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

  • gay liberation — a political and social movement to combat legal and social discrimination against homosexuals.
  • geiger counter — an instrument for detecting ionizing radiations, consisting of a gas-filled tube in which electric-current pulses are produced when the gas is ionized by radiation, and of a device to register these pulses: used chiefly to measure radioactivity.
  • gelatification — the process of gelatinizing.
  • gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
  • gelatinisation — Alternative spelling of gelatinization.
  • gelatinization — to make gelatinous.
  • generalisation — The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
  • generalization — the act or process of generalizing.
  • 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.
  • genethlialogic — relating to the science of casting horoscopes
  • genome editing — the insertion or removal of DNA at a specific site on a genome using artificially engineered nucleases
  • gentian violet — a dye derived from rosaniline, used in chemistry as an indicator and in medicine as a fungicide, bactericide, anthelmintic, and in the treatment of burns.
  • gentoo penguin — a penguin, Pygoscelis papua, of small Antarctic islands.
  • 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.
  • geognostically — with reference to a knowledge of the structure of the earth
  • geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
  • geolinguistics — the study of the geographical distribution of languages
  • 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
  • geopolitically — According to geopolitics.
  • gerontocracies — Plural form of gerontocracy.
  • gerontological — Of or pertaining to gerontology.
  • gerontomorphic — relating to mature masculine characteristics
  • gesticulations — Plural form of gesticulation.
  • get rid of sth — When you get rid of something that you do not want or do not like, you take action so that you no longer have it or suffer from it.
  • getting on for — Getting on for means the same as nearly.
  • ghost prisoner — a prisoner, esp one held in US military captivity, whose detention is not publicly acknowledged
  • giant tortoise — any of several large tortoises of the genus Geochelone, of the Galápagos Islands and islands near Madagascar: some are endangered.
  • gingivectomies — Plural form of gingivectomy.
  • give credit to — to have confidence or trust in; believe
  • give effect to — to put into practice; make operative
  • give it up for — If an audience is asked to give it up for a performer, they are being asked to applaud.
  • give sb notice — If an employer gives an employee notice, the employer tells the employee that he or she must leave his or her job within a short fixed period of time.
  • glycogenolytic — Of, pertaining to, or capable of glycogenolysis, the catabolism of glycogen.
  • go in the tank — to lose or fail badly or on purpose
  • go into detail — elaborate, recount more fully
  • go to bed with — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
  • goitrogenicity — the potential to cause goitre
  • gold medallist — the winner of competition or race, who is awarded a gold medal
  • golden section — a ratio between two portions of a line, or the two dimensions of a plane figure, in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the sum of both: a ratio of approximately 0.618 to 1.000.
  • golden thistle — Spanish oyster plant.
  • goliath beetle — any very large tropical scarabaeid beetle of the genus Goliathus, esp G. giganteus of Africa, which may grow to a length of 20 centimetres
  • gonadectomized — Having undergone gonadectomy.
  • good-time girl — a young woman whose chief concern is seeking pleasure and having fun
  • 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)
  • grain elevator — elevator (def 4).
  • grangerisation — The act of illustrating a book with pictures taken from published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use.
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