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14-letter words containing r, e, l, n, g

  • coreligionists — Plural form of coreligionist.
  • cornucopia leg — a leg used on pieces in the Directoire and Empire styles, curving downward from the piece and curving upward again to a point and having a foot or caster at the lowest part of the curve.
  • countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
  • cowper's gland — either of two small glands with ducts opening into the male urethra: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous substance
  • credentialling — the practice of analysing the credentials of an individual or organization
  • creme anglaise — a custardlike cream sauce, often flavored with vanilla, served with fresh fruit, rich chocolate desserts, etc.
  • critical angle — the smallest possible angle of incidence for which light rays are totally reflected at an interface between substances of different refractive index
  • cumberland gap — pass in the Cumberland Plateau, at the juncture of the Va., Ky., & Tenn. borders: c. 1,700 ft (518 m) high
  • cylinder glass — a sheet of glass formed originally in the shape of a cylinder and then divided lengthwise and flattened.
  • damage control — Damage control is action that is taken to make the bad results of something as small as possible, when it is impossible to avoid bad results completely.
  • darning needle — a long needle with a large eye used for darning
  • daughterliness — The quality of being daughterly.
  • decentralising — Present participle of decentralise.
  • decentralizing — Present participle of decentralize.
  • defibrillating — Present participle of defibrillate.
  • demilitarising — Present participle of demilitarise.
  • demilitarizing — Present participle of demilitarize.
  • demineralizing — Present participle of demineralize.
  • demoralizingly — in a demoralizing manner
  • dental surgeon — dentist who carries out surgery
  • dental surgery — a place where a dentist can be consulted
  • denuclearizing — Present participle of denuclearize.
  • depreciatingly — So as to disparage or belittle.
  • detail drawing — a separate large-scale drawing of a small part or section of a building, machine, etc
  • dihedral angle — the angle between two planes in a dihedron.
  • directed angle — See at directed (def 3).
  • disenthralling — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
  • disgruntlement — to put into a state of sulky dissatisfaction; make discontent.
  • diverging lens — a lens that causes a beam of parallel rays to diverge after refraction, as from a virtual image; a lens that has a negative focal length.
  • divine liturgy — liturgy (def 5).
  • dongle cracker — (security)   Someone who enables software that has been written to require a dongle to run without it.
  • double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
  • double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
  • downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
  • downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
  • dragline crane — an excavating crane having a bucket that is dropped from a boom and dragged toward the crane base by a cable.
  • drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
  • 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.
  • driving lesson — a session involving driving practice and theory with a driving instructor
  • drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
  • dunning letter — a letter pressing someone for payment
  • earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
  • earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
  • edgar atheling — ?1050–?1125, grandson of Edmund II; Anglo-Saxon pretender to the English throne in 1066
  • editorializing — Present participle of editorialize.
  • egalitarianism — belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, social, or economic life.
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