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14-letter words containing g, a, u

  • feng yu-hsiang — ("Christian General") 1880–1948, Chinese general.
  • field guidance — a method of guiding a missile to a point within a gravitational or radio field by means of the properties of the field
  • figurativeness — The property of being figurative.
  • figure skating — ice skating in which the skater traces intricate patterns on the ice.
  • file signature — A magic number.
  • final judgment — judgment (def 8).
  • first language — mother tongue
  • flagelliferous — bearing a flagellum
  • flagitiousness — The state or quality of being flagitious.
  • floating cloud — Drifting Cloud, The.
  • flying gurnard — any marine fish of the family Dactylopteridae, especially Dactylopterus volitans, having greatly enlarged, colorful pectoral fins that enable it to glide short distances through the air.
  • foramen magnum — the large opening in the base of the skull forming the passage from the cranial cavity to the spinal canal.
  • formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
  • forward buying — the purchase of merchandise in quantities exceeding demand
  • fountain grass — a perennial grass, Pennisetum setaceum, of Ethiopia, having bristly spikes, often rose-purple, grown as an ornamental.
  • fragrant sumac — a sprawling shrub, Rhus aromatica, of the cashew family, native to eastern North America, having aromatic foliage and greenish-yellow flowers in small spikes.
  • framing square — a steel square usually having on its faces various tables and scales useful to the carpenter.
  • francois guise — François de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frɑ̃ˈswa də lɔˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
  • full as a goog — drunk
  • galactophorous — bearing milk; lactiferous.
  • gallamine blue — a type of mordant dye
  • gallows humour — sinister and ironic humour
  • galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
  • gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
  • gamine haircut — a boyish or elfish hairstyle, esp on a woman
  • gamma function — a function defined by Γ(x) = ∫0∞tx–1e–tdt, where x is real and greater than zero
  • gamma globulin — a protein fraction of blood plasma that responds to stimulation of antigens, as bacteria or viruses, by forming antibodies: administered therapeutically in the treatment of some viral diseases.
  • garcia marquez — Gabriel [gey-bree-uh l,, gah-bree-el;; Spanish gah-vree-el] /ˈgeɪ bri əl,, ˌgɑ briˈɛl;; Spanish ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1927–2014, Colombian novelist and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1982.
  • garden produce — cultivated or farm-produced goods, such as fruit and vegetables
  • garden rubbish — organic refuse generated by gardening
  • garlic crusher — a kitchen implement used to crush cloves of garlic
  • garlic mustard — a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
  • garlic sausage — sausage meat flavoured with garlic
  • garrison house — a style of early New England house in which the second floor projects beyond the first.
  • gastroduodenal — of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum
  • gastrovascular — serving for digestion and circulation, as a cavity.
  • gaudi i cornet — Antoni [ahn-taw-nee] /ɑnˈtɔ ni/ (Show IPA), 1852–1926, Spanish architect and designer.
  • gaussian curve — normal curve.
  • gaussian image — the point in an optical system with spherical aberration at which the paraxial rays meet.
  • gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
  • gender-neutral — noting or relating to a word or phrase that does not refer to one gender only: Firefighter and flight attendant are gender-neutral terms.
  • general public — people in general
  • generic markup — (text)   In computerised document preparation, a method of adding information to the text indicating the logical components of a document, such as paragraphs, headers or footnotes. SGML is an example of such a system. Specific instructions for layout of the text on the page do not appear in the markup.
  • genuine assets — the tangible and intangible assets that make an organization unique, including things such as exclusive customer relationships, etc
  • george pullman — plural Pullmans. a railroad sleeping car or parlor car.
  • gerald sussman — (person)   (Gerald J. Sussman, Jerry) A noted hacker at MIT and one of the developers of SCHEME and 6.001.
  • gesticulations — Plural form of gesticulation.
  • get a guernsey — to be selected or gain recognition for something
  • gewurztraminer — a type of white grape used in winemaking.
  • giant puffball — a puffball, Calvatia gigantea, that is the largest of its kind, known to have grown to more than 5 feet (1.6 meters) in circumference.
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