13-letter words containing a, s, u, r, g
- circumambages — round-about methods
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- congratulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of congratulate.
- coralligenous — producing coral
- cousin-german — the child of one's aunt or uncle
- crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
- daguerrotypes — Plural form of daguerrotype, a misspelling of daguerreotype.
- damage survey — an inspection by an insurance company of something that has been damaged and for which an insurance claim has been made, in order to determine the extent and cause of damage
- dangerousness — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- dendrophagous — feeding on the wood of trees, as certain insects.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- deuteragonist — (in ancient Greek drama) the character next in importance to the protagonist, esp the antagonist
- disambiguator — Anything that serves to disambiguate.
- disfiguration — an act or instance of disfiguring.
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- disregulation — Misspelling of dysregulation.
- downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
- draughtboards — Plural form of draughtboard.
- draughtsboard — The board on which draughts is played, resembling a chessboard but (depending on the game variation) often having a side length of ten squares rather than eight.
- draughtswoman — Alternative spelling of draftswoman.
- durable goods — Durable goods or durables are goods such as televisions or cars which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
- farmer's lung — a lung disorder caused by inhalation of moldy hay dust, marked by shortness of breath, dry cough, and weight loss.
- figured glass — plate or sheet glass having a pattern rolled onto one side of the surface.
- fish geranium — zonal geranium.
- flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
- formularising — Present participle of formularise.
- frontal gyrus — any of several convolutions on the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum.
- frustratingly — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- galerie house — (in French Louisiana) a house with its main story above the ground floor and with verandas (galeries) for both stories in tiers on at least one side.
- gallimaufries — Plural form of gallimaufry.
- gallows humor — humor that treats serious, frightening, or painful subject matter in a light or satirical way.
- gap insurance — GAP insurance pays the difference between what someone owes on their car loan and the actual cash value of the vehicle in the event that it is stolen or damaged.
- garden suburb — a suburb of a large established town or city, planned along the lines of a garden city
- garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
- garrulousness — Garrulity.
- gastric juice — the digestive fluid, containing pepsin and other enzymes, secreted by the glands of the stomach.
- gastric ulcer — a peptic ulcer located in the stomach's inner wall, caused in part by the corrosive action of the gastric juice on the mucous membrane.
- gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
- gelandesprung — a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.
- gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
- glamour stock — a popular stock that rises quickly or continuously in price and attracts large numbers of investors.
- glass curtain — a transparent or translucent curtain covering the interior of a window opening.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- gnu assembler — (GAS) A Unix assembler for the GNU project. Many CPU types are handled and COFF and IEEE-695 formats are supported as well as standard a.out. Current version 2.2 ported to Sun-3, Sun-4, i386, 386BSD, BSD/386, Linux, PS/2-AIX, VAX, Ultrix, BSD, VMS. The assembler has been merged with GNU Binutils. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- go great guns — to act or function with great speed, intensity, etc
- good gracious — Some people say good gracious or goodness gracious in order to express surprise or annoyance.
- gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
- grain sorghum — any of several varieties of sorghum, as durra or milo, having starchy seeds, grown for grain and forage.