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14-letter words containing g, s, u, i, t

  • osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
  • oversaturating — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
  • paralinguistic — of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.
  • pneumonologist — an expert or specialist in the respiratory system
  • postgraduation — designating or occurring in the period after graduation
  • pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
  • printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
  • priority guest — A priority guest at a hotel is a regular guest who has special rights, such as early check-in and discounts on food.
  • pugilistically — a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
  • pulsating star — a type of variable star, the variation in brightness resulting from expansion and subsequent contraction of the star
  • quasi-negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
  • quintus prolog — (language, product)   A version of Prolog developed by Quintus. Development of Quintus Prolog had transferred to the Swedish Institute of Computer Science by December 1998. Telephone: +1 (800) 542 1283.
  • quota sampling — a method of conducting market research in which the sample is selected according to a quota-system based on such factors as age, sex, social class, etc
  • requisitioning — the act of requiring or demanding.
  • rheumatologist — a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.
  • run up against — If you run up against problems, you suddenly begin to experience them.
  • running lights — the lights that a ship or aircraft traveling at night is required to display
  • 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
  • sanguification — hematopoiesis.
  • sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
  • schizognathous — (of birds) having a separation in the vomer and maxillo-palatine bones, having a cleft-palate
  • scrutinizingly — in a scrutinizing manner
  • security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
  • self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
  • self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
  • self-executing — going into effect immediately without the need of supplementary legislation: a self-executing treaty.
  • self-indulgent — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
  • self-righteous — confident of one's own righteousness, especially when smugly moralistic and intolerant of the opinions and behavior of others.
  • semiconducting — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a semiconductor.
  • septuagenarian — of the age of 70 years or between 70 and 80 years old.
  • shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
  • shouting match — a loud, often abusive quarrel or argument.
  • shutting stile — the stile of a door or shutter that closes against the frame of the opening.
  • sicstus prolog — A Prolog from the SICS (Swedish Inst of Comp Sci). E-mail: <[email protected]>. Mailing list: [email protected]
  • signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
  • signature tune — theme song (def 2).
  • silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
  • singular point — a point at which a given function of a complex variable has no derivative but of which every neighborhood contains points at which the function has derivatives.
  • smooth-running — operating in a flowing and effective manner, without difficulties or obstructions
  • something's up — something is amiss
  • south georgian — a British island in the S Atlantic, about 800 miles (1290 km) SE of the Falkland Islands. About 1000 sq. mi. (2590 sq. km).
  • spanish guitar — acoustic guitar.
  • spermatogonium — one of the undifferentiated germ cells giving rise to spermatocytes.
  • splinter group — a small organization that becomes separated from or acts apart from an original larger group or a number of other small groups, with which it would normally be united, as because of disagreement.
  • sporting house — Older Use. a brothel.
  • sprightfulness — the condition or quality of being sprightful
  • stage business — business (def 10).
  • stigmatiferous — (of a plant) having a stigma
  • straight flush — a sequence of five consecutive cards of the same suit.
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