14-letter words containing i, r, g, a, t, e
- geometric pace — a modern form of a Roman pace, a measure of length taken as 5 feet
- geometrization — the application of geometrical concepts to a different field
- gerontocracies — Plural form of gerontocracy.
- gerontological — Of or pertaining to gerontology.
- gewurztraminer — a type of white grape used in winemaking.
- giant anteater — a large, narrow-bodied anteater, Myrmecophaga tridactyla, having a long, tapering snout and extensile tongue, powerful front claws, and a shaggy gray coat marked with a conspicuous black band.
- giant tortoise — any of several large tortoises of the genus Geochelone, of the Galápagos Islands and islands near Madagascar: some are endangered.
- gilbert patten — Gilbert ("Burt L. Standish") 1866–1945, U.S. writer of adventure stories.
- gothic revival — a Gothic style of architecture popular between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, exemplified by the Houses of Parliament in London (1840)
- grain elevator — elevator (def 4).
- grammaticalize — to convert (a content word or part of one) into a functor, as in using OE līc, “body,” as a suffix in adjectives and adverbs, such as OE frēondlīc, “friendly.”.
- grammaticaster — (derogatory) A pedantic, inferior grammarian.
- grandfathering — Present participle of grandfather.
- grangerisation — The act of illustrating a book with pictures taken from published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use.
- grangerization — The act of illustrating a book with pictures taken from published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use.
- granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
- grape hyacinth — any plant belonging to the genus Muscari, of the lily family, as M. botryoides, having globular, blue flowers resembling tiny grapes.
- grapefruitlike — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
- graphic accent — any mark written above a letter, especially one indicating stress in pronunciation, as in Spanish rápido.
- graphite cloth — a nonwoven fabric made by embedding carbon fibers in a plastic bonding material, used in layers as a substitute for sheet metal, as in the construction of aircraft wings.
- gratuitousness — The state or characteristic of being gratuitous.
- grease-stained — stained with grease marks
- great firewall — a system that prevents access to websites deemed undesirable by the government of the People's Republic of China
- great kiskadee — any of several American flycatchers of the genus Pitangus, especially P. sulphuratus (great kiskadee) ranging from the southwest U.S. to Argentina and noted for their loud calls and aggressive nature.
- great plantain — a N temperate plant, Plantago major, which has a rosette of broad leaves and a slender spike of small greenish flowers: family Plantaginaceae
- great renaming — (history) The flag day in 1986 on which all of the non-local groups on the Usenet had their names changed from the net.- format to the current multiple-hierarchies scheme. Used especially in discussing the history of newsgroup names. "The oldest sources group is comp.sources.misc; before the Great Renaming, it was net.sources."
- great zimbabwe — Formerly Southern Rhodesia, Rhodesia. a republic in S Africa: a former British colony and part of the Federation of Rhodesia and Nyasaland; gained independence 1980. 150,330 sq. mi. (389,362 sq. km). Capital: Harare.
- greek catholic — a member of the Greek Orthodox Church.
- greetings card — A greetings card is a folded card with a picture on the front and greetings inside that you give or send to someone, for example on their birthday.
- gregorian tone — a plainsong melody
- greisenization — the process whereby granite is converted to greisen
- group practice — Also called group medicine. the practice of medicine by an association of physicians and other health professionals who work together, usually in one suite of offices.
- grouse-beating — hunting for grouse by trying to drive them towards hunters using flags, sticks, and other devices
- guiana current — an ocean current flowing northwest along the northeast coast of South America.
- guinea current — an ocean current flowing E along the Guinea coast of W Africa.
- gunter's 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.
- gyrostabiliser — (British spelling) Alternative form of gyrostabilizer.
- gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
- gyrostabilizer — a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel.
- hague tribunal — the court of arbitration for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, established at The Hague by the international peace conference of 1899: its panel of jurists nominates a list of persons from which members of the United Nations International Court of Justice are elected.
- hand-lettering — to print by hand: She hand-lettered a “for sale” sign.
- health warning — a message indicating the dangers to the consumer's health of consuming a particular product printed on the packaging for the product
- hearing defect — a physical condition that makes it difficult for a person to hear accurately
- heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
- heartrendingly — In a heartrending manner.
- heartwarmingly — In a heartwarming manner.
- heartwrenching — Having a painful emotional impact; causing grief or distress.
- heavy nitrogen — the stable isotope of nitrogen having a mass number of 15.
- herpetological — Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
- heterographies — Plural form of heterography.