14-letter words containing g, u, s
- lignocellulose — any of various compounds of lignin and cellulose comprising the essential part of woody cell walls.
- 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.
- limburg cheese — a semihard white cheese of very strong smell and flavour
- linguistically — of or belonging to language: linguistic change.
- liturgiologist — a person who studies liturgiology
- logistic curve — a curve, shaped like a letter S , defined as an exponential function and used to model various forms of growth.
- long-suffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- longleat house — an Elizabethan mansion near Warminster in Wiltshire, built (from 1568) by Robert Smythson for Sir John Thynne; the grounds, landscaped by Capability Brown, now contain a famous safari park
- lower tunguska — one of three rivers in Russia, in central Siberia, that is a tributary of the Yenisei and is 2690 km (1670 miles) long
- lu-wang school — School of Mind.
- lugger topsail — a fore-and-aft topsail used above a lugsail.
- lugubriousness — The property of being lugubrious.
- luminous range — the distance at which a certain light, as that of a lighthouse, is visible in clear weather, disregarding interference from obstructions and from the curvature of the earth and depending on the power of the light.
- lupus vulgaris — a rare form of tuberculosis of the skin, characterized by brownish tubercles that often heal slowly and leave scars.
- macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
- magdeburg laws — the local laws of the city of Magdeburg, which were adopted by many European cities in the middle ages
- magic mushroom — a mushroom, Psilocybe mexicana, of Mexico and the southwestern U.S., containing the hallucinogen psilocybin.
- malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
- manslaughterer — (legal) Someone who commits manslaughter.
- manual testing — (testing) That part of software testing that requires human input, analysis, or evaluation.
- marcus regulus — Marcus Atilius [uh-til-ee-uh s] /əˈtɪl i əs/ (Show IPA), died 250? b.c, Roman general.
- margaritaceous — resembling mother-of-pearl; pearly.
- mastigophorous — carrying a cane or whip
- meaningfulness — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- measuring worm — the larva of any geometrid moth, which progresses by bringing the rear end of the body forward and then advancing the front end.
- megasporangium — a sporangium containing megaspores.
- metalinguistic — Pertaining to metalinguistics.
- middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
- miscalculating — Present participle of miscalculate.
- miscounselling — the act of giving bad or incorrect counselling
- misgovernaunce — misgovernment
- mispronouncing — Present participle of mispronounce.
- molly maguires — a secret society organized in Ireland in 1843 to terrorize landlords' agents in order to prevent evictions
- monolingualism — knowing or able to use only one language; monoglot.
- multi-skilling — Multi-skilling is the practice of training employees to do a number of different tasks.
- multireligious — belonging to or following more than one religion
- murrhine glass — glassware believed to resemble the murrhine cups of ancient Rome.
- museologically — In a museological manner.
- myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
- nanopublishing — an inexpensive form of online publishing that uses blogging as a model to reach a specific audience
- nassau grouper — a colorful food and game fish, Epinephelus striatus, common off the Florida Keys.
- natural rights — any right that exists by virtue of natural law.
- neglectfulness — The characteristic of being neglectful.
- neighbourhoods — Plural form of neighbourhood.
- neolinguistics — a school of linguistics centered in Italy emphasizing the importance of linguistic geography in diachronic studies.
- nervous energy — an excess of energy that you have when you are apprehensive or worried
- 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-gregarious — fond of the company of others; sociable.