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

  • field strength — the intensity of an electromagnetic wave at any point in the area covered by a radio or television transmitter
  • file signature — A magic number.
  • 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
  • finger trouble — trouble caused by operator error, such as striking the wrong key
  • fingerlessness — Absence of fingers.
  • fingerspelling — the communication in sign language of a word or other expression by rendering its written form letter by letter in a manual alphabet.
  • first language — mother tongue
  • flabbergasting — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
  • flight control — the direction of airplane movements, especially takeoffs and landings, by messages from the ground.
  • flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
  • 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).
  • floating heart — any of certain aquatic plants belonging to the genus Nymphoides, of the gentian family, especially N. aquatica, having floating, more or less heart-shaped leaves and a cluster of small, white, five-petaled flowers.
  • floating voter — those voters collectively who are not permanently attached to any political party.
  • floor covering — any material used to cover the floor of a room, such as a carpet or tiles
  • floor planning — a system of financing that permits a dealer to borrow money to buy goods, which become the security for the loan that is repaid when the merchandise is sold.
  • floorcoverings — Plural form of floorcovering.
  • flowering crab — any of several species and varieties of crab apple trees with small fruits and abundant spring flowers ranging from white to reddish purple
  • flowering flax — a plant, Linum grandiflorum, of northern Africa, having quickly fading, red or pink flowers.
  • flowering moss — pyxie.
  • flying colours — conspicuous success; triumph
  • flying gurnard — any marine fish of the family Dactylopteridae, especially Dactylopterus volitans, having greatly enlarged, colorful pectoral fins that enable it to glide short distances through the air.
  • flying officer — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a pilot officer but junior to a flight lieutenant in the British and certain other air forces
  • flying trapeze — a trapeze used in performing gymnastic displays high above the ground
  • food colouring — substances used to impart colour to food
  • forced landing — aircraft: emergency descent
  • foreign legion — a military unit consisting of foreign volunteers in the service of a state.
  • foreign policy — a policy pursued by a nation in its dealings with other nations, designed to achieve national objectives.
  • fortunetelling — the act or practice of predicting the future.
  • framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
  • freewheelingly — In a freewheeling manner; without constraint.
  • gallatin range — a mountain range in NW Wyoming and SW Montana. High point, Electric Peak, 10,992 feet (3350 meters).
  • galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
  • gay liberation — a political and social movement to combat legal and social discrimination against homosexuals.
  • gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
  • general public — people in general
  • general strike — a mass strike in all or many trades and industries in a section or in all parts of a country.
  • generalisation — The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
  • generalissimos — Plural form of generalissimo.
  • generalization — the act or process of generalizing.
  • generationally — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
  • genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
  • geocentrically — In a geocentric manner.
  • geochronologic — Of or pertaining to geochronology.
  • gerontological — Of or pertaining to gerontology.
  • gilbert patten — Gilbert ("Burt L. Standish") 1866–1945, U.S. writer of adventure stories.
  • glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
  • glamourization — Alternative form of glamorization.
  • glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
  • glans-clitoris — the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
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