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14-letter words containing g, r, o, u, s

  • staghorn sumac — a sumac, Rhus typhina, of eastern North America, having leaves that turn scarlet, orange, and purple in the autumn.
  • stigmatiferous — (of a plant) having a stigma
  • straighten out — make straighter
  • strike through — cross out
  • sturgeon's law — "Ninety percent of everything is crap". Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." Oddly, when Sturgeon's Law is cited, the final word is almost invariably changed to "crap". Compare Ninety-Ninety Rule. Though this maxim originated in SF fandom, most hackers recognise it and are all too aware of its truth.
  • sub-government — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • subaggregation — a subtotalling
  • subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
  • sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
  • sulfinyl group — the bivalent group >SO.
  • sulfuryl group — the bivalent group, SO 2 , derived from sulfuric acid.
  • sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
  • supercargoship — a giant cargo ship
  • supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
  • supererogatory — going beyond the requirements of duty.
  • support buying — buying carried out to support an exchange rate
  • surgeon's knot — a knot resembling a reef knot, used by surgeons for tying ligatures and the like.
  • surgical shock — a state of shock that can occur during or after surgery
  • survivor guilt — feelings of guilt for having survived a catastrophe in which others died.
  • testing ground — place where sth is tested
  • thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
  • thought shower — brainstorm
  • through street — a street along which the traffic has the right of way over vehicles entering or crossing at intersections.
  • tiger mosquito — a large Asian mosquito, Aedes albopictus, introduced into the southern U.S., that is a vector of dengue and other infectious diseases.
  • to be bursting — to want desperately to urinate
  • to gather dust — If you say that something is gathering dust, you mean that it has been left somewhere and nobody is using it or doing anything with it.
  • to sleep rough — When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home.
  • tongue twister — a word or sequence of words difficult to pronounce, especially rapidly, because of alliteration or a slight variation of consonant sounds, as “She sells seashells by the seashore.”.
  • tongue-twister — A tongue-twister is a sentence or expression which is very difficult to say properly, especially when you try to say it quickly. An example of a tongue-twister is 'Red leather, yellow leather'.
  • transit lounge — a waiting room at an international airport used mainly by passengers transferring from one flight to another without presenting themselves to customs or immigration officials
  • traumatologist — a branch of surgery dealing with major wounds caused by accidents or violence.
  • trudgen stroke — a swimming stroke in which a double overarm motion and a scissors kick are used
  • turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
  • twilight hours — the period in which there occurs soft diffused light due to the sun being just below the horizon, esp following sunset
  • ultraglamorous — extremely glamorous
  • uncompromising — not admitting of compromise or adjustment of differences; making no concessions; inaccessible to flexible bargaining; unyielding: an uncompromising attitude.
  • under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
  • underdiagnosed — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
  • ungraciousness — the state of being ungracious
  • ungroundedness — the state of being without basis
  • uterogestation — gestation in the womb, i.e. normal pregnancy
  • vaingloriously — in a vainglorious manner
  • vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
  • visiting hours — hospital, prison: period when visits are permitted
  • wearing course — the top layer of a road that carries the traffic; road surface
  • woman suffrage — the right of women to vote; female suffrage.
  • women's refuge — a house where battered women and their children can go for protection from their oppressors
  • young marrieds — young married people
  • zingiberaceous — belonging to the Zingiberaceae, the ginger family of plants.
  • zygosporangium — a sporangium that bears a zygospore.
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