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15-letter words containing g, r, i, s, t

  • eating disorder — any of various disorders, as anorexia nervosa or bulimia, characterized by severe disturbances in eating habits.
  • egyptian jasper — a type of jasper, generally with zones of colour, found in desert regions of Egypt
  • electrosurgical — Relating to electrosurgery.
  • endocrinologist — A person who is skilled at, or practices endocrinology.
  • estuary english — a variety of standard British English in which the pronunciation reflects various features characteristic of London and the Southeast of England
  • everlastingness — The state or quality of being everlasting.
  • export earnings — the earnings of a company or country that are generated through the export of goods or services
  • extralinguistic — Outside the realm of linguistics.
  • fantasmagorical — Alternative form of phantasmagorical.
  • fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
  • fighting spirit — courage and determination expressed in a willingness to fight or struggle
  • first gentleman — (often initial capital letters) the husband of the U.S. president or a current governor or mayor.
  • first messenger — a hormone that triggers a biochemical reaction at a site removed from its release.
  • flight sergeant — a noncommissioned officer in the Royal Air Force junior in rank to a master aircrew
  • floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
  • flying buttress — a segmental arch transmitting an outward and downward thrust to a solid buttress that through its inertia transforms the thrust into a vertical one.
  • flying fortress — a heavy bomber, the B-17, with four radial piston engines, widely used over Europe and the Mediterranean by the U.S. Air Force in World War II.
  • foreshortenings — Plural form of foreshortening.
  • foresightedness — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
  • forthcomingness — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
  • fortysomethings — Plural form of fortysomething.
  • fragmentariness — The quality of being fragmentary.
  • fragrance strip — a folded, usually sealed strip on a page or card, impregnated with fragrance that is released when pulled or torn open: The magazine is full of fragrance strips in the advertisements.
  • freight charges — the price charged for conveying goods by freight
  • fringe festival — an unofficial, often unconventional, arts festival that is associated with another, larger festival
  • fringing forest — gallery forest.
  • gallant soldier — a South American plant, Galinsoga parviflora, widely distributed as a weed, having small daisy-like flowers surrounded by silvery scales: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • gardening tools — tools used for gardening, such as a trowel, spade, rake, etc
  • garrison troops — troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
  • gastric balloon — an inflatable rubber bag placed in the stomach to reduce its capacity as an aid to losing weight
  • gastroenteritis — inflammation of the stomach and intestines.
  • gastronomically — the art or science of good eating.
  • gender politics — debate about the roles and relations of men and women
  • general studies — a school subject that includes a variety of skills and topics (such as comprehension, and current affairs, which may complement the study of A-levels in specific subjects)
  • generalisations — Plural form of generalisation.
  • generalizations — Plural form of generalization.
  • geochronologist — A geologist whose speciality is geochronology.
  • geodetic survey — a land area survey in which the curvature of the surface of the earth is taken into account.
  • geomorphogenist — one who studies, or is an expert in, geomorphogeny
  • geomorphologist — A geologist whose speciality is geomorphology.
  • geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
  • giant schnauzer — one of a German breed of large working dogs, resembling a larger and more powerful version of the standard schnauzer, having a pepper-and-salt or pure black, wiry coat, bushy eyebrows and beard, and a docked tail set moderately high, originally developed as a cattle herder but now often used in police work.
  • giant sunflower — a composite plant, Helianthus giganteus, of eastern North America, growing nearly 12 feet (4 meters) high and having very large yellow flower heads.
  • gilbert islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific: with Banaba, the Phoenix Islands, and three of the Line Islands they constitute the independent state of Kiribati; until 1975 they formed part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands; achieved full independence in 1979. Pop: 82 902 (2005). Area: 295 sq km (114 sq miles)
  • girdle traverse — a climb that consists of a complete traverse of a face or crag
  • give sth a rest — If someone tells you to give something a rest, they want you to stop doing it because it annoys them or because they think it is harming you.
  • glazier's point — a small, pointed piece of sheet metal, for holding a pane of glass in a sash until the putty has hardened.
  • gloucester city — a city in W New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
  • gloucestershire — a county in SW England. 1255 sq. mi. (2640 sq. km). County seat: Gloucester.
  • glucocorticoids — Plural form of glucocorticoid.
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