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14-letter words containing s, l, a, i

  • galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
  • 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.
  • garlic crusher — a kitchen implement used to crush cloves of garlic
  • garlic mustard — a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • garlic sausage — sausage meat flavoured with garlic
  • gascoyne-cecil — Robert Arthur Talbot [tawl-buh t] /ˈtɔl bət/ (Show IPA), 3rd Marquis of Salisbury, Salisbury (def 1).
  • gastric lavage — the washing out of the stomach; lavage.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • girls' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for girls, founded in 1893, with the aim of promoting self-discipline and self-respect
  • give sb a bell — If you give someone a bell, you telephone them.
  • 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.
  • glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
  • glycosidically — In a glycosidic manner; by means of a glycoside.
  • gold medallist — the winner of competition or race, who is awarded a gold medal
  • 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.
  • grylloblattids — Plural form of grylloblattid.
  • gyroscopically — Using a gyroscope.
  • gyrostabiliser — (British spelling) Alternative form of gyrostabilizer.
  • gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
  • gyrostabilizer — a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel.
  • hadrian's wall — a wall of defense for the Roman province of Britain, constructed by Hadrian between Solway Firth and the mouth of the Tyne.
  • haile selassie — (Ras Tafari) 1891–1975, emperor of Ethiopia 1930–74: in exile 1936–41.
  • hair-splitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
  • half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
  • half-conscious — aware of one's own existence, sensations, thoughts, surroundings, etc.
  • halicarnassian — an ancient city of Caria, in SW Asia Minor: site of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
  • hallucinations — Plural form of hallucination.
  • hamilton bassoHamilton, 1904–64, U.S. journalist and novelist.
  • hamiltonianism — the political principles or doctrines held by or associated with Alexander Hamilton, especially those stressing a strong central government and protective tariffs.
  • hanging scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
  • happenstantial — Being or relating to happenstance.
  • happy families — a card game in which the object is to collect the cards (which display images of people) until you have a complete family
  • happy slapping — the practice of attacking, esp slapping, an unsuspecting passer-by and filming it with a mobile camera phone, footage of which is then circulated for the amusement of others
  • harlequinesque — in the manner of a harlequin.
  • hasan al-basri — died 728 ad, Muslim religious thinker
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