13-letter words containing g, e, s, u
- distinguishes — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- dog's mercury — a hairy somewhat poisonous euphorbiaceous perennial, Mercurialis perennis, having broad lanceolate toothed leaves and small greenish male and female flowers, the males borne in catkins. It often carpets shady woodlands
- douglas scale — an international scale of sea disturbance and swell ranging from 0 to 9 with one figure for disturbance and one for swell
- downregulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of downregulate.
- drug smuggler — trafficker in illegal substances
- duino elegies — a collection of ten poems (1923) by Rainer Maria Rilke.
- durable goods — Durable goods or durables are goods such as televisions or cars which are expected to last a long time, and are bought infrequently.
- dysregulation — A failure to regulate properly.
- echo sounding — the determining of depth of water by means of a device (echo sounder) that measures the time required for a sound wave to be reflected from the bottom: a similar process (echo ranging) is used to measure the distance to an underwater object
- edinburgh sml — (EdML) Implementation of the Core language of SML. Byte-code interpreter in C. Ported to Amiga, Atari, Archimedes and IBM PC. Version: 0.44. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- egregiousness — The quality of being egregious.
- encapsulating — Present participle of encapsulate.
- ensanguinated — stained with blood
- entomophagous — feeding mainly on insects; insectivorous
- ethnolinguist — a person who studies ethnolinguistics
- eugeosyncline — a geosyncline characterized by lithology typical of deep ocean environments
- eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
- eve's pudding — a baked sponge pudding with a layer of apple at the bottom
- expostulating — Present participle of expostulate.
- exsanguinated — Simple past tense and past participle of exsanguinate.
- extinguishant — a substance, such as a liquid, foam, powder, etc, used in extinguishing fires
- extinguishers — Plural form of extinguisher.
- extinguishing — Present participle of extinguish.
- farmer's lung — a lung disorder caused by inhalation of moldy hay dust, marked by shortness of breath, dry cough, and weight loss.
- ferrotungsten — a ferroalloy containing up to 80 percent tungsten.
- figured glass — plate or sheet glass having a pattern rolled onto one side of the surface.
- filibustering — Present participle of filibuster.
- fish geranium — zonal geranium.
- flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
- flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
- forcing house — a place where growth or maturity (as of fruit, animals, etc) is artificially hastened
- forgetfulness — apt to forget; that forgets: a forgetful person.
- foul-smelling — having a very unpleasant smell
- frederiksburg — borough on Zealand island, Denmark: suburb of Copenhagen: pop. 88,000
- freight house — a depot or storage place for freight.
- frelinghuysen — Frederick Theodore, 1817–85, U.S. statesman.
- frightfulness — The quality of being frightful.
- fugaciousness — (obsolete) fugacity.
- full-strength — If a team or army is at full strength, all the members that it needs or usually has are present.
- fun and games — frivolously diverting activity.
- furshlugginer — crazy; foolish
- galactagogues — Plural form of galactagogue.
- galerie house — (in French Louisiana) a house with its main story above the ground floor and with verandas (galeries) for both stories in tiers on at least one side.
- gallimaufries — Plural form of gallimaufry.
- gametothallus — a gamete-producing thallus.
- gamgee tissue — a type of dressing for wounds
- gap insurance — GAP insurance pays the difference between what someone owes on their car loan and the actual cash value of the vehicle in the event that it is stolen or damaged.
- garden suburb — a suburb of a large established town or city, planned along the lines of a garden city
- garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
- garrulousness — Garrulity.