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14-letter words containing e, r, i, g, n

  • geomorphogenic — relating to geomorphogeny
  • gerontocracies — Plural form of gerontocracy.
  • gerontological — Of or pertaining to gerontology.
  • gerontomorphic — relating to mature masculine characteristics
  • gerrymandering — U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible.
  • gertrude stein — Gertrude, 1874–1946, U.S. author in France.
  • getting on for — Getting on for means the same as nearly.
  • gewurztraminer — a type of white grape used in winemaking.
  • ghost prisoner — a prisoner, esp one held in US military captivity, whose detention is not publicly acknowledged
  • giant anteater — a large, narrow-bodied anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, having a long, tapering snout and extensile tongue, powerful front claws, and a shaggy gray coat marked with a conspicuous black band.
  • giant tortoise — any of several large tortoises of the genus Geochelone, of the Galápagos Islands and islands near Madagascar: some are endangered.
  • gilbert patten — Gilbert ("Burt L. Standish") 1866–1945, U.S. writer of adventure stories.
  • give free rein — to allow considerable freedom; remove restraints
  • give sb a ring — If you give someone a ring, you phone them.
  • glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
  • goitrogenicity — the potential to cause goitre
  • governing body — board, regulatory authority
  • grade crossing — an intersection of a railroad track and another track, a road, etc., at the same level.
  • grain elevator — elevator (def 4).
  • granary weevil — a reddish-brown weevil, Sitophilus granarius, that infests stored grain.
  • grand seigneur — a dignified or aristocratic man
  • grande prairie — a city in W Alberta, in W Canada.
  • grandfathering — Present participle of grandfather.
  • grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • grangerisation — The act of illustrating a book with pictures taken from published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use.
  • grangerization — The act of illustrating a book with pictures taken from published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use.
  • granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
  • grape hyacinth — any plant belonging to the genus Muscari, of the lily family, as M. botryoides, having globular, blue flowers resembling tiny grapes.
  • graphic accent — any mark written above a letter, especially one indicating stress in pronunciation, as in Spanish rápido.
  • graphic design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, especially to produce a specific effect.
  • gratuitousness — The state or characteristic of being gratuitous.
  • grease-stained — stained with grease marks
  • great plantain — a N temperate plant, Plantago major, which has a rosette of broad leaves and a slender spike of small greenish flowers: family Plantaginaceae
  • great renaming — (history)   The flag day in 1986 on which all of the non-local groups on the Usenet had their names changed from the net.- format to the current multiple-hierarchies scheme. Used especially in discussing the history of newsgroup names. "The oldest sources group is comp.sources.misc; before the Great Renaming, it was net.sources."
  • greek valerian — any of various plants belonging to the genus Polemonium, of the phlox family, especially P. reptans, having pinnate leaves and blue flowers.
  • green verditer — either of two pigments, consisting usually of carbonate of copper prepared by grinding either azurite (blue verditer) or malachite (green verditer)
  • greenwich time — the time as measured on the prime meridian running through Greenwich, England: used in England and as a standard of calculation elsewhere.
  • greetings card — A greetings card is a folded card with a picture on the front and greetings inside that you give or send to someone, for example on their birthday.
  • gregariousness — fond of the company of others; sociable.
  • gregorian mode — church mode.
  • gregorian tone — a plainsong melody
  • greisenization — the process whereby granite is converted to greisen
  • grid reference — geographical co-ordinates
  • gridwall panel — A gridwall panel is a metal grid that can be hung on a wall and used for displaying goods.
  • grief-stricken — overwhelmed by grief; deeply afflicted or sorrowful.
  • grinding wheel — a wheel composed of abrasive material, used for grinding.
  • groundbreaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
  • groundskeeping — The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution.
  • group genitive — (in English) a construction in which the genitive ending 's is added to an entire phrase, especially when added to a word other than the head of the noun phrase, as the woman who lives across the street's in That is the woman who lives across the street's cat or the people next-door's in The people next-door's house is for rent.
  • group medicine — the practice of medicine by a number of specialists working together in association
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