13-letter words containing g, s
- earth-goddess — a goddess of fertility and vegetation.
- east germanic — a branch of the Germanic languages no longer extant, comprising Gothic and probably others of which there are no written records. Abbreviation: EGmc.
- easter egging — (jargon) (IBM, From the custom of the Easter Egg hunt observed in the US and many parts of Europe) The act of replacing unrelated components more or less at random in the hope that a malfunction will go away. Hackers consider this the normal operating mode of field circus techs and do not love them for it. Compare Easter egg, shotgun debugging.
- easter rising — an armed insurrection in Dublin in 1916 against British rule in Ireland: the insurgents proclaimed the establishment of an independent Irish republic before surrendering, 16 of the leaders later being executed
- easter-ledges — a pudding made from the young leaves of the bistort
- eastern ghats — a mountain range in S India, parallel to the Bay of Bengal: united with the Western Ghats by the Nilgiri Hills; forms the E margin of the Deccan plateau
- easygoingness — The quality of being easygoing.
- eating habits — the way a person or group eats, considered in terms of what types of food are eaten, in what quantities, and when
- eavesdropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
- echo sounding — the determining of depth of water by means of a device (echo sounder) that measures the time required for a sound wave to be reflected from the bottom: a similar process (echo ranging) is used to measure the distance to an underwater object
- ecophysiology — the branch of physiology that deals with the physiological processes of organisms with respect to their environment.
- ecopsychology — A form of psychology based on integration with the natural world rather than with society.
- edging shears — shears that are used to trim the edges of a lawn
- edinburgh sml — (EdML) Implementation of the Core language of SML. Byte-code interpreter in C. Ported to Amiga, Atari, Archimedes and IBM PC. Version: 0.44. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- eggheadedness — the state of being an egghead
- eggs benedict — dish of poached eggs, ham and cream
- egotistically — In an egotistic manner.
- egregiousness — The quality of being egregious.
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.
- electrologist — A person trained to remove unwanted hair on the body or face or small blemishes on the skin by a method that involves the application of heat using an electric current.
- electrostrong — (physics) describing the combination of the electromagnetic and strong nuclear forces.
- elgin marbles — a group of 5th-century bc Greek sculptures originally decorating the Parthenon in Athens, brought to England by Thomas Bruce, seventh Earl of Elgin (1766–1841), and now at the British Museum
- embracingness — the quality of something that embraces
- emigrationist — a person who promotes emigration
- encapsulating — Present participle of encapsulate.
- endearingness — The quality of being endearing.
- energy crisis — a shortfall in or interruption to the provision of energy supplies
- energy saving — the fact of saving energy, or amount of energy saved
- enfranchising — Present participle of enfranchise.
- english daisy — a small perennial plant (Bellis perennis) of the composite family, having single stalked heads with white or pinkish ray flowers
- ensanguinated — stained with blood
- ensign-bearer — a soldier whose responsibility was to carry a Company's ensign
- entanglements — Plural form of entanglement.
- entomologists — Plural form of entomologist.
- entomophagous — feeding mainly on insects; insectivorous
- epigeneticist — a person who studies epigenetics
- epigrammatism — The use of epigrams; epigrammatical character.
- epigrammatist — Someone who writes an epigram (any meanings).
- epping forest — a forest in E England, northeast of London: formerly a royal hunting ground
- ergotoxicosis — Ergotism.
- error message — a message displayed on a visual display unit, printout, etc, indicating that an incorrect instruction has been given to the computer
- escapologists — Plural form of escapologist.
- eschatologies — Plural form of eschatology.
- escort agency — an agency where people, esp young women, may be hired to accompany someone for entertainment, etc
- esophagoscope — An instrument for the inspection or treatment of the esophagus.
- estate agency — business that sells property
- estrangedness — the state of being estranged
- estrangements — Plural form of estrangement.
- ethnographers — Plural form of ethnographer.
- ethnographies — Plural form of ethnography.