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13-letter words containing i, g, u, a

  • guessing game — a situation in which conjectures must be made because information is not available or forthcoming
  • guesstimating — Present participle of guesstimate.
  • guesstimation — (pejorative) An estimation made without good justification and often biased.
  • guinea grains — Usually, grains of paradise. one of the pungent, peppery seeds of an African plant, Aframomum melegueta, of the ginger family, used to strengthen cordials and in veterinary medicine.
  • guinea pepper — grain of paradise.
  • guinea-bissau — a republic on the W coast of Africa, between Guinea and Senegal: formerly a Portuguese overseas province; gained independence in 1974. 13,948 sq. mi. (36,125 sq. km). Capital: Bissau.
  • gulf of sidra — a wide inlet of the Mediterranean on the N coast of Libya
  • gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
  • hacking cough — a harsh, dry and spasmodic cough
  • half coupling — a flange fixed at the end of each of the two shafts that are connected in a flange coupling
  • half mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
  • half-mourning — a mourning garb less somber than deep mourning, usually following a period of deep mourning.
  • hallucinating — Present participle of hallucinate.
  • hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
  • hanging judge — sb who sentences criminals to execution
  • harlequin bug — a black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, having red and yellow markings, that feeds on cabbages and other cruciferous plants.
  • hasty pudding — New England. cornmeal mush.
  • hemagglutinin — A substance, such as a viral protein, that causes hemagglutination.
  • hong xiu quan — 1814–64, Chinese religious leader and revolutionary. Claiming (1851) to be Christ's brother, he led the Taiping rebellion; committed suicide when it was defeated
  • house-raising — a gathering of persons in a rural community to help one of its members build a house.
  • house-warming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
  • housebreaking — to train (a pet) to excrete outdoors or in a specific place.
  • housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
  • housetraining — Present participle of housetrain.
  • housewarmings — Plural form of housewarming.
  • housing start — an instance of beginning the construction of a dwelling.
  • human cloning — the act of producing a human as a clone
  • humiliatingly — lowering the pride, self-respect, or dignity of a person; mortifying: Such a humiliating defeat was good for his overblown ego.
  • hunting chair — a chair having a sliding frame in front serving as a footrest.
  • hunting watch — hunter (def 6).
  • hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
  • iguassu falls — a waterfall on the Iguassú River, on the boundary between Brazil and Argentina. 210 feet (64 meters) high.
  • immunological — (immunology) Of, or relating to immunology.
  • inaugurations — Plural form of inauguration.
  • incouragement — Archaic form of encouragement.
  • india drugget — drugget (def 1).
  • individuating — Present participle of individuate.
  • infuriatingly — causing or tending to cause anger or outrage; maddening: His delay is infuriating.
  • ingurgitating — Present participle of ingurgitate.
  • ingurgitation — The act of swallowing greedily or immoderately; that which is so swallowed.
  • inquiry agent — a private detective
  • insinuatingly — tending to instill doubts, distrust, etc.; suggestive: an insinuating letter.
  • integumentary — of, relating to, or like an integument.
  • intergranular — located or occurring between granules or grains: intergranular corrosion.
  • interlanguage — a language created or used for international communication.
  • involute gear — a gear tooth form that is generated by involute geometry
  • ipecac spurge — a spurge, Euphorbia ipecacuanhae, of the eastern U.S.
  • irregularness — Quality of being irregular.
  • isoagglutinin — an agglutinin that can effect isoagglutination.
  • isoamyl group — the univalent group C 5 H 11 .
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