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14-letter words containing e, g, o, i, t

  • to ring a bell — If you say that something rings a bell, you mean that it reminds you of something, but you cannot remember exactly what it is.
  • to strike gold — If you strike gold, you find, do, or produce something that brings you a lot of money or success.
  • tongue twister — a word or sequence of words difficult to pronounce, especially rapidly, because of alliteration or a slight variation of consonant sounds, as “She sells seashells by the seashore.”.
  • tongue-lashing — severe scolding
  • tongue-twister — A tongue-twister is a sentence or expression which is very difficult to say properly, especially when you try to say it quickly. An example of a tongue-twister is 'Red leather, yellow leather'.
  • topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
  • torture flight — a flight used to carry out extraordinary rendition
  • trading period — A trading period is a set length of time, usually a number of weeks, months, quarters, or years, in which sales are measured and compared to previous periods.
  • training shoes — running shoes for sports training, esp in contrast to studded or spiked shoes worn for the sport itself
  • transit lounge — a waiting room at an international airport used mainly by passengers transferring from one flight to another without presenting themselves to customs or immigration officials
  • tumorigenicity — (of cells or a substance) capable of producing tumors.
  • ultimogeniture — postremogeniture.
  • uncongeniality — the condition of being uncongenial
  • under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
  • underthroating — (on a cornice) a cove extended outward and downward to form a drip.
  • unegoistically — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
  • unequivocating — to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge: When asked directly for his position on disarmament, the candidate only equivocated.
  • uninterrogated — to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
  • united kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801–1922. 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Capital: London. Abbreviation: U.K.
  • uterogestation — gestation in the womb, i.e. normal pregnancy
  • vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
  • vector graphic — a computer image that is stored in memory as lines rather than a series of dots, allowing it to be rotated or proportionally scaled.
  • victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
  • vitellogenesis — the process by which the yolk is formed and accumulated in the ovum.
  • voice training — the process of training and improving vocal ability
  • voting machine — a mechanical apparatus used in a polling place to register and count the votes.
  • waiting period — a specified delay, required by law, between officially stating an intention and acting on it, as between securing a marriage license and getting married.
  • warning notice — official notification of a danger or threat
  • washington pie — a Boston cream pie with raspberry jam instead of custard between the layers.
  • weight for age — the poundage assigned to be borne by a horse in a race, based on the age of the horse.
  • whistleblowing — The disclosure to the public or to authorities, usually by an employee, of wrongdoing in a company or government department.
  • white gasoline — unleaded and uncracked gasoline, designed especially for use in motorboats.
  • white mahogany — an Australian eucalyptus, Eucalyptus acmenioides.
  • wind generator — an electric generator situated on a tower and driven by the force of wind on blades or a rotor.
  • women's rights — the rights, claimed by and for women, of equal privileges and opportunities with men
  • wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling
  • wriggle out of — evade: a duty
  • wring together — to join (two smooth flat surfaces, esp slip gauges) by hand pressure and a slight twisting movement
  • xenodiagnostic — of or relating to xenodiagnosis
  • yellow gentian — a plant, Gentiana lutea, of Europe and Asia Minor, having yellow flowers, the rootstock yielding a bitter tonic.
  • yellow wagtail — Motacilla flava; a small passerine
  • zygobranchiate — of or relating to zygobranchs or the Zygobranchia genus
  • zygomatic bone — a bone on each side of the face below the eye, forming the prominence of the cheek; cheekbone.
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