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14-letter words containing l, e, g, n, d, i

  • editorializing — Present participle of editorialize.
  • electrogilding — electroplating using gold
  • 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
  • etching needle — a type of needle used to etch patterns or designs on printing plates
  • 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
  • feeding bottle — infant's feeding receptacle
  • 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
  • field strength — the intensity of an electromagnetic wave at any point in the area covered by a radio or television transmitter
  • filter feeding — a method of feeding occurring in some aquatic animals, such as planktonic invertebrates and whalebone whales, in which minute food particles are filtered from the surrounding water
  • final judgment — judgment (def 8).
  • 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).
  • food labelling — the practice of providing nutritional information on labels on food packaging
  • forced landing — aircraft: emergency descent
  • gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
  • glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
  • glycemic index — a system that ranks foods by the speeds at which their carbohydrates are converted into glucose in the body; a measure of the effects of foods on blood-sugar levels.
  • go into detail — elaborate, recount more fully
  • golden jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
  • golden section — a ratio between two portions of a line, or the two dimensions of a plane figure, in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the sum of both: a ratio of approximately 0.618 to 1.000.
  • golden thistle — Spanish oyster plant.
  • golden wedding — the fiftieth anniversary of a wedding.
  • goncalves dias — Antonio [an-taw-nyoo] /ɛ̃ˈtɔ nyʊ/ (Show IPA), 1823–64, Brazilian poet.
  • grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • gridwall panel — A gridwall panel is a metal grid that can be hung on a wall and used for displaying goods.
  • grinding wheel — a wheel composed of abrasive material, used for grinding.
  • guardian angel — an angel believed to protect a particular person, as from danger or error.
  • 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
  • hand-lettering — to print by hand: She hand-lettered a “for sale” sign.
  • heartrendingly — In a heartrending manner.
  • heidelberg man — the primitive human being reconstructed from the Heidelberg jaw.
  • height of land — a watershed
  • highland dress — the historical costume, including the plaid, kilt or filibeg, and bonnet, as worn by Highland clansmen and soldiers
  • highland games — a meeting in which competitions in sport, piping, and dancing are held: originating in the Highlands of Scotland
  • highly trained — that has received a lot of academic or physical training
  • hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
  • image-building — improving the brand image or public image of something or someone by good public relations, advertising, etc
  • indian grackle — a starling, Gracula religiosa, of S and SE Asia: a popular cage bird because of its ability to talk
  • inland passage — Inside Passage
  • jerry-building — the act of building (houses, flats, etc) badly using cheap materials
  • judgementalism — Alternative form of judgmentalism.
  • killing fields — People sometimes refer to a battlefield or a place where many people have been killed as that place's killing fields.
  • landing beacon — a radio transmitter that emits a landing beam
  • landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
  • landing wheels — wheels that a plane lowers when it is going to land
  • landing-waiter — landwaiter.
  • laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
  • lead poisoning — Pathology. a toxic condition produced by ingestion, inhalation, or skin absorption of lead or lead compounds, resulting in various dose-related symptoms including anemia, nausea, muscle weakness, confusion, blindness, and coma. Also called plumbism, saturnism. this condition occurring in adults whose work involves contact with lead products.
  • leading rating — a rank in the Royal Navy comparable but junior to that of a corporal in the army
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