14-letter words containing g, a, u, l, t, s
- lignosulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
- linguistically — of or belonging to language: linguistic change.
- longleat house — an Elizabethan mansion near Warminster in Wiltshire, built (from 1568) by Robert Smythson for Sir John Thynne; the grounds, landscaped by Capability Brown, now contain a famous safari park
- lower tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 2690 km (1670 miles) long
- lugger topsail — a fore-and-aft topsail used above a lugsail.
- manslaughterer — (legal) Someone who commits manslaughter.
- manual testing — (testing) That part of software testing that requires human input, analysis, or evaluation.
- metalinguistic — Pertaining to metalinguistics.
- miscalculating — Present participle of miscalculate.
- natural rights — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
- non-insulating — to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound: to insulate an electric wire with a rubber sheath; to insulate a coat with down.
- osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
- osmoregulatory — Of or pertaining to osmoregulation.
- paralinguistic — of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.
- pugilistically — a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
- pulsating star — a type of variable star, the variation in brightness resulting from expansion and subsequent contraction of the star
- quota sampling — a method of conducting market research in which the sample is selected according to a quota-system based on such factors as age, sex, social class, etc
- rheumatologist — a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.
- saxe-altenburg — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
- self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
- self-regulated — governed or controlled from within; self-regulating.
- self-slaughter — suicide.
- signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
- singular point — a point at which a given function of a complex variable has no derivative but of which every neighborhood contains points at which the function has derivatives.
- slaughterhouse — a building or place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir.
- slaughterously — murderously
- stegocephalous — having the characteristics of the order Stegocephala
- straight flush — a sequence of five consecutive cards of the same suit.
- sturgeon's law — "Ninety percent of everything is crap". Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." Oddly, when Sturgeon's Law is cited, the final word is almost invariably changed to "crap". Compare Ninety-Ninety Rule. Though this maxim originated in SF fandom, most hackers recognise it and are all too aware of its truth.
- sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
- sugar the pill — to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant
- supplicatingly — in a pleading manner
- suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
- the last laugh — the final success in an argument, situation, etc, after previous defeat
- tongue-lashing — severe scolding
- transit lounge — a waiting room at an international airport used mainly by passengers transferring from one flight to another without presenting themselves to customs or immigration officials
- traumatologist — a branch of surgery dealing with major wounds caused by accidents or violence.
- ultra-rightism — the beliefs of extremely right-wing political parties or groups
- ultra-rightist — a person with extremely right-wing political views
- ultraglamorous — extremely glamorous
- unegoistically — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
- unhesitatingly — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- vegetable soup — soup made with vegetables
- vistula lagoon — a shallow lagoon on the SW coast of the Baltic Sea, between Danzig and Kaliningrad, crossed by the border between Poland and Russia
- vulvovaginitis — inflammation of the vulva and vagina.
- walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- weltanschauung — a comprehensive conception or image of the universe and of humanity's relation to it.