14-letter words containing u, g, l, i, n
- file signature — A magic number.
- final judgment — judgment (def 8).
- finger trouble — trouble caused by operator error, such as striking the wrong key
- first language — mother tongue
- flagitiousness — The state or quality of being flagitious.
- flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
- floating cloud — Drifting Cloud, The.
- fluid coupling — Machinery. an apparatus in which a fluid, usually oil, transmits torque from one shaft to another, producing an equal torque in the other shaft.
- flying colours — conspicuous success; triumph
- flying dustbin — petard (def 3).
- 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.
- focusing cloth — an opaque cloth surrounding the ground glass of a camera so as to shield the eyes of the photographer from light that would otherwise prevent seeing the image in the ground glass.
- food colouring — substances used to impart colour to food
- fortunetelling — the act or practice of predicting the future.
- 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
- funnily enough — You use funnily enough to indicate that, although something is surprising, it is true or really happened.
- gallamine blue — a type of mordant dye
- gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
- gamma globulin — a protein fraction of blood plasma that responds to stimulation of antigens, as bacteria or viruses, by forming antibodies: administered therapeutically in the treatment of some viral diseases.
- gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
- general public — people in general
- geolinguistics — the study of the geographical distribution of languages
- gesticulations — Plural form of gesticulation.
- giant puffball — a puffball, Calvatia gigantea, that is the largest of its kind, known to have grown to more than 5 feet (1.6 meters) in circumference.
- glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- glamourization — Alternative form of glamorization.
- glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
- golden jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
- gouldian finch — a multicoloured finch, Chloebia gouldiae, of tropical N Australia
- grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
- granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
- guardian angel — an angel believed to protect a particular person, as from danger or error.
- gulf of guinea — a large inlet of the S Atlantic on the W coast of Africa, extending from Cape Palmas, Liberia, to Cape Lopez, Gabon: contains two large bays, the Bight of Bonny and the Bight of Benin, separated by the Niger delta
- gulf of tonkin — an arm of the South China Sea, bordered by N Vietnam, the Leizhou Peninsula of SW China, and Hainan Island. Length: about 500 km (300 miles)
- gull-wing door — a car door that opens upwards
- gunstock stile — (in a door) a diminished stile having an oblique transition between the broader and narrower parts.
- haemagglutinin — Alternative spelling of hemagglutinin.
- 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.
- hallucinogenic — producing hallucinations: a hallucinogenic drug.
- hemagglutinate — to cause the clumping of red blood cells in
- hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- honour killing — a murder committed by a male on a female relative considered to have brought dishonour to the family, usually through sexual activity forbidden by religion or tradition
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- huckleberrying — the activity of gathering huckleberries
- hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- illuminatingly — In an illuminating manner.
- image-building — improving the brand image or public image of something or someone by good public relations, advertising, etc