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13-letter words containing g, e, s, u

  • ipecac spurge — a spurge, Euphorbia ipecacuanhae, of the eastern U.S.
  • irregularness — Quality of being irregular.
  • irreligiously — In an irreligious fashion.
  • issuing house — a financial institution that engages in finding capital for established companies or for private firms wishing to convert to public companies, by issuing shares on their behalf
  • james douglas — Sir James ("the Black Douglas") 1286–1330, Scottish military leader.
  • jigsaw puzzle — Also called picture puzzle. a set of irregularly cut pieces of pasteboard, wood, or the like that form a picture or design when fitted together.
  • judges' rules — (in English law, formerly) a set of rules, not legally binding, governing the behaviour of police towards suspects, as in administering a caution to a person under arrest
  • judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
  • juggling eggs — Keeping a lot of state in your head while modifying a program. "Don't bother me now, I'm juggling eggs", means that an interrupt is likely to result in the program's being scrambled. In the classic first-contact SF novel "The Mote in God's Eye", by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, an alien describes a very difficult task by saying "We juggle priceless eggs in variable gravity." See also hack mode.
  • juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
  • jumping genes — transposon.
  • jumping mouse — any of several primitive, mouselike rodents of the family Zapodidae, having long hind legs, common in the woodlands of Europe, Asia, and North America.
  • 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.
  • lamb's tongue — a molding having a deep, symmetrical profile ending in a narrow edge, as in a sash bar.
  • language arts — study of reading and writing
  • laser surgery — the surgical use of lasers.
  • lasik surgery — laser surgery to correct short sight
  • last judgment — judgment (def 8).
  • laughableness — The state or quality of being laughable; ludicrousness.
  • 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.
  • lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper
  • liqueur glass — a small glass intended for drinking liqueur from
  • litigiousness — of or relating to litigation.
  • liver sausage — liverwurst.
  • lodging house — a house in which rooms are rented, especially a house other than an inn or hotel; rooming house.
  • long trousers — full-length trousers (as opposed to shorts)
  • longsuffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
  • loose-tongued — unrestrained or irresponsible in speech; given to gossiping.
  • luxembourgish — Also, Luxembourgish [luhk-suh m-bur-gish] /ˈlʌk səmˌbɜr gɪʃ/ (Show IPA). Letzeburgesch.
  • macías nguema — a former name of Bioko.
  • magnesiferous — (geology) Containing magnesium.
  • magnetiferous — (dated) Producing or conducting magnetism.
  • magnoliaceous — belonging to the plant family Magnoliaceae.
  • magnus effect — the thrust on a cylinder rotating about its axis while in motion in a fluid, the thrust being perpendicular to the relative motion of the cylinder in the fluid.
  • managed funds — funds which are managed by a mutual fund manager on behalf of investors
  • manganiferous — containing manganese.
  • marcus garvey — Marcus (Moziah) [moh-zahy-uh] /moʊˈzaɪ ə/ (Show IPA), 1887–1940, Jamaican black-rights activist in the U.S. (1916–27): advocated emigration of black Americans to Africa.
  • measuring cup — a graduated cup used especially in cooking for measuring ingredients.
  • measuring jug — a graduated jug used in cooking to measure ingredients
  • measuring rod — ruler, gauge, stick for measuring
  • measuringworm — the larva of any geometrid moth, which progresses by bringing the rear end of the body forward and then advancing the front end.
  • meeting house — a house or building for religious worship.
  • meeting-house — a house or building for religious worship.
  • meetinghouses — Plural form of meetinghouse.
  • 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.
  • meningococcus — a reniform or spherical bacterium, Neisseria meningitidis, that causes cerebrospinal meningitis.
  • merrythoughts — Plural form of merrythought.
  • metalanguages — Plural form of metalanguage.
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