0%

14-letter words containing e, g, u, s, i

  • gender studies — subject: male and female roles
  • genuine assets — the tangible and intangible assets that make an organization unique, including things such as exclusive customer relationships, etc
  • geolinguistics — the study of the geographical distribution of languages
  • georges cuvier — Georges Léopold Chrétien Frédéric Dagobert [zhawrzh ley-aw-pawld krey-tyan frey-dey-reek da-gaw-ber] /ʒɔrʒ leɪ ɔˈpɔld kreɪˈtyɛ̃ freɪ deɪˈrik da gɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), Baron, 1769–1832, French naturalist: pioneer in the fields of paleontology and comparative anatomy.
  • gertrude steinGertrude, 1874–1946, U.S. author in France.
  • gesticulations — Plural form of gesticulation.
  • giuseppe peano — (person, mathematics, logic)   (1858-08-27 - 1932-04-20) An Italian mathematician who wrote over 200 books and papers, was a founder of mathematical logic and set theory and taught at the University of Turin. He contributed to mathematical analysis, logic, the teaching of calculus, differential equations, vector analysis and the axiomatization of mathematics. The standard axiomatization of the natural numbers is named Peano arithmetic or the Peano axioms after him. He also invented the Peano curve, an early example of a fractal.
  • glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
  • gluteus medius — the muscle of the buttocks lying between the gluteus maximus and the gluteus minimus, involved in the abduction of the thigh.
  • go up in smoke — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
  • grand seigneur — a dignified or aristocratic man
  • gratuitousness — The state or characteristic of being gratuitous.
  • gregariousness — fond of the company of others; sociable.
  • groundskeeping — The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution.
  • grouse-beating — hunting for grouse by trying to drive them towards hunters using flags, sticks, and other devices
  • guest services — Guest services at a hotel are the services, amenities and help that the hotel provides for its guests.
  • guided missile — an aerial missile, as a rocket, steered during its flight by radio signals, clockwork controls, etc.
  • gunstock stile — (in a door) a diminished stile having an oblique transition between the broader and narrower parts.
  • gunter's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
  • gynomonoecious — having both female and hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant.
  • heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
  • hemingwayesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ernest Hemingway or his works.
  • horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
  • house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
  • housing estate — housing development.
  • housing market — property trade
  • housing scheme — arrangement offering subsidized housing
  • hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
  • hunting season — annual period when hunting is permitted
  • immunogenetics — the branch of immunology dealing with the study of immunity in relation to genetic makeup.
  • impulse buying — the buying of retail merchandise prompted by a whim on seeing the product displayed
  • incongruencies — Plural form of incongruency.
  • indigenousness — The quality or state of being indigenous.
  • ingloriousness — The state of being inglorious.
  • insightfulness — The state or condition of being insightful.
  • interest group — a group of people drawn or acting together in support of a common interest or to voice a common concern: Political interest groups seek to influence legislation.
  • interlanguages — Plural form of interlanguage.
  • interreligious — existing or communicating between different religions.
  • intertriginous — (medicine) Of or relating to intertrigo.
  • irregularities — the quality or state of being irregular.
  • judgementalism — Alternative form of judgmentalism.
  • jumping spider — any of several small, hairy spiders, of the family Salticidae, that stalk and jump upon their prey instead of snaring it in a web.
  • king's counsel — a body of barristers of a higher status who are specially appointed to be the crown's counsel, and who are permitted to plead inside the bar in the court.
  • lapsus linguae — a slip of the tongue.
  • laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
  • laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
  • lifestyle guru — a person hired to give someone advice on various aspects of his or her life, work, and relationships
  • light the fuse — If someone or something lights the fuse of a particular situation or activity, they suddenly get it started.
  • lignocellulose — any of various compounds of lignin and cellulose comprising the essential part of woody cell walls.
  • lignosulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
Was this page helpful?
Yes No
Thank you for your feedback! Tell your friends about this page
Tell us why?