14-letter words containing a, g, r, i, e
- generating set — a generator
- generation gap — a lack of communication between one generation and another, especially between young people and their parents, brought about by differences of tastes, values, outlook, etc.
- generationally — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
- generic markup — (text) In computerised document preparation, a method of adding information to the text indicating the logical components of a document, such as paragraphs, headers or footnotes. SGML is an example of such a system. Specific instructions for layout of the text on the page do not appear in the markup.
- genetic marker — any distinct inheritable indicator of identity and ancestry.
- genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
- genre painting — a category of painting in which domestic scenes or incidents from everyday life are depicted
- gentrification — the buying and renovation of houses and stores in deteriorated urban neighborhoods by upper- or middle-income families or individuals, raising property values but often displacing low-income families and small businesses.
- geocentrically — In a geocentric manner.
- geodemographic — Of or pertaining to geography and demography.
- geographically — of or relating to geography.
- geometric mean — the mean of n positive numbers obtained by taking the n th root of the product of the numbers: The geometric mean of 6 and 24 is 12.
- geometric pace — a modern form of a Roman pace, a measure of length taken as 5 feet
- geometrization — the application of geometrical concepts to a different field
- gerontocracies — Plural form of gerontocracy.
- gerontological — Of or pertaining to gerontology.
- gerrymandering — U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible.
- gewurztraminer — a type of white grape used in winemaking.
- giant anteater — a large, narrow-bodied anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, having a long, tapering snout and extensile tongue, powerful front claws, and a shaggy gray coat marked with a conspicuous black band.
- giant tortoise — any of several large tortoises of the genus Geochelone, of the Galápagos Islands and islands near Madagascar: some are endangered.
- gilbert patten — Gilbert ("Burt L. Standish") 1866–1945, U.S. writer of adventure stories.
- girls' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for girls, founded in 1893, with the aim of promoting self-discipline and self-respect
- give sb a ring — If you give someone a ring, you phone them.
- glacial period — Also called glacial period, ice age. the geologically recent Pleistocene Epoch, during which much of the Northern Hemisphere was covered by great ice sheets.
- glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
- glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
- gothic revival — a Gothic style of architecture popular between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, exemplified by the Houses of Parliament in London (1840)
- grade crossing — an intersection of a railroad track and another track, a road, etc., at the same level.
- grain elevator — elevator (def 4).
- grammaticalize — to convert (a content word or part of one) into a functor, as in using OE līc, “body,” as a suffix in adjectives and adverbs, such as OE frēondlīc, “friendly.”.
- grammaticaster — (derogatory) A pedantic, inferior grammarian.
- granary weevil — a reddish-brown weevil, Sitophilus granarius, that infests stored grain.
- grand seigneur — a dignified or aristocratic man
- grande prairie — a city in W Alberta, in W Canada.
- grandfathering — Present participle of grandfather.
- grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- grangerisation — The act of illustrating a book with pictures taken from published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use.
- grangerization — The act of illustrating a book with pictures taken from published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use.
- granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
- grape hyacinth — any plant belonging to the genus Muscari, of the lily family, as M. botryoides, having globular, blue flowers resembling tiny grapes.
- grapefruitlike — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
- graphic accent — any mark written above a letter, especially one indicating stress in pronunciation, as in Spanish rápido.
- graphic design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, especially to produce a specific effect.
- graphite cloth — a nonwoven fabric made by embedding carbon fibers in a plastic bonding material, used in layers as a substitute for sheet metal, as in the construction of aircraft wings.
- gratuitousness — The state or characteristic of being gratuitous.
- grease-stained — stained with grease marks
- great firewall — a system that prevents access to websites deemed undesirable by the government of the People's Republic of China
- great kiskadee — any of several American flycatchers of the genus Pitangus, especially P. sulphuratus (great kiskadee) ranging from the southwest U.S. to Argentina and noted for their loud calls and aggressive nature.
- great plantain — a N temperate plant, Plantago major, which has a rosette of broad leaves and a slender spike of small greenish flowers: family Plantaginaceae
- great renaming — (history) The flag day in 1986 on which all of the non-local groups on the Usenet had their names changed from the net.- format to the current multiple-hierarchies scheme. Used especially in discussing the history of newsgroup names. "The oldest sources group is comp.sources.misc; before the Great Renaming, it was net.sources."