14-letter words containing l, a, g
- drill sergeant — military officer who drills recruits
- driving barrel — (in a weight-driven clock) the drum turned by the descent of the weight, which drives the clock mechanism.
- drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
- drunk dialling — the practice of making a phone call while drunk, esp to someone about whom one has romantic notions
- ductless gland — endocrine gland.
- dutchman's log — a method of gauging a ship's speed, in which the distance between two shipboard observation stations is divided by the time elapsing between the throwing overboard of an object by the first station and the sighting of it by the second.
- dwelling place — a dwelling.
- dyalog limited — (company) The company that distributes Dyalog APL. Previously known as Dyadic Systems Limited.
- 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.
- eau de cologne — cologne.
- edgar atheling — ?1050–?1125, grandson of Edmund II; Anglo-Saxon pretender to the English throne in 1066
- edging lobelia — a trailing lobelia, Lobelia erinus, of southern Africa, having loose clusters of blue flowers.
- editorializing — Present participle of editorialize.
- egalitarianism — belief in the equality of all people, especially in political, social, or economic life.
- eggshell paint — paint that has a slight sheen
- egocentrically — In an egocentric manner.
- electric organ — a pipe organ operated by electrical means
- electromagnets — Plural form of electromagnet.
- electromyogram — A record or display produced by electromyography.
- electroplating — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
- elegiac stanza — a quatrain in iambic pentameters with alternate lines rhyming
- elephant grass — any of various stout tropical grasses or grasslike plants, esp Pennisetum purpureum, and Typha elephantina, a type of reed mace
- eleventh grade — the eleventh year of school, when students are 16 or 17 years old
- embarrassingly — In an embarrassing manner.
- emergency call — a telephone call to the emergency services made during an emergency
- emilia-romagna — a region of N central Italy, on the Adriatic: rises from the plains of the Po valley in the north to the Apennines in the south. Capital: Bologna. Pop: 4 030 220 (2003 est). Area: 22 123 sq km (8628 sq miles)
- encephalitogen — an agent that is able to produce encephalitis
- encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
- encephalograph — any other apparatus used to produce an encephalogram
- encompassingly — So as to encompass.
- energy balance — An energy balance is a consideration of the energy input, output, and consumption or generation in a process or stage.
- engine failure — failure to operate by the engine of an aircraft, car, or other vehicle
- 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
- entertainingly — In an entertaining manner.
- epexegetically — In an epexegetic manner.
- epigenetically — By means of, or in terms of, epigenesis or epigenetics.
- epigrammatical — Pertaining to, or in the form of, an epigram.
- epistolography — the art, or practice, of letter-writing
- equiangularity — the state of being equiangular
- ergastoplasmic — relating to endoplasm that is associated with protein synthesis
- ergocalciferol — Constituent of vitamin D1 and vitamin D2.
- eschatological — Pertaining to eschatology.
- essentialising — Present participle of essentialise.
- ethnographical — Ethnographic.
- ethnologically — In an ethnological manner or fashion.
- etymologically — (domain) Based on or belonging to etymology.