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13-letter words containing g, s, p

  • escapologists — Plural form of escapologist.
  • esophagoscope — An instrument for the inspection or treatment of the esophagus.
  • ethnographers — Plural form of ethnographer.
  • ethnographies — Plural form of ethnography.
  • eusporangiate — (of ferns) having each sporangium developing from a group of cells, rather than a single cell, and with no specialized dispersal of spores
  • eve's pudding — a baked sponge pudding with a layer of apple at the bottom
  • expostulating — Present participle of expostulate.
  • extemporising — Present participle of extemporise.
  • fee-splitting — the practice of dividing a fee for professional services between two professional persons, as between a referring doctor and a specialist, without the knowledge of the client.
  • fellowshiping — Present participle of fellowship.
  • filmographies — Plural form of filmography.
  • fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
  • folding press — a fall in wrestling won by folding one's opponent's legs up to his head and pressing his shoulders to the floor
  • food shopping — shopping to buy food
  • free-spending — spending or tending to spend freely: If you don't mend your free-spending ways, you'll go bankrupt.
  • furring strip — a strip of wood or metal fixed to a wall, floor, or ceiling to provide a surface for the fixing of plasterboard, floorboards, etc
  • galvanoplasty — electrotypy.
  • gap insurance — GAP insurance pays the difference between what someone owes on their car loan and the actual cash value of the vehicle in the event that it is stolen or damaged.
  • gas explosion — an explosion caused by a gas leak in the presence of an ignition source
  • gas separator — A gas separator is a device used to remove liquids from a natural gas stream.
  • gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.
  • gastroparesis — (pathology) A condition, often a complication of diabetes, characterised by a delayed emptying of the stomach.
  • gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
  • gastrorrhaphy — The suture of a perforation of the stomach.
  • gastroscopist — One who carries out gastroscopy.
  • gelandesprung — a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.
  • gene splicing — recombinant DNA technology.
  • gene-splicing — recombinant DNA technology.
  • genital phase — the final stage of psychosexual development, in which a person achieves an affectionate, mature relationship with a sexual partner.
  • gentle-person — a person of good family and position; gentleman or lady.
  • geophysically — In a geophysical manner; in terms of geophysics.
  • get one's p45 — to be dismissed from one's employment
  • giant pigfish — a wrass, Achoerodus gouldii, that occurs around the Great Barrier Reef
  • giant scallop — sea scallop.
  • give it heaps — to try very hard
  • give pause to — to cause to hesitate
  • give the slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
  • gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
  • glass slipper — an imaginary ladies' shoe made of glass, as worn by Cinderella in the fairy tale of that name
  • glockenspiels — Plural form of glockenspiel.
  • glossographer — a glossator.
  • glycopeptides — Plural form of glycopeptide.
  • glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
  • gödel's proof — a proof that in a formal axiomatic system such as logic or mathematics it is impossible to prove consistency without using methods from outside the system, demonstrated by Kurt Gödel (1906–78)
  • gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
  • good shepherd — Jesus Christ. John 10:11–14.
  • goose pimples — Goose pimples are the same as goose bumps.
  • gospel singer — a singer performing gospel music
  • gossip column — newspaper: celebrity news article
  • gossipmongers — Plural form of gossipmonger.
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