14-letter words containing o, l, i, n, g, s
- gesticulations — Plural form of gesticulation.
- glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
- glans-clitoris — the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- globalizations — Plural form of globalization.
- glottalisation — Alternative spelling of glottalization.
- glycogenolysis — (biochemistry) The production of glucose-1-phosphate by splitting a glucose monomer from glycogen using inorganic phosphate.
- 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.
- goncalves dias — Antonio [an-taw-nyoo] /ɛ̃ˈtɔ nyʊ/ (Show IPA), 1823–64, Brazilian poet.
- gosling, james — James Gosling
- granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
- gunstock stile — (in a door) a diminished stile having an oblique transition between the broader and narrower parts.
- half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
- hanging scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
- healing powers — beneficial qualities
- highs and lows — If you refer to the highs and lows of someone's life or career, you are referring to both the successful or happy times, and the unsuccessful or bad times.
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- home schooling — Home schooling is the practice of educating your child at home rather than in a school.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- hot gospelling — aggressive evangelizing of religious belief
- house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
- hypophalangism — the condition of having fewer than the normal number of phalanges per finger or toe.
- in one's glory — at one's best, happiest, etc.
- incontiguously — in an incontiguous or unconnected fashion; discretely
- ingloriousness — The state of being inglorious.
- interreligious — existing or communicating between different religions.
- island-hopping — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- jingoistically — (manner) In a jingoistic manner.
- king's counsel — a body of barristers of a higher status who are specially appointed to be the crown's counsel, and who are permitted to plead inside the bar in the court.
- kochel listing — the chronological number of a composition of Mozart as assigned in the catalog of the composer's works compiled in the 19th century by the Austrian musicologist Ludwig von Köchel (1800–1877) and since revised several times. Abbreviation: K.
- lactoglobulins — Plural form of lactoglobulin.
- lagoon islands — a former name of Tuvalu.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- last knockings — the final stage of a period or activity
- laughing stock — object of others' amusement
- laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
- 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.
- leamington spa — a city in Warwickshire, central England: health resort.
- legitimisation — (British) alternative spelling of legitimization.
- lemongrass oil — an aromatic oil made from lemon grass and used in aromatherapy, as a pesticide, and as a preservative
- level crossing — grade crossing.
- light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
- lignocellulose — any of various compounds of lignin and cellulose comprising the essential part of woody cell walls.
- lignosulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
- listening post — Military. a post or position, as in advance of a defensive line, established for the purpose of listening to detect the enemy's movements.
- living history — any of various activities involving the re-enactment of historical events or the recreation of living conditions of the past