14-letter words containing g, a, e, t
- trial marriage — an arrangement by which a couple live together for a period of time to see if they are compatible for marriage.
- trickle charge — a continuous, slow charge supplied to a storage battery to keep it in a fully charged state.
- triple glazing — three layers of glass in windows or doors
- trysting place — a place for a meeting, especially a secret meeting of lovers; rendezvous.
- tunbridge ware — decorative wooden ware, including tables, trays, boxes, and ornamental objects, produced especially in the late 17th and 18th centuries in Tunbridge Wells, England, with mosaiclike marquetry sawed from square-sectioned wooden rods of different natural colors.
- turbogenerator — a large electrical generator driven by a steam turbine
- turing machine — a hypothetical device with a set of logical rules of computation: the concept is used in mathematical studies of the computability of numbers and in the mathematical theories of automata and computers.
- turnip cabbage — kohlrabi.
- twelfth-grader — (in the US) a pupil in the twelfth-grade
- ultraenergetic — (of particles) producing exceptional levels of energy
- un-get-at-able — very difficult to get hold of or get close to
- unappetizingly — in an unappetizing manner
- unappreciating — to be grateful or thankful for: They appreciated his thoughtfulness.
- uncongeniality — the condition of being uncongenial
- under-training — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- undergraduette — a female undergraduate
- understandings — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- understrapping — subordinate or inferior
- underthroating — (on a cornice) a cove extended outward and downward to form a drip.
- unegoistically — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
- unentertaining — not entertaining or amusing
- unequivocating — to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge: When asked directly for his position on disarmament, the candidate only equivocated.
- unflatteringly — in an unflattering manner
- unhesitatingly — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
- uninterrogated — to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
- unrefrigerated — to make or keep cold or cool, as for preservation.
- upgradeability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- upper tunguska — any of three tributaries of the Yenisei River in the central Russian Federation in Asia: the (Lower Tunguska) 2000 miles (3220 km) long; the (Upper Tunguska) or the lower course of the Angara, 1151 miles (1855 km) long; and the (Stony Tunguska) about 975 miles (1570 km) long.
- uterogestation — gestation in the womb, i.e. normal pregnancy
- vaginal tablet — A vaginal tablet is a tablet inserted into the vagina to treat infection.
- value judgment — an estimate, usually subjective, of the worth, quality, goodness, evil, etc., of something or someone.
- vantage ground — a position or place that gives one an advantage, as for action, view, or defense.
- vat-registered — (of a company or individual) registered as being liable to pay VAT
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- vector graphic — a computer image that is stored in memory as lines rather than a series of dots, allowing it to be rotated or proportionally scaled.
- vegetable dish — a dish designed to serve vegetables from
- vegetable silk — a fine, glossy fiber, similar to silk cotton, from the seeds of a spiny Brazilian tree, Chorisia speciosa.
- vegetable soup — soup made with vegetables
- vegetable wool — the fine, soft, curly hair that forms the fleece of sheep and certain other animals, characterized by minute, overlapping surface scales that give it its felting property.
- vegetable-gold — Also called vegetable gold. a crocus, Crocus sativus, having showy purple flowers.
- venetian glass — ornamental glassware of the type made at Venice, especially that from the island of Murano.
- vertical angle — one of two opposite and equal angles formed by the intersection of two lines.
- vestal virgins — (in ancient Rome) one of four, later six, virgins consecrated to Vesta and to the tending of the sacred fire on her altar.
- victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
- voice training — the process of training and improving vocal ability
- voting machine — a mechanical apparatus used in a polling place to register and count the votes.
- voyage charter — the hire of a ship or aircraft for a specified number of voyages
- wage incentive — additional wage payments intended to stimulate improved work performance
- wage restraint — an agreement not to demand or pay large wage increases
- waiting period — a specified delay, required by law, between officially stating an intention and acting on it, as between securing a marriage license and getting married.