13-letter words containing g, e, s, t, u, r
- greater scaup — any of several diving ducks of the genus Aythya, especially A. marila (greater scaup) of the Northern Hemisphere, having a bluish-gray bill.
- gros de tours — a ribbed silk fabric made with a two- or three-ply warp interlaced with organzine and tram filling.
- grotesqueness — odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
- grotesqueries — Plural form of grotesquery.
- ground stroke — a stroke made by hitting the ball after it has bounced from the ground. Compare volley (def 4b).
- groundstrokes — Plural form of groundstroke.
- gunters-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.
- guttersnipish — Resembling or characteristic of a guttersnipe.
- hart's-tongue — a fern, Phyllitis scolopendrium, having long, leathery, wavy-edged leaves.
- heart surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in performing operations on the heart
- heart surgery — operation to treat cardiac problems
- heterogeneous — different in kind; unlike; incongruous.
- housed string — a string of a stair (housed stair) receiving the ends of the risers or treads in a series of housings.
- housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
- hunger strike — refusal to eat as a protest
- hunger-strike — to go on a hunger strike.
- incongruities — the quality or condition of being incongruous.
- instrumenting — Present participle of instrument.
- interreligous — Between religions.
- key signature — (in notation) the group of sharps or flats placed after the clef to indicate the tonality of the music following.
- lake sturgeon — a sturgeon, Acipenser fulvescens, of the Great Lakes and Mississippi and St. Lawrence rivers.
- language arts — study of reading and writing
- letzeburgesch — a Germanic dialect that is the native language of most of the people of Luxembourg.
- light cruiser — a naval cruiser having 6-inch (15-cm) guns as its main armament.
- long trousers — full-length trousers (as opposed to shorts)
- magnetiferous — (dated) Producing or conducting magnetism.
- megastructure — a very large, usually high-rise building or a complex of such buildings used for many purposes, as for apartments, offices, stores, theaters, and athletic facilities.
- merrythoughts — Plural form of merrythought.
- metallurgists — Plural form of metallurgist.
- mousetrapping — Present participle of mousetrap.
- mud wrestling — sport: physical combat in mud
- mud-wrestling — wrestling in an enclosure with a floor or base of wet mud, staged as a public display and competitive event.
- neurolinguist — One who studies neurolinguistics.
- numerologists — the study of numbers, as the figures designating the year of one's birth, to determine their supposed influence on one's life, future, etc.
- nusa tenggara — an island chain east of Java, mostly in Indonesia: the main islands are Bali, Lombok, Sumbawa, Sumba, Flores, Alor, and Timor. Pop: 11 112 702 (2000). Area: 73 144 sq km (28 241 sq miles)
- nutrigenetics — the branch of science concerned with the effect of heredity on diet and nutrition
- nutrigenomics — the study of how individual genetic makeup interacts with diet, especially the effects of this interaction on a person's health.
- osmoregulator — Any organism that practices osmoregulation.
- ostreophagous — oyster-eating
- outprocessing — to end a military tour of duty, accompanied by necessary paperwork: All enlisted soldiers out-process as a class.
- outside-right — a footballer who plays on the outside right wing of the field
- outstretching — Present participle of outstretch.
- over-trusting — reliance on the integrity, strength, ability, surety, etc., of a person or thing; confidence.
- pantagruelism — (in Rabelais' Pantagruel) the huge son of Gargantua, represented as dealing with serious matters in a spirit of broad and somewhat cynical good humor.
- pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
- post-graduate — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or consisting of post-graduates: a postgraduate seminar.
- postbourgeois — (in Marxist thought) belonging to a period of society after the decline of the bourgeoisie
- press cutting — an article or picture from a newspaper about someone or something
- prestigiously — indicative of or conferring prestige: the most prestigious address in town.
- purse strings — hold the purse strings, to have the power to determine how money shall be spent.