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14-letter words containing g, u, t

  • 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.
  • odontoglossums — Plural form of odontoglossum.
  • off the ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
  • old portuguese — the language of Portugal as spoken and written from the 14th to the middle of the 16th centuries.
  • on the upgrade — improving or progressing, as in importance, status, health, etc
  • osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
  • osmoregulatory — Of or pertaining to osmoregulation.
  • outer garments — the garments that are worn over a person's other clothes
  • outer mongolia — a region in Asia including Inner Mongolia of China and the Mongolian People's Republic.
  • outgeneralling — Present participle of outgeneral.
  • outing flannel — a light cotton flannel with a short, dense nap.
  • outlet village — a collection of shops or outlets where manufacturers sell their own branded goods, often at discounted prices
  • outmaneuvering — Present participle of outmaneuver.
  • outmanoeuvring — Present participle of outmanoeuvre.
  • outrageousness — of the nature of or involving gross injury or wrong: an outrageous slander.
  • overregulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • oversaturating — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
  • painted tongue — a Chilean plant, Salpiglossis sinuata, of the nightshade family, having large, funnel-shaped flowers in a variety of colors.
  • panther fungus — a highly poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina, with a brownish cap covered with white cottony patches.
  • paralinguistic — of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.
  • peanut allergy — a condition of being hypersensitive to peanuts and peanut substances which can lead to severe physical symptoms if peanuts or peanut substances are consumed
  • peanut gallery — Informal. the rearmost and cheapest section of seats in the balcony or the uppermost balcony of a theater.
  • plough through — If you plough through something such as a large meal or a long piece of work, you finally finish it although it takes a lot of effort.
  • pneumonologist — an expert or specialist in the respiratory system
  • pocket borough — (before the Reform Bill of 1832) any English borough whose representatives in Parliament were controlled by an individual or family.
  • postgraduation — designating or occurring in the period after graduation
  • pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
  • power struggle — fight to take control
  • pre-accounting — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
  • printing house — a company engaged in the business of producing printed matter
  • priority guest — A priority guest at a hotel is a regular guest who has special rights, such as early check-in and discounts on food.
  • progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
  • pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
  • pugilistically — a person who fights with the fists; a boxer, usually a professional.
  • pulsating star — a type of variable star, the variation in brightness resulting from expansion and subsequent contraction of the star
  • pumped storage — a system for generating hydroelectric power for peak periods by pumping water from a lower to a higher reservoir during low-demand periods and then releasing it during peak periods.
  • put on the dog — a domesticated canid, Canis familiaris, bred in many varieties.
  • pyrometallurgy — the process or technique of refining ores with heat so as to accelerate chemical reactions or to melt the metallic or nonmetallic content.
  • quadrigeminate — made up of four parts
  • quaker meeting — a meeting of Quakers, at which all members, except those moved to speak, remain silent.
  • quarterbacking — a back in football who usually lines up immediately behind the center and directs the offense of the team.
  • quasi-negative — expressing or containing negation or denial: a negative response to the question.
  • quetzaltenango — a city in SW Guatemala: earthquake 1902.
  • queuing theory — a theory that deals with providing a service on a waiting line, or queue, especially when the demand for it is irregular and describable by probability distributions, as processing phone calls arriving at a telephone exchange or collecting highway tolls from drivers at tollbooths.
  • quick thinking — problem-solving in an emergency
  • 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.
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