14-letter words containing i, s, o, g, e, n
- gesticulations — Plural form of gesticulation.
- ghost prisoner — a prisoner, esp one held in US military captivity, whose detention is not publicly acknowledged
- giant tortoise — any of several large tortoises of the genus Geochelone, of the Galápagos Islands and islands near Madagascar: some are endangered.
- gingivectomies — Plural form of gingivectomy.
- giuseppe peano — (person, mathematics, logic) (1858-08-27 - 1932-04-20) An Italian mathematician who wrote over 200 books and papers, was a founder of mathematical logic and set theory and taught at the University of Turin. He contributed to mathematical analysis, logic, the teaching of calculus, differential equations, vector analysis and the axiomatization of mathematics. The standard axiomatization of the natural numbers is named Peano arithmetic or the Peano axioms after him. He also invented the Peano curve, an early example of a fractal.
- give sb notice — If an employer gives an employee notice, the employer tells the employee that he or she must leave his or her job within a short fixed period of time.
- glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
- glycogenolysis — (biochemistry) The production of glucose-1-phosphate by splitting a glucose monomer from glycogen using inorganic phosphate.
- go up in smoke — the visible vapor and gases given off by a burning or smoldering substance, especially the gray, brown, or blackish mixture of gases and suspended carbon particles resulting from the combustion of wood, peat, coal, or other organic matter.
- golden section — a ratio between two portions of a line, or the two dimensions of a plane figure, in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the sum of both: a ratio of approximately 0.618 to 1.000.
- golden thistle — Spanish oyster plant.
- goncalves dias — Antonio [an-taw-nyoo] /ɛ̃ˈtɔ nyʊ/ (Show IPA), 1823–64, Brazilian poet.
- gosling, james — James Gosling
- grade crossing — an intersection of a railroad track and another track, a road, etc., at the same level.
- grangerisation — The act of illustrating a book with pictures taken from published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use.
- gratuitousness — The state or characteristic of being gratuitous.
- gregariousness — fond of the company of others; sociable.
- greisenization — the process whereby granite is converted to greisen
- groundskeeping — The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution.
- grouse-beating — hunting for grouse by trying to drive them towards hunters using flags, sticks, and other devices
- growing season — The growing season in a particular country or area is the period in each year when the weather and temperature is right for plants and crops to grow.
- gunstock stile — (in a door) a diminished stile having an oblique transition between the broader and narrower parts.
- gynomonoecious — having both female and hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant.
- haematogenesis — (physiology) The origin and development of blood.
- half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
- hawaiian goose — nene.
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- healing powers — beneficial qualities
- heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
- home schooling — Home schooling is the practice of educating your child at home rather than in a school.
- homogenisation — Alternative spelling of homogenization.
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- hot gospelling — aggressive evangelizing of religious belief
- house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- housing estate — housing development.
- housing market — property trade
- housing scheme — arrangement offering subsidized housing
- hunting season — annual period when hunting is permitted
- hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- immunogenetics — the branch of immunology dealing with the study of immunity in relation to genetic makeup.
- imposing stone — a slab, formerly of stone but now usually of metal, on which pages of type or plates are imposed and on which type correcting in the page is done.
- in a good seam — doing well, esp financially
- in good season — early enough
- in one's glory — at one's best, happiest, etc.
- incongruencies — Plural form of incongruency.
- indigenisation — Alternative spelling of indigenization.
- indigenousness — The quality or state of being indigenous.
- ingloriousness — The state of being inglorious.
- integrationist — a person who believes in, supports, or works for social integration.