14-letter words containing g, a, t, e, h
- go to the pack — to fall into a lower state or condition
- go to the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
- go up the wall — to become crazy or furious
- golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
- goliath beetle — any very large tropical scarabaeid beetle of the genus Goliathus, esp G. giganteus of Africa, which may grow to a length of 20 centimetres
- gothic revival — a Gothic style of architecture popular between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, exemplified by the Houses of Parliament in London (1840)
- graeffe method — a method, involving the squaring of roots, for approximating the solutions to algebraic equations.
- granddaughters — Plural form of granddaughter.
- grandfathering — Present participle of grandfather.
- 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.
- graphite cloth — a nonwoven fabric made by embedding carbon fibers in a plastic bonding material, used in layers as a substitute for sheet metal, as in the construction of aircraft wings.
- great unwashed — the general public; the populace or masses.
- great yarmouth — a city in SE Massachusetts.
- greek alphabet — the alphabetical script derived from a Semitic alphabet by way of the Phoenicians, used from about the 8th century b.c. for the writing of Greek, and forming the basis of many other scripts, including Latin and Cyrillic. The letters of the Greek alphabet are: alpha, beta, gamma, delta, epsilon, zeta, eta, theta, iota, kappa, lambda, mu, nu1 , xi, omicron, pi1 , rho, sigma, tau, upsilon, phi, chi1 , psi1 , omega.
- greek catholic — a member of the Greek Orthodox Church.
- grow the beard — (of a TV series) to gain credibility or improve in quality during the course of a series following a specified development
- gunter's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- hacking jacket — a riding jacket having a tight waist, flared skirt, slanted pockets with flaps, and slits or vents at the sides or back.
- haemagglutinin — Alternative spelling of hemagglutinin.
- haematogenesis — (physiology) The origin and development of blood.
- haematological — Alternative spelling of hematological.
- haematophagous — (of certain animals) feeding on blood
- hague tribunal — the court of arbitration for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, established at The Hague by the international peace conference of 1899: its panel of jurists nominates a list of persons from which members of the United Nations International Court of Justice are elected.
- half-forgotten — a past participle of forget.
- hand-lettering — to print by hand: She hand-lettered a “for sale” sign.
- hanging basket — suspended woven container for plants
- hardy ageratum — the mistflower.
- have bought it — to be killed
- have it coming — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- have the grace — to be so aware of what is proper as (to do something)
- headstrongness — The property of being headstrong, stubbornness.
- health warning — a message indicating the dangers to the consumer's health of consuming a particular product printed on the packaging for the product
- hearing defect — a physical condition that makes it difficult for a person to hear accurately
- heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
- heartrendingly — In a heartrending manner.
- heartwarmingly — In a heartwarming manner.
- heartwrenching — Having a painful emotional impact; causing grief or distress.
- heat exchanger — a device for transferring the heat of one substance to another, as from the exhaust gases to the incoming air in a regenerative furnace.
- heat lightning — lightning too distant for thunder to be heard, observed as diffuse flashes near the horizon on summer evenings.
- heating system — a system that provides heat to a building or number of buildings
- heavy nitrogen — the stable isotope of nitrogen having a mass number of 15.
- height of land — a watershed
- hemagglutinate — to cause the clumping of red blood cells in
- hemoflagellate — a flagellate protozoan, especially of the genera Trypanosoma and Leishmania, that is parasitic in the blood.
- hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
- herpetological — Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
- heterographies — Plural form of heterography.
- hierogrammatic — of or relating to a hierogram
- high as a kite — very drunk