14-letter words containing l, u, g, r
- gulf of mannar — the part of the Indian Ocean between SE India and the island of Sri Lanka: pearl fishing
- gull-wing door — a car door that opens upwards
- gunpowder plot — an unsuccessful plot to kill King James I and the assembled Lords and Commons by blowing up Parliament, November 5, 1605, in revenge for the laws against Roman Catholics.
- gypsum plaster — plaster made primarily of gypsum.
- 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.
- half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
- heterologously — In a heterologous manner.
- honour killing — a murder committed by a male on a female relative considered to have brought dishonour to the family, usually through sexual activity forbidden by religion or tradition
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- huckleberrying — the activity of gathering huckleberries
- hydroxyl group — the univalent group –OH, as in inorganic compounds, such as sodium hydroxide, NaOH, or as in organic compounds, such as ethyl alcohol, C 2 H 6 O.
- ingloriousness — The state of being inglorious.
- integral curve — a curve that is a geometric representation of a functional solution to a given differential equation.
- interlanguages — Plural form of interlanguage.
- interlingually — in an interlingual manner
- interreligious — existing or communicating between different religions.
- irregular verb — verb with non-standard past tense
- irregularities — the quality or state of being irregular.
- jerry-building — the act of building (houses, flats, etc) badly using cheap materials
- jungle warfare — the specialized techniques required by the military to survive and fight in jungle terrain
- junior college — a collegiate institution offering courses only through the first one or two years of college instruction and granting a certificate of title instead of a degree.
- lake nicaragua — a lake in SW Nicaragua, separated from the Pacific by an isthmus 19 km (12 miles) wide: the largest lake in Central America. Area: 8264 sq km (3191 sq miles)
- landing ground — airfield
- languorousness — The quality of being languorous.
- lanterne rouge — a notional award given to the competitor who finishes last in a cycle race
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
- league leaders — the team at the top of a league
- learning curve — Education. a graphic representation of progress in learning measured against the time required to achieve mastery.
- leather-lunged — speaking or capable of speaking in a loud, resonant voice, especially for prolonged periods: The leather-lunged senator carried on the filibuster for 18 hours.
- legal currency — money that is officially part of a country's currency
- lemon geranium — a garden geranium, Pelargonium crispum, having lemon-scented leaves.
- lifestyle guru — a person hired to give someone advice on various aspects of his or her life, work, and relationships
- light industry — consumer goods manufacturing
- light-coloured — having a light colour
- limburg cheese — a semihard white cheese of very strong smell and flavour
- liquiritigenin — (organic compound) A flavanone found in a variety of plants including liquorice.
- liturgiologist — a person who studies liturgiology
- living picture — tableau (def 3).
- loan guarantee — an undertaking by a government to pay a debt if the borrower defaults
- logic emulator — A system of FPGAs, programmable interconnect and software which automatically configures itself into an operating prototype of a large-scale logic design, such as a microprocessor. An emulated design can be connected into the target system and really operated and tested before the design is made into an integrated circuit.
- logistic curve — a curve, shaped like a letter S , defined as an exponential function and used to model various forms of growth.
- long drawn out — A long drawn out process or conflict lasts an unnecessarily long time or an unpleasantly long time.
- long underwear — a close-fitting, usually knitted undergarment with legs reaching to the ankles, as a union suit, worn as protection against the cold.
- long-drawn-out — lasting a very long time; protracted: a long-drawn-out story.
- long-suffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- louangphrabang — a city in N Laos, on the Mekong River: former royal capital.
- lower tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 2690 km (1670 miles) long
- luggage locker — a large locker at a transport terminal or airport where luggage can be left temporarily