14-letter words containing a, g, s, i
- first mortgage — a mortgage having priority over other mortgages on property.
- first sergeant — the senior noncommissioned officer of a company, squadron, etc., responsible for personnel and administration.
- fishing tackle — Fishing tackle consists of all the equipment that is used in the sport of fishing, such as fishing rods, lines, hooks, and bait.
- flabbergasting — to overcome with surprise and bewilderment; astound.
- flagelliferous — bearing a flagellum
- flagitiousness — The state or quality of being flagitious.
- flagship store — A flagship store is the most important store in a chain, often with the largest volume of sales, or the most up-to-date formats or layouts
- flash smelting — a smelting process for sulphur-containing ores in which the dried and powdered ore, mixed with oxygen, is ignited on discharge from a nozzle, melts, and drops to the bottom of a settling chamber. Sulphur is released mainly in its solid form, thus reducing atmospheric pollution
- flashing point — flash point (def 1).
- flinders grass — a drought-resistant pasture grass, Iseilema membranacea, native to inland regions of Australia and used as fodder.
- flinders range — a mountain range in S Australia. Highest peak, St. Mary Peak, 3900 feet (1190 meters).
- floating stock — stock not held for permanent investment and hence available for speculation; stock held by brokers and speculators rather than investors.
- flotation bags — bags inflated to keep a spacecraft or helicopter afloat and upright when it lands in the sea
- for the asking — If something is yours for the asking, you could get it very easily if you wanted to.
- forced savings — a reduction in consumption that occurs when there is full employment and an abundance of loans
- fountain grass — a perennial grass, Pennisetum setaceum, of Ethiopia, having bristly spikes, often rose-purple, grown as an ornamental.
- fragmentations — Plural form of fragmentation.
- framing chisel — a woodworking chisel for heavy work and deep cuts, often having a handle reinforced to withstand blows from a metal hammer head.
- framing square — a steel square usually having on its faces various tables and scales useful to the carpenter.
- francois guise — François de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frɑ̃ˈswa də lɔˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
- g-strophanthin — ouabain.
- galactic noise — unidentified radio-frequency radiation originating from beyond the solar system.
- galactic poles — either of the two opposite points on the celestial sphere that are farthest north and south of the Milky Way.
- galactopoiesis — increasing the secretion of milk.
- gallinas point — a cape in NE Colombia: the northernmost point of South America
- galvanizations — Plural form of galvanization.
- galvanoplastic — pertaining to reproduction by electrotypy.
- galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
- gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
- gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
- games mistress — a woman who teaches games and sports in a school
- garda síochána — the police force of the Republic of Ireland
- garden rubbish — organic refuse generated by gardening
- garlic crusher — a kitchen implement used to crush cloves of garlic
- garlic mustard — a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- garlic sausage — sausage meat flavoured with garlic
- garrison house — a style of early New England house in which the second floor projects beyond the first.
- garrison state — a state in which military matters dominate economic and political life.
- gascoyne-cecil — Robert Arthur Talbot [tawl-buh t] /ˈtɔl bət/ (Show IPA), 3rd Marquis of Salisbury, Salisbury (def 1).
- gastric bypass — a surgical procedure by which all or part of the stomach is circumvented by anastomosis to the small intestine, performed to overcome obstruction or in the treatment of morbid obesity.
- gastric lavage — the washing out of the stomach; lavage.
- gaussian curve — normal curve.
- gaussian image — the point in an optical system with spherical aberration at which the paraxial rays meet.
- gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
- gelatinisation — Alternative spelling of gelatinization.
- general strike — a mass strike in all or many trades and industries in a section or in all parts of a country.
- generalisation — The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
- generalissimos — Plural form of generalissimo.
- generating set — a generator
- genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.