14-letter words containing t, e, l

gluteus medius — the muscle of the buttocks lying between the gluteus maximus and the gluteus minimus, involved in the abduction of the thigh.
gluttonousness — The quality of being gluttonous.
glycogenolytic — Of, pertaining to, or capable of glycogenolysis, the catabolism of glycogen.
go all the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
go into detail — elaborate, recount more fully
go to the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
go up the wall — to become crazy or furious
gold medallist — the winner of competition or race, who is awarded a gold medal
golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
golden ragwort — any of various composite plants of the genus Senecio, as S. jacobaea, of the Old World, having yellow flowers and irregularly lobed leaves, or S. aureus (golden ragwort) of North America, also having yellow flowers.
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.
goliath beetle — any very large tropical scarabaeid beetle of the genus Goliathus, esp G. giganteus of Africa, which may grow to a length of 20 centimetres
good-time girl — a young woman whose chief concern is seeking pleasure and having fun
gothic revival — a Gothic style of architecture popular between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, exemplified by the Houses of Parliament in London (1840)
governmentally — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
grain elevator — elevator (def 4).
grammaticalize — to convert (a content word or part of one) into a functor, as in using OE līc, “body,” as a suffix in adjectives and adverbs, such as OE frēondlīc, “friendly.”.
granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
grapefruitlike — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
graphite cloth — a nonwoven fabric made by embedding carbon fibers in a plastic bonding material, used in layers as a substitute for sheet metal, as in the construction of aircraft wings.
graveyard slot — the hours from late night until early morning when the number of people watching television is at its lowest
great doxology — Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
great firewall — a system that prevents access to websites deemed undesirable by the government of the People's Republic of China
great gray owl — a large, dish-faced, gray owl, Strix nebulosa, of northern North America and western Eurasia, having streaked and barred plumage.
great plantain — a N temperate plant, Plantago major, which has a rosette of broad leaves and a slender spike of small greenish flowers: family Plantaginaceae
greater london — Jack, 1876–1916, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
greek alphabet — the alphabetical script derived from a Semitic alphabet by way of the Phoenicians, used from about the 8th century b.c. for the writing of Greek, and forming the basis of many other scripts, including Latin and Cyrillic. The letters of the Greek alphabet are: alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu1 , xi, omicron, pi1 , rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi1 , psi1 , omega.
greek catholic — a member of the Greek Orthodox Church.
groote eylandt — an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria off the coast of NE Australia. 950 sq. mi. (2461 sq. km).
groundsel tree — a composite shrub, Baccharis halimifolia, having dull, gray-green leaves and fruit with tufts of long, white hair, growing in salt marshes of eastern North America.
group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
guatemala city — a republic in N Central America. 42,042 sq. mi. (108,889 sq. km).
gunpowder plot — an unsuccessful plot to kill King James I and the assembled Lords and Commons by blowing up Parliament, November 5, 1605, in revenge for the laws against Roman Catholics.
gunstock stile — (in a door) a diminished stile having an oblique transition between the broader and narrower parts.
gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
gypsum plaster — plaster made primarily of gypsum.
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.
haemagglutinin — Alternative spelling of hemagglutinin.
haematological — Alternative spelling of hematological.
hague tribunal — the court of arbitration for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, established at The Hague by the international peace conference of 1899: its panel of jurists nominates a list of persons from which members of the United Nations International Court of Justice are elected.
haitian creole — the creolized French that is the native language of most Haitians.
hale telescope — the 200-inch (508-cm) reflector at the Palomar Observatory.
half-completed — having all parts or elements; lacking nothing; whole; entire; full: a complete set of Mark Twain's writings.
half-forgotten — a past participle of forget.
half-heartedly — having or showing little enthusiasm: a halfhearted attempt to work.
half-note rest — a pause of half a semibreve

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