15-letter words containing e, n, g, i, r, s
- great sanhedrin — Sanhedrin (def 1).
- great-sanhedrin — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
- green mountains — a mountain range in E North America, extending from Canada through Vermont into W Massachusetts: part of the Appalachian system. Highest peak: Mount Mansfield, 1338 m (4393 ft)
- green sandpiper — a species of sandpiper, Tringa ochropus, with a greenish back and wings
- greenfield site — a site located in a rural area which has not previously been built on
- grimes (golden) — a yellow autumn eating apple
- griqualand east — a former district in S South Africa, SW of Natal.
- griqualand west — a former district in S South Africa, N of the Orange River and W of the Orange Free State: diamonds found 1867.
- gross indecency — sexual offence
- ground meristem — an area of primary meristematic tissue, emerging from and immediately behind the apical meristem, that develops into the pith and the cortex.
- ground squirrel — any of several terrestrial rodents of the squirrel family, as of the genus Citellus and chipmunks of the genus Tamias. circ;circ;
- groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
- group insurance — life, accident, or health insurance available to a group of persons, as the employees of a company, under a single contract, usually without regard to physical condition or age of the individuals.
- guardian angels — an angel believed to protect a particular person, as from danger or error.
- heart-searching — a thorough examination of one's feelings and motives; a self-examination of one's conscience.
- heliacal rising — rising of a celestial object at approximately the same time as the rising of the sun
- hemangiosarcoma — A fast-growing, highly invasive variety of cancer, a sarcoma arising from the lining of blood vessels, occurring almost exclusively in dogs and rarely in cats.
- heterogeneities — the quality or state of being heterogeneous; composition from dissimilar parts; disparateness.
- hiberno-english — Also called Anglo-Irish. the English language as spoken in Ireland.
- high resolution — a great amount of detail visible in a photographic, TV, or video image
- high-resolution — having or capable of producing an image characterized by fine detail: high-resolution photography; high-resolution lens.
- housing project — a publicly built and operated housing development, usually intended for low- or moderate-income tenants, senior citizens, etc.
- hovering vessel — a vessel in territorial waters apparently collaborating in illicit operations.
- huntingdonshire — a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.
- ignition source — An ignition source is a process or event which can cause a fire or explosion.
- impregnableness — The state of being impregnable; impregnability.
- in (the) grease — fat and ready to be killed
- inertia selling — (in Britain) the illegal practice of sending unrequested goods to householders followed by a bill for the price of the goods if they do not return them
- ingush republic — a constituent republic of S Russia: part of the Checheno-Ingush Autonomous Republic from 1936 until 1992. Capital: Magas (formerly at Nazran). Pop: 468 900 (2002). Area: 3600 sq km (1390 sq miles)
- inside straight — Poker. a set of four cards, as the five, seven, eight, and nine, requiring one card of a denomination next above or below the second or third ranking cards of the set to make a straight.
- insider dealing — dealing in company securities on a recognized stock exchange, with a view to making a profit or avoiding a loss, by a person who has confidential information about the securities that, if generally known, would affect their price. Its practice by those connected with a company is illegal
- insider trading — the illegal buying and selling of securities by persons acting on privileged information.
- insurance agent — sb who sells insurance policies
- insuring clause — the clause in an insurance policy setting forth the kind and degree of coverage granted by the insurer.
- integrationists — Plural form of integrationist.
- interestingness — engaging or exciting and holding the attention or curiosity: an interesting book.
- interior design — the design and coordination of the decorative elements of the interior of a house, apartment, office, or other structural space, including color schemes, fittings, furnishings, and sometimes architectural features.
- interior-sprung — (esp of a mattress) containing springs
- interiorscaping — The design, installation, and maintenance of interiorscapes.
- interrogatories — conveying or expressing a question; interrogative.
- intertwistingly — by intertwisting
- interval signal — a characteristic snatch of music, chimes, etc, transmitted as an identifying signal by a radio station between programme items
- intransigeantly — intransigently
- intransigentism — the policy or set of principles of an intransigent
- intransigentist — an intransigent
- inunderstanding — (obsolete) Devoid of understanding.
- irreligiousness — The state or quality of being irreligious; ungodliness.
- island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
- jogger's nipple — painful inflammation of the nipple, caused by friction with a garment when running for long distances
- john j pershing — John Joseph ("Blackjack") 1860–1948, U.S. general: commander of the American Expeditionary Forces in World War I.