14-letter words containing g, r, t
- roentgenometer — an instrument for measuring the intensity of x-rays.
- roentgenopaque — not permitting the passage of x-rays.
- roentgenoscope — a fluoroscope.
- rogue elephant — a vicious elephant that has been exiled from the herd.
- roller-skating — the act of moving on roller skates
- rolling cutter — A rolling cutter is a drill bit which is often used for drilling hard rock.
- rolling stones — the. British rock group (formed 1962): comprising Mick Jagger, Keith Richards (born 1943; guitar, vocals), Brian Jones (1942–69; guitar), Charlie Watts (born 1941; drums), Bill Wyman (born 1936; bass guitar; now retired), and subsequently Mick Taylor (born 1948; guitar; with the group 1969–74) and Ron Wood (born 1947; guitar; with the group from 1975)
- röntgenography — radiography
- root vegetable — edible starchy tuber
- rooting reflex — a reflex in infants in which the head is turned towards any stimulus; used to find the nipple
- rotating stock — Rotating stock is a system used especially in food stores and to reduce wastage, in which the oldest stock is moved to the front of shelves and new stock is added at the back.
- rotten borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough that had very few voters yet was represented in Parliament.
- route flapping — flapping router
- routing policy — (networking) Rules implemented on a router or other network device to select routes from peers, customers, and upstream providers; select and modify routes you send to peers, customers and upstream providers and identify routes within your own Autonomous System.
- rummelgumption — commonsense
- rummlegumption — common sense
- run out of gas — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
- run up against — If you run up against problems, you suddenly begin to experience them.
- running battle — When two groups of people fight a running battle, they keep attacking each other in various parts of a place.
- running lights — the lights that a ship or aircraft traveling at night is required to display
- running myrtle — the periwinkle, Vinca minor.
- running stitch — a sewing stitch made by passing the needle in and out repeatedly with short, even stitches.
- rutting season — a recurrent period of sexual excitement and reproductive activity in certain male ruminants, such as the deer, that corresponds to the period of oestrus in females
- saber rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
- saber-rattling — a show or threat of military power, especially as used by a nation to impose its policies on other countries.
- sabre-rattling — If you describe a threat, especially a threat of military action, as sabre-rattling, you do not believe that the threat will actually be carried out.
- saigo takamori — 1828–77, Japanese samurai, who led (1868) the coup that restored imperial government. In 1877 he reluctantly led a samurai rebellion, committing suicide when it failed
- saint george's — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- saint gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
- sales register — a business machine that indicates to customers the amounts of individual sales, has a money drawer from which to make change, records and totals receipts, and may automatically calculate the change due.
- sand stargazer — a fish of the family Dactyloscopidae, especially Dactyloscopus tridigitatus, of Atlantic waters from Bermuda to Brazil, having tiny, tubular eyes on top of the head, and capable of emitting electric discharges.
- saratoga trunk — a type of large traveling trunk used mainly by women during the 19th century.
- sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
- saxe-altenburg — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
- scavenger hunt — a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.
- schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- scrape through — only just succeed
- screen editing — the act or process of editing text on screen
- screen trading — a form of trading on a market or exchange in which the visual display unit of a computer replaces personal contact as in floor trading
- screening test — a simple test performed on a large number of people to identify those who have or are likely to develop a specified disease
- scrutinizingly — in a scrutinizing manner
- security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
- segmental arch — a shallow arch not including a complete semicircle
- segregationist — one who favors, encourages, or practices segregation, especially racial segregation.
- self-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- self-forgetful — forgetful or not thinking of one's own advantage, interest, etc.
- self-generated — made without the aid of an external agent; produced spontaneously.
- self-operating — automatic.
- self-regulated — governed or controlled from within; self-regulating.
- self-restoring — to bring back into existence, use, or the like; reestablish: to restore order.