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

  • drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
  • dressing glass — a small, adjustable mirror designed to stand on a dressing table.
  • dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
  • drill sergeant — military officer who drills recruits
  • driving barrel — (in a weight-driven clock) the drum turned by the descent of the weight, which drives the clock mechanism.
  • dwelling place — a dwelling.
  • earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
  • earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • exterior angle — an angle of a polygon contained between one side extended and the adjacent side
  • extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
  • falling market — a stock market in which share prices are falling
  • false beginner — a language student who has some knowledge of a language, but who needs to start again from the beginning
  • false negative — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test failed to recognize an existing condition or finding. a person who receives this test result.
  • false-negative — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test failed to recognize an existing condition or finding. a person who receives this test result.
  • family viewing — television programmes that are suitable for both adults and children
  • 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
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