14-letter words containing g, u, s
- 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-lashing — severe scolding
- 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
- traumatologist — a branch of surgery dealing with major wounds caused by accidents or violence.
- trudgen stroke — a swimming stroke in which a double overarm motion and a scissors kick are used
- tsugaru strait — a strait between the islands of Honshu and Hokkaido, N Japan, connecting the Sea of Japan with the Pacific Ocean. 100 miles (160 km) long and 15–25 miles (24–40 km) wide.
- tungsten steel — an alloy steel containing tungsten.
- tunguska basin — large coal basin in central Siberia, between the Yenisei & Lena rivers: it is drained by three rivers, the Lower Tunguska, Stony Tunguska, & Upper Tunguska (usually called the Angara River), which flow west into the Yenisei
- turkish angora — a long-haired breed of cat, similar to the Persian
- turning chisel — a chisel used for shaping work on a lathe.
- twilight hours — the period in which there occurs soft diffused light due to the sun being just below the horizon, esp following sunset
- ultra-rightism — the beliefs of extremely right-wing political parties or groups
- ultra-rightist — a person with extremely right-wing political views
- ultraglamorous — extremely glamorous
- un-distracting — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- unaspiringness — the quality of being unaspiring or unambitious
- unavailingness — the state or quality of being unavailing or useless
- unchangingness — the quality or state of not changing
- uncompromising — not admitting of compromise or adjustment of differences; making no concessions; inaccessible to flexible bargaining; unyielding: an uncompromising attitude.
- 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
- undesignedness — the state of being undesigned
- undespairingly — in an undespairing manner
- unegoistically — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
- unenterprising — lacking in business initiative
- unextinguished — to put out (a fire, light, etc.); put out the flame of (something burning or lighted): to extinguish a candle.
- ungracefulness — the state of being ungraceful
- ungraciousness — the state of being ungracious
- ungroundedness — the state of being without basis
- unhesitatingly — without hesitation; not delayed by uncertainty: an unhesitating decision.
- unknightliness — the quality or condition of being unknightly
- unrightfulness — the quality of being unjust or unrightful
- unstrengthened — not strengthened or reinforced; not given additional strength
- unsurprisingly — causing surprise, wonder, or astonishment.
- unsympathizing — not sympathizing; not offering sympathy; unsympathetic
- unyieldingness — the quality or state of being unyielding
- upper tunguska — any of three tributaries of the Yenisei River in the central Russian Federation in Asia: the (Lower Tunguska) 2000 miles (3220 km) long; the (Upper Tunguska) or the lower course of the Angara, 1151 miles (1855 km) long; and the (Stony Tunguska) about 975 miles (1570 km) long.
- uterogestation — gestation in the womb, i.e. normal pregnancy
- vacuum casting — the casting of metal within a vacuum.
- vaingloriously — in a vainglorious manner
- vaulting horse — a padded, somewhat cylindrical floor-supported apparatus, braced horizontally at an adjustable height, used for hand support and pushing off in vaulting.
- vegetable soup — soup made with vegetables
- venus's girdle — an iridescent blue-and-green comb jelly, Cestum veneris, having a ribbon-shaped, gelatinous body.
- venus's-girdle — an iridescent blue-and-green comb jelly, Cestum veneris, having a ribbon-shaped, gelatinous body.
- venus-figurine — Venus (def 3).