14-letter words containing g, u, r, e, s
- square-dancing — the activity of taking part in a square dance
- squeak through — to succeed, get through, survive, etc. by a narrow margin or with difficulty
- st. petersburg — Also called Russian Empire. Russian Rossiya. a former empire in E Europe and N and W Asia: overthrown by the Russian Revolution 1917. Capital: St. Petersburg (1703–1917).
- standard gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
- stigmatiferous — (of a plant) having a stigma
- straighten out — make straighter
- strike through — cross out
- string quartet — a musical composition, usually in three or four movements, for four stringed instruments, typically two violins, viola, and cello.
- sturgeon's law — "Ninety percent of everything is crap". Derived from a quote by science fiction author Theodore Sturgeon, who once said, "Sure, 90% of science fiction is crud. That's because 90% of everything is crud." Oddly, when Sturgeon's Law is cited, the final word is almost invariably changed to "crap". Compare Ninety-Ninety Rule. Though this maxim originated in SF fandom, most hackers recognise it and are all too aware of its truth.
- sturmabteilung — a political militia of the Nazi party, organized about 1923 and notorious for its violence and terrorism up to 1934, when it was purged and reorganized as an instrument of physical training and political indoctrination of German men; Brown Shirts.
- sub-government — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- subaggregation — a subtotalling
- subgenerically — in a subgeneric manner; in a way relating to a subgenus
- sugar diabetes — diabetes mellitus
- sugar refinery — place where sugar is processed
- sugar snap pea — snap pea.
- sugar the pill — to make something unpleasant more agreeable by adding something pleasant
- sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
- summer pudding — a pudding made by filling a bread-lined basin with a purée of fruit, leaving it to soak, and then turning it out
- summer sausage — dried or smoked sausage that keeps without refrigeration.
- summer tanager — a tanager, Piranga rubra, of the south and central U.S., the male of which is rose-red, the female olive-green above and yellow below.
- supercargoship — a giant cargo ship
- supererogation — to do more than duty requires.
- supererogatory — going beyond the requirements of duty.
- suprasegmental — above, beyond, or in addition to a segment.
- surgeon's knot — a knot resembling a reef knot, used by surgeons for tying ligatures and the like.
- surpassingness — the fact of surpassing
- testing ground — place where sth is tested
- the red guards — a radical political movement of civilian youths in China, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong in 1966 and 1967, during the Cultural Revolution
- thomas younger — Thomas Coleman ("Cole") 1844–1916, U.S. outlaw, associated with Jesse James.
- thought shower — brainstorm
- through street — a street along which the traffic has the right of way over vehicles entering or crossing at intersections.
- thrust bearing — a bearing designed to absorb thrusts parallel to the axis of revolution.
- thunder thighs — thick-set upper legs
- tiger mosquito — a large Asian mosquito, Aedes albopictus, introduced into the southern U.S., that is a vector of dengue and other infectious diseases.
- time signature — a numerical or other indication at the beginning of a piece showing the meter.
- to be bursting — to want desperately to urinate
- to gather dust — If you say that something is gathering dust, you mean that it has been left somewhere and nobody is using it or doing anything with it.
- to sleep rough — When people sleep or live rough, they sleep out of doors, usually because they have no home.
- tongue twister — a word or sequence of words difficult to pronounce, especially rapidly, because of alliteration or a slight variation of consonant sounds, as “She sells seashells by the seashore.”.
- tongue-twister — A tongue-twister is a sentence or expression which is very difficult to say properly, especially when you try to say it quickly. An example of a tongue-twister is 'Red leather, yellow leather'.
- transit lounge — a waiting room at an international airport used mainly by passengers transferring from one flight to another without presenting themselves to customs or immigration officials
- trudgen stroke — a swimming stroke in which a double overarm motion and a scissors kick are used
- turning chisel — a chisel used for shaping work on a lathe.
- unaspiringness — the quality of being unaspiring or unambitious
- under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
- underdiagnosed — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
- understandings — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- understrapping — subordinate or inferior
- undespairingly — in an undespairing manner