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14-letter words containing s, i, n, g, l, e

  • false beginner — a language student who has some knowledge of a language, but who needs to start again from the beginning
  • false negative — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test failed to recognize an existing condition or finding. a person who receives this test result.
  • false-negative — Medicine/Medical. a test result that is incorrect because the test failed to recognize an existing condition or finding. a person who receives this test result.
  • fellowshipping — the condition or relation of being a fellow: the fellowship of humankind.
  • fencing school — an academy or school where fencing was taught by fencing masters
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • finishing line — In a race, the finishing line is the place on the track or course where the race officially ends.
  • first language — mother tongue
  • fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.
  • flabbergasting — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
  • flagitiousness — The state or quality of being flagitious.
  • flash smelting — a smelting process for sulphur-containing ores in which the dried and powdered ore, mixed with oxygen, is ignited on discharge from a nozzle, melts, and drops to the bottom of a settling chamber. Sulphur is released mainly in its solid form, thus reducing atmospheric pollution
  • 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).
  • floorcoverings — Plural form of floorcovering.
  • flowering moss — pyxie.
  • framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
  • fungible issue — a bond issued by a company on the same terms as a bond previously issued by that company, although the redemption yield will probably be different
  • galactic noise — unidentified radio-frequency radiation originating from beyond the solar system.
  • gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
  • gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
  • gascoyne-cecil — Robert Arthur Talbot [tawl-buh t] /ˈtɔl bət/ (Show IPA), 3rd Marquis of Salisbury, Salisbury (def 1).
  • gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
  • gelatinisation — Alternative spelling of gelatinization.
  • 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.
  • genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
  • geognostically — with reference to a knowledge of the structure of the earth
  • geolinguistics — the study of the geographical distribution of languages
  • gesticulations — Plural form of gesticulation.
  • ginseng family — the plant family Araliaceae, characterized by often prickly herbaceous plants, trees, and shrubs having alternate leaves and dense clusters of small, whitish or greenish flowers, and including the devil's-club, ginseng, ivy, schefflera, and wild sarsaparilla.
  • glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
  • 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
  • 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.
  • healing powers — beneficial qualities
  • heiligenschein — a ring of light around the shadow cast by a person's head, especially on a dewy, sunlit lawn, caused by reflection and diffraction of light rays; halo.
  • highland dress — the historical costume, including the plaid, kilt or filibeg, and bonnet, as worn by Highland clansmen and soldiers
  • highland games — a meeting in which competitions in sport, piping, and dancing are held: originating in the Highlands of Scotland
  • home schooling — Home schooling is the practice of educating your child at home rather than in a school.
  • horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
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