14-letter words containing g, r, o, u
- courting chair — a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.
- crossing guard — school (crossing) guard
- cruft together — (jargon) To hack together though with the suggestion that the result may be cruft.
- cuprotungstite — (mineral) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
- daguerreotypes — Plural form of daguerreotype.
- daughterboards — Plural form of daughterboard.
- daylight hours — the hours when it is daylight
- deconstructing — Present participle of deconstruct.
- dental surgeon — dentist who carries out surgery
- deuteragonists — Plural form of deuteragonist.
- diaz rodriguez — Manuel [mah-nwel] /mɑˈnwɛl/ (Show IPA), 1868–1927, Venezuelan author.
- dihedral group — the group of reflections, rotations, and symmetries of a regular n -sided polygon.
- discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
- double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
- double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
- dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
- downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
- downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
- drag your feet — dawdle
- dragon's mouth — arethusa (def 1).
- draughts board — A draughts board is a square board for playing draughts, with 64 equal-sized, black and white squares.
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- drifting cloud — Japanese Uki Gumo. a novel (1887–89) by Shimei Futabatei.
- drug addiction — dependence on a chemical substance
- drummond light — calcium light.
- dry rot fungus — a fungus, Merulius lacrymans, that causes a common type of dry rot.
- dumping ground — dump (def 17).
- dumping-ground — dump (def 17).
- dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- electrosurgery — Surgery using a high-frequency electric current to heat and so cut tissue with great precision.
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- engine trouble — malfunction of a vehicle's engine
- erogenous zone — a part of the body that is sensitive to sexual stimulation
- ethnoreligious — Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion.
- ethylene group — the divalent group, -CH2CH2-, derived from ethylene
- feeding ground — The feeding ground of a group of animals or birds, is the place where they find food and eat.
- finger trouble — trouble caused by operator error, such as striking the wrong key
- fishing ground — a part of a body of water where the fishing is usually good.
- flagelliferous — bearing a flagellum
- flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
- flying colours — conspicuous success; triumph
- follow through — the act of following.
- follow-through — the completion of a motion, as in the stroke of a tennis racket.
- food colouring — substances used to impart colour to food
- foramen magnum — the large opening in the base of the skull forming the passage from the cranial cavity to the spinal canal.
- forethoughtful — full of or having forethought; provident.
- formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.