14-letter words containing g, u, n, s, t, i
- lactoglobulins — Plural form of lactoglobulin.
- laughing stock — object of others' amusement
- laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
- laughter lines — Laughter lines are the same as laugh lines.
- light industry — consumer goods manufacturing
- lignosulfonate — a brown powder consisting of a sulfonate salt made from waste liquor of the sulfate pulping process of soft wood: used in concrete, leather tanning, as an additive in oil-well drilling mud, and as a source of vanillin.
- linguistically — of or belonging to language: linguistic change.
- manual testing — (testing) That part of software testing that requires human input, analysis, or evaluation.
- metalinguistic — Pertaining to metalinguistics.
- miscalculating — Present participle of miscalculate.
- multi-skilling — Multi-skilling is the practice of training employees to do a number of different tasks.
- natural rights — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
- neolinguistics — a school of linguistics centered in Italy emphasizing the importance of linguistic geography in diachronic studies.
- neurobiologist — the branch of biology that is concerned with the anatomy and physiology of the nervous system.
- non-contiguous — touching; in contact.
- non-gratuitous — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
- non-insulating — to cover, line, or separate with a material that prevents or reduces the passage, transfer, or leakage of heat, electricity, or sound: to insulate an electric wire with a rubber sheath; to insulate a coat with down.
- non-supporting — to bear or hold up (a load, mass, structure, part, etc.); serve as a foundation for.
- nonnitrogenous — containing no nitrogen.
- nursing bottle — a bottle with a rubber nipple, from which an infant sucks milk, water, etc.
- nursing mother — a mother who is breast-feeding her baby
- nursing sister — a female nurse, sometimes of a high grade
- nyctaginaceous — belonging to the Nyctaginaceae, the four-o'clock family of plants.
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- 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.
- 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