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15-letter words containing g, a, s, e, o, u

  • hedgehog cactus — any of various rounded, usually spiny cacti of the genus Echinocereus, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having bell-shaped flowers that close at night.
  • horse-and-buggy — of or relating to the last few generations preceding the invention of the automobile: vivid recollections of horse-and-buggy days.
  • hump one's swag — (of a tramp) to carry one's belongings from place to place on one's back
  • image-conscious — concerned about the way one comes across to other people and the impression one creates
  • labour shortage — a shortage or insufficiency of qualified candidates for employment (in an economy, country, etc)
  • langston hughes — Charles Evans, 1862–1948, U.S. jurist and statesman: chief justice of the U.S. 1930–41.
  • language school — A language school is a private school where a foreign language is taught.
  • largemouth bass — a North American freshwater game fish, Micropterus salmoides, having an upper jaw extending behind the eye and a broad, dark, irregular stripe along each side of the body. Compare smallmouth bass.
  • leading counsel — the more senior of two counsels
  • legal successor — a person or thing that legally follows, esp a person who succeeds another in an office
  • leptosporangium — (botany) A sporangium formed from a single epidermal cell.
  • leukaemogenesis — the development of leukaemia
  • long-sufferance — long-suffering.
  • magnanimousness — The quality of being magnanimous.
  • magnesium oxide — magnesia.
  • magnetic course — a course whose bearing is given relative to the magnetic meridian of the area.
  • margaritiferous — yielding or wearing pearls
  • massage parlour — A massage parlour is a place where people go and pay for a massage. Some places that are called massage parlours are in fact places where people pay to have sex.
  • measuring spoon — a spoon for measuring amounts, as in cooking, usually part of a set of spoons of different sizes.
  • mogi das cruzes — a city in SE Brazil, E of São Paulo.
  • mucosanguineous — containing or made up of blood and mucus
  • negro spiritual — a type of religious song originating among Black slaves in the American South
  • nuisance ground — a garbage dump.
  • oblique sailing — the navigation of a vessel on a point of the compass other than one of the cardinal points.
  • obtuse triangle — a triangle with one obtuse angle.
  • off one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
  • organomagnesium — pertaining to or noting an organic compound, especially an organic halide, containing magnesium linked to carbon.
  • outstandingness — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
  • pedagoguishness — the quality of being pedagoguish
  • pergamentaceous — (esp of plants) resembling parchment, whether in texture or composition
  • phosphate group — the group or radical obtained by removal of one or more hydrogen atoms from phosphoric acid.
  • plantaginaceous — relating to or belonging to the family Plantaginaceae
  • plastic surgeon — doctor who performs cosmetic surgery
  • pleasure-loving — enjoying pleasure
  • plumbaginaceous — belonging to the Plumbaginaceae, the leadwort family of plants.
  • programme music — music that is intended to depict or evoke a scene or idea
  • pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
  • pseudohexagonal — of, relating to, or having the form of a hexagon.
  • pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
  • quasi-religious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
  • quasi-sovereign — a monarch; a king, queen, or other supreme ruler.
  • regulatory risk — a risk to which private companies are subject, arising from the possibility of legislation or regulations that will affect business being adopted by a government
  • robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
  • rogues' gallery — a collection of portraits of criminals and suspects maintained by the police for purposes of identification.
  • rough bluegrass — a grass, Poa trivialis, native to Eurasia and naturalized in North America, where it is used in mixtures for lawns and pasturage.
  • sauce espagnole — brown sauce.
  • school-gate mum — a young family-oriented working mother, considered by political parties as forming a significant part of the electorate
  • scrounge around — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
  • sebaceous gland — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
  • second language — a language learned by a person after his or her native language, especially as a resident of an area where it is in general use.
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