14-letter words containing s, g, i, a, n
- interrogations — Plural form of interrogation.
- interrogatives — Plural form of interrogative.
- intersegmental — of, relating to, or characterized by segments or segmentation.
- intransigeance — intransigence
- intransigently — In an intransigent manner.
- investigations — Plural form of investigation.
- island-hopping — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- isocyano group — the univalent group −NC.
- isthmian games — one of the great national festivals of ancient Greece, held every two years on the Isthmus of Corinth.
- jardin anglais — a landscape garden having winding paths and irregular planting.
- jingoistically — (manner) In a jingoistic manner.
- judgementalism — Alternative form of judgmentalism.
- kindergartners — Plural form of kindergartner.
- king of beasts — the lion.
- king's highway — a highway built by the national government.
- king's pattern — a spoon pattern of the 19th century having a stem decorated with threads, scrolls, and shell motifs.
- king's weather — fine weather; weather fit for a king.
- kings mountain — a ridge in N South Carolina: American victory over the British 1780.
- kwangsi chuang — Guangxi Zhuang.
- l-asparaginase — an enzyme that destroys asparagine, a nonessential amino acid needed as a nutrient by rapidly growing cells: used in treating leukemia
- lactoglobulins — Plural form of lactoglobulin.
- lagoon islands — a former name of Tuvalu.
- lake nipissing — a lake in central Canada, in E Ontario between the Ottawa River and Georgian Bay. Area: 855 sq km (330 sq miles)
- landing lights — aircraft lights used when landing
- landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
- landing wheels — wheels that a plane lowers when it is going to land
- lapsus linguae — a slip of the tongue.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- last knockings — the final stage of a period or activity
- laughing stock — object of others' amusement
- laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
- laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
- 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.
- legitimateness — The quality of being legitimate.
- 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
- licensing laws — In Britain, the licensing laws are the laws which control the selling of alcoholic drinks.
- light-horseman — a light-armed cavalry soldier.
- 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.
- linguistically — of or belonging to language: linguistic change.
- logical syntax — syntactics.
- lopping shears — long-handled pruning shears.
- luminous range — the distance at which a certain light, as that of a lighthouse, is visible in clear weather, disregarding interference from obstructions and from the curvature of the earth and depending on the power of the light.
- lysogenization — the process of a bacterium becoming lysogenic
- macro-organism — an organism that can be seen with the naked eye.
- macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
- macrosporangia — Plural form of macrosporangium.