15-letter words containing a, g, e, i, s

give sth a miss — If you give something a miss, you decide not to do it or not to go to it.
give sth a rest — If someone tells you to give something a rest, they want you to stop doing it because it annoys them or because they think it is harming you.
give them heaps — to contend strenuously with an opposing sporting team
glanville-hicks — Peggy, 1912–1990, U.S. composer and music critic, born in Australia.
glass menagerie — a play (1945) by Tennessee Williams.
glazier's point — a small, pointed piece of sheet metal, for holding a pane of glass in a sash until the putty has hardened.
gleichschaltung — the enforcement of standardization and the elimination of all opposition within the political, economic, and cultural institutions of a state
gluteus maximus — the broad, thick, outermost muscle of the buttocks, involved in the rotation and extension of the thigh.
go into details — If someone does not go into details about a subject, or does not go into the detail, they mention it without explaining it fully or properly.
go the distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
go up in flames — be burned
golden samphire — a Eurasian coastal plant, Inula crithmoides, with fleshy leaves and yellow flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
governing class — the social class that holds the power in a country
governmentalism — the trend toward expansion of the government's role, range of activities, or power.
governmentalist — one who promotes the philosophy of governmentalism
grammaticalness — (of language) The state or attribute of obeying the rules of grammar; grammatical correctness.
grand staircase — a large and impressive staircase
grasshopper pie — a custardlike pie, flavored and colored with green crème de menthe and served in a graham-cracker crust.
graves' disease — a disease characterized by an enlarged thyroid, a rapid pulse, and increased basal metabolism due to excessive thyroid secretion; exophthalmic goiter.
graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
great recession — the protracted worldwide economic recession following the financial crisis of 2007–08
great sanhedrin — Sanhedrin (def 1).
great-sanhedrin — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
green mountains — a mountain range in E North America, extending from Canada through Vermont into W Massachusetts: part of the Appalachian system. Highest peak: Mount Mansfield, 1338 m (4393 ft)
green sandpiper — a species of sandpiper, Tringa ochropus, with a greenish back and wings
griqualand east — a former district in S South Africa, SW of Natal.
griqualand west — a former district in S South Africa, N of the Orange River and W of the Orange Free State: diamonds found 1867.
groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
group insurance — life, accident, or health insurance available to a group of persons, as the employees of a company, under a single contract, usually without regard to physical condition or age of the individuals.
group therapist — a psychotherapist who conducts group therapy
guardian angels — an angel believed to protect a particular person, as from danger or error.
guidance system — The guidance system of a missile or rocket is the device which controls its course.
gyrostabilizers — Plural form of gyrostabilizer.
hang seng index — an index of share prices based on an average of 33 stocks quoted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
have it so good — to have so many benefits, esp material benefits
heart-searching — a thorough examination of one's feelings and motives; a self-examination of one's conscience.
hedonic damages — compensation based on what the victim of a crime might have earned in the future
heliacal rising — rising of a celestial object at approximately the same time as the rising of the sun
hemangiosarcoma — A fast-growing, highly invasive variety of cancer, a sarcoma arising from the lining of blood vessels, occurring almost exclusively in dogs and rarely in cats.
hierogrammatist — a writer of hierograms, hierogrammate
high-angle shot — a shot taken from a camera positioned above the action
high-handedness — condescending or presumptuous; overbearing; arbitrary: He has a highhanded manner.
historiographer — a historian, especially one appointed to write an official history of a group, period, or institution.
hyperaggressive — characterized by or tending toward unprovoked offensives, attacks, invasions, or the like; militantly forward or menacing: aggressive acts against a neighboring country.
hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
hypomagnesaemia — the condition of having too little magnesium in the blood, particularly in cattle, in which it is also known as lactation tetany
image-conscious — concerned about the way one comes across to other people and the impression one creates
imperfect stage — a phase in the life cycle of certain fungi in which either no spores or asexual spores, as conidia, are produced.
impregnableness — The state of being impregnable; impregnability.

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