14-letter words containing a, e, r, u, g
- nuclear energy — energy released by reactions within atomic nuclei, as in nuclear fission or fusion.
- on one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- on the upgrade — improving or progressing, as in importance, status, health, etc
- osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
- osmoregulatory — Of or pertaining to osmoregulation.
- outer garments — the garments that are worn over a person's other clothes
- outer mongolia — a region in Asia including Inner Mongolia of China and the Mongolian People's Republic.
- outgeneralling — Present participle of outgeneral.
- outmaneuvering — Present participle of outmaneuver.
- outmanoeuvring — Present participle of outmanoeuvre.
- outrageousness — of the nature of or involving gross injury or wrong: an outrageous slander.
- overregulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
- oversaturating — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- panther fungus — a highly poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina, with a brownish cap covered with white cottony patches.
- park chung hee — 1917–79, South Korean politician: president 1963–79 (assassinated).
- pauper's grave — a grave paid for at public expense because the deceased person's family could not afford one
- peanut allergy — a condition of being hypersensitive to peanuts and peanut substances which can lead to severe physical symptoms if peanuts or peanut substances are consumed
- peanut gallery — Informal. the rearmost and cheapest section of seats in the balcony or the uppermost balcony of a theater.
- popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
- powdered sugar — a sugar produced by pulverizing granulated sugar, especially a coarser variety used for fruits or cold beverages. Symbol: XX.
- prairie-grouse — prairie chicken.
- pre-accounting — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
- premier league — a professional football or soccer league consisting of the top teams in England and Wales
- pressure gauge — an instrument for measuring the pressure of a gas or liquid.
- progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
- pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
- pseudepigrapha — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
- pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
- pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
- public gallery — the gallery in a chamber of Parliament reserved for members of the public who wish to listen to the proceedings
- pumped storage — a system for generating hydroelectric power for peak periods by pumping water from a lower to a higher reservoir during low-demand periods and then releasing it during peak periods.
- purple grackle — the eastern subspecies of the common grackle, Quiscalus quiscula, of North America, having an iridescent purple back.
- pyrometallurgy — the process or technique of refining ores with heat so as to accelerate chemical reactions or to melt the metallic or nonmetallic content.
- quadragenarian — 40 years of age.
- quadrigeminate — made up of four parts
- quaker meeting — a meeting of Quakers, at which all members, except those moved to speak, remain silent.
- quarterbacking — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
- query language — the instructions and procedures used to retrieve information from a database
- quiz programme — a radio or television programme in which the general or specific knowledge of the players is tested by a series of questions
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
- rattle through — If you rattle through something, you deal with it quickly in order to finish it.
- recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
- reducing agent — a substance that causes another substance to undergo reduction and that is oxidized in the process.
- reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
- refugee status — the state of being a person who has fled from some danger or problem, esp political persecution, esp in a foreign country in the eyes of the law
- regulator gene — any gene that exercises control over the expression of another gene or genes.
- relay language — a language, usually an internationally dominant one, which acts as a medium to translate other usually little-spoken languages
- repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
- rheumatologist — a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.
- roentgenopaque — not permitting the passage of x-rays.