
  • hanging scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
  • hanging valley — a valley, the lower end of which opens high above a shore, usually caused by the rapid erosion of a cliff.
  • haplodiplontic — (biology, of a life cycle) Having multicellular diploid and haploid stages.
  • haplostemonous — (of plants) having the stamens arranged in a single whorl
  • happenstantial — Being or relating to happenstance.
  • happy slapping — the practice of attacking, esp slapping, an unsuspecting passer-by and filming it with a mobile camera phone, footage of which is then circulated for the amusement of others
  • harlequin duck — a small diving duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, of North America and Iceland, the male of which has bluish-gray plumage marked with black, white, and chestnut.
  • harlequin opal — a variety of opal having patches of various colors.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?