14-letter words containing g, a, t, h

galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.
game show host — a broadcaster who reads the questions or conducts a game show
gamine haircut — a boyish or elfish hairstyle, esp on a woman
genethliacally — from a genethliac point of view
genethlialogic — relating to the science of casting horoscopes
genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
germanomethane — (chemistry) germanium tetrahydride.
get in the way — be an obstacle
ghetto blaster — a large, powerful portable radio, especially as carried and played by a pedestrian or used outdoors in an urban area.
given that sth — If you say given that something is the case, you mean taking that fact into account.
globe amaranth — a plant, Gomphrena globosa, native to the Old World tropics, having dense heads of variously colored flowers that retain their color when cut.
glutaraldehyde — a nonflammable liquid, C 5 H 8 O 2 , soluble in water and alcohol, toxic and an irritant, used for tanning leather and as a fixative for samples to be examined under the electron microscope.
go all the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
go around with — If you go around with a person or group of people, you regularly meet them and go to different places with them.
go easy on sth — If you tell someone to go easy on something, you are telling them to use only a small amount of it.
go in the tank — to lose or fail badly or on purpose
go on the swag — to become a tramp
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.
graphic artist — sb who draws, paints, prints, etc.
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.
graphitization — (geology) The formation of graphite from other organic materials.
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
gum tragacanth — tragacanth.
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.
haight-ashbury — a district of San Francisco, in the central part of the city: a center for hippies and the drug culture in the 1960s.
hair-splitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
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
hangman's knot — a slip noose for hanging a person, usually having eight or nine turns around the rope.

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