14-letter words containing a, g, u, s
- pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
- pugilistically — a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
- pugnaciousness — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- pulsating star — a type of variable star, the variation in brightness resulting from expansion and subsequent contraction of the star
- 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.
- quasi-negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
- quinquagesimal — of, relating to, or consisting of a set of 50
- quota sampling — a method of conducting market research in which the sample is selected according to a quota-system based on such factors as age, sex, social class, etc
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
- racing colours — the colours painted on a racing car to represent the nation of the car or driver
- recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
- 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
- rheumatologist — a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.
- rough as sacks — uncouth
- run out of gas — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- run up against — If you run up against problems, you suddenly begin to experience them.
- running casing — Running casing is the process of screwing together pieces of pipe on a rig floor and lowering them into a hole.
- rutting season — a recurrent period of sexual excitement and reproductive activity in certain male ruminants, such as the deer, that corresponds to the period of oestrus in females
- sacrilegiously — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- samuel gompers — Samuel, 1850–1924, U.S. labor leader, born in England: president of the American Federation of Labor 1886–94, 1896–1924.
- sanguification — hematopoiesis.
- saratoga trunk — a type of large traveling trunk used mainly by women during the 19th century.
- sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
- saxe-altenburg — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
- saxifragaceous — belonging to the plant family Saxifragaceae.
- scavenger hunt — a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.
- scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
- schizognathous — (of birds) having a separation in the vomer and maxillo-palatine bones, having a cleft-palate
- scrape through — only just succeed
- security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
- self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
- self-regulated — governed or controlled from within; self-regulating.
- self-slaughter — suicide.
- septuagenarian — of the age of 70 years or between 70 and 80 years old.
- shawinigan-sud — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, S of Shawinigan.
- shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
- shouting match — a loud, often abusive quarrel or argument.
- signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
- signature tune — theme song (def 2).
- singular point — a point at which a given function of a complex variable has no derivative but of which every neighborhood contains points at which the function has derivatives.
- slaughterhouse — a building or place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir.
- slaughterously — murderously
- social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
- social housing — Social housing is housing which is provided for rent or sale at a fairly low cost by housing associations and local councils.
- soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
- sounding board — a thin, resonant plate of wood forming part of a musical instrument, and so placed as to enhance the power and quality of the tone.
- source program — an original computer program written by a programmer that is converted into the equivalent object program, written in machine language, by the compiler or assembler
- south georgian — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).