14-letter words containing g, r, t
- underutilizing — to fail to utilize fully: to underutilize natural resources.
- unenterprising — lacking in business initiative
- unentertaining — not entertaining or amusing
- unflatteringly — in an unflattering manner
- uningratiating — not of a sort that tries to gain the approval of other people
- unintermitting — (of an activity) having no temporary breaks, intervals, or suspension of action
- uninterrogated — to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
- unpretendingly — without pretence
- unreflectingly — in an unreflecting manner
- unrefrigerated — to make or keep cold or cool, as for preservation.
- unrightfulness — the quality of being unjust or unrightful
- unstrengthened — not strengthened or reinforced; not given additional strength
- upgradeability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- upper tunguska — any of three tributaries of the Yenisei River in the central Russian Federation in Asia: the (Lower Tunguska) 2000 miles (3220 km) long; the (Upper Tunguska) or the lower course of the Angara, 1151 miles (1855 km) long; and the (Stony Tunguska) about 975 miles (1570 km) long.
- uranium dating — a method of dating archaeological or geological specimens by determining the decay activity of the uranium in a given sample.
- uterogestation — gestation in the womb, i.e. normal pregnancy
- vantage ground — a position or place that gives one an advantage, as for action, view, or defense.
- vat-registered — (of a company or individual) registered as being liable to pay VAT
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- vector graphic — a computer image that is stored in memory as lines rather than a series of dots, allowing it to be rotated or proportionally scaled.
- vertical angle — one of two opposite and equal angles formed by the intersection of two lines.
- vestal virgins — (in ancient Rome) one of four, later six, virgins consecrated to Vesta and to the tending of the sacred fire on her altar.
- victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
- virginia stock — a plant, Malcolmia maritima, of the mustard family, native to the Mediterranean region, having oblong leaves on a weak, often reclining stem and reddish or white flowers.
- visiting hours — hospital, prison: period when visits are permitted
- visiting nurse — a registered nurse employed by a social service agency to give medical care to the sick in their homes or to implement other public health programs.
- visiting terms — a degree of acquaintance in which you know someone well enough to visit
- voice training — the process of training and improving vocal ability
- voyage charter — the hire of a ship or aircraft for a specified number of voyages
- wage restraint — an agreement not to demand or pay large wage increases
- waiting period — a specified delay, required by law, between officially stating an intention and acting on it, as between securing a marriage license and getting married.
- walking shorts — medium to long shorts, often cut fuller than Bermuda shorts and used for walking or leisure activity.
- walpurgisnacht — (especially in medieval German folklore) the evening preceding the feast day of St. Walpurgis, when witches congregated, especially on the Brocken.
- warning notice — official notification of a danger or threat
- water divining — the location of water with a divining rod
- watering place — British. a seaside or lakeside vacation resort featuring bathing, boating, etc.
- watertightness — constructed or fitted so tightly as to be impervious to water: The ship had six watertight compartments.
- wayfaring tree — a Eurasian shrub, Viburnum lantana, of the honeysuckle family, having finely toothed, ovate leaves and branching clusters of white flowers, growing along roadsides and cultivated as an ornamental in North America.
- weather signal — a visual signal, as a light or flag, indicating a weather forecast.
- weatherglasses — Plural form of weatherglass.
- webster groves — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.
- weight for age — the poundage assigned to be borne by a horse in a race, based on the age of the horse.
- weight watcher — a person who is dieting to control his or her weight.
- weight-watcher — a person who is dieting to control his or her weight.
- weightwatchers — a person who is dieting to control his or her weight.
- welfare rights — legal entitlements to financial and other benefits
- well-regulated — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- west glamorgan — a county in S Wales. 315 sq. mi. (815 sq. km).
- west virginian — a state in the E United States. 24,181 sq. mi. (62,629 sq. km). Capital: Charleston. Abbreviation: WV (for use with zip code), W.Va.
- win through to — If you win through to a particular position or stage of a competition, you achieve it after a great effort or by defeating opponents.