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

  • coaching glass — a small drinking glass of the early 19th century having no foot.
  • colonial goose — an old-fashioned name for stuffed roast mutton
  • conflagrations — Plural form of conflagration.
  • cosmogonically — In a cosmogonic manner.
  • creme anglaise — a custardlike cream sauce, often flavored with vanilla, served with fresh fruit, rich chocolate desserts, etc.
  • crystal gazing — the act of staring into a crystal globe (crystal ball) supposedly in order to arouse visual perceptions of the future, etc
  • cylinder glass — a sheet of glass formed originally in the shape of a cylinder and then divided lengthwise and flattened.
  • daughterliness — The quality of being daughterly.
  • decentralising — Present participle of decentralise.
  • demilitarising — Present participle of demilitarise.
  • diagnosability — the quality of being diagnosable
  • diagnostically — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
  • diagonalisable — (of a square matrix or linear map) able to be diagonalised
  • digitalisation — Alternative spelling of digitalization.
  • disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
  • disapprovingly — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
  • discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
  • disenthralling — to free from bondage; liberate: to be disenthralled from morbid fantasies.
  • disinthralling — the act of freedom from thraldom
  • dogmaticalness — The quality of being dogmatical.
  • double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
  • drainage holes — the holes in a plant pot that allow excess water to drain away
  • drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
  • dressing glass — a small, adjustable mirror designed to stand on a dressing table.
  • dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
  • drill sergeant — military officer who drills recruits
  • earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
  • earthshakingly — In an earthshaking manner.
  • easy listening — middle-of-the-road (def 3).
  • easy-listening — Also called easy listening. popular music having comparatively conventional, melodic qualities and hence having broad commercial appeal.
  • egalitarianism — belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, social, or economic life.
  • eggshell paint — paint that has a slight sheen
  • elegiac stanza — a quatrain in iambic pentameters with alternate lines rhyming
  • embarrassingly — In an embarrassing manner.
  • encompassingly — So as to encompass.
  • english saddle — a lightweight saddle with a low cantle and pommel and no horn, designed to place the rider's weight forward onto the withers
  • english walnut — an Asiatic walnut tree (Juglans regia) now grown in Europe and North America
  • essentialising — Present participle of essentialise.
  • eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
  • evangelicalism — (Christianity, historical) Lutheranism.
  • evangelisation — Alternative spelling of evangelization.
  • exasperatingly — In an exasperating manner; frustratingly.
  • exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
  • extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
  • 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.
  • file signature — A magic number.
  • finishing nail — a slender nail with a small globular head, used for finish work, being driven to slightly beneath the surface and covered with putty or the like.
  • first language — mother tongue
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