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

  • limburg cheese — a semihard white cheese of very strong smell and flavour
  • logistic curve — a curve, shaped like a letter S , defined as an exponential function and used to model various forms of growth.
  • long-suffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
  • lugger topsail — a fore-and-aft topsail used above a lugsail.
  • lugubriousness — The property of being lugubrious.
  • luminous range — the distance at which a certain light, as that of a lighthouse, is visible in clear weather, disregarding interference from obstructions and from the curvature of the earth and depending on the power of the light.
  • malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
  • manual testing — (testing)   That part of software testing that requires human input, analysis, or evaluation.
  • margaritaceous — resembling mother-of-pearl; pearly.
  • meaningfulness — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
  • measuring worm — the larva of any geometrid moth, which progresses by bringing the rear end of the body forward and then advancing the front end.
  • megasporangium — a sporangium containing megaspores.
  • metalinguistic — Pertaining to metalinguistics.
  • middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
  • miscounselling — the act of giving bad or incorrect counselling
  • misgovernaunce — misgovernment
  • molly maguires — a secret society organized in Ireland in 1843 to terrorize landlords' agents in order to prevent evictions
  • multireligious — belonging to or following more than one religion
  • murrhine glass — glassware believed to resemble the murrhine cups of ancient Rome.
  • museologically — In a museological manner.
  • neighbourhoods — Plural form of neighbourhood.
  • neolinguistics — a school of linguistics centered in Italy emphasizing the importance of linguistic geography in diachronic studies.
  • neurobiologist — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
  • non-gregarious — fond of the company of others; sociable.
  • non-indigenous — originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to): the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa.
  • nonnitrogenous — containing no nitrogen.
  • nursing bottle — a bottle with a rubber nipple, from which an infant sucks milk, water, etc.
  • nursing mother — a mother who is breast-feeding her baby
  • nursing sister — a female nurse, sometimes of a high grade
  • nyctaginaceous — belonging to the Nyctaginaceae, the four-o'clock family of plants.
  • oleaginousness — The state or condition of being oleaginous; oiliness, unctuousness.
  • osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
  • over-consuming — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
  • oversaturating — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
  • pneumonologist — an expert or specialist in the respiratory system
  • popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
  • pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
  • prairie-grouse — prairie chicken.
  • pressure ridge — a ridge produced on floating ice by buckling or crushing under lateral pressure of wind or ice.
  • printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
  • priority guest — A priority guest at a hotel is a regular guest who has special rights, such as early check-in and discounts on food.
  • pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
  • pseudepigrapha — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
  • pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
  • pseudo-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
  • pseudo-generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
  • pugnaciousness — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
  • quasi-negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
  • queer-sounding — that sounds odd or strange
  • quicksilvering — the mercury on the back of a mirror
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