14-letter words containing n, a, u, g
- double glazing — glazing consisting of two thicknesses of glass with a dead air space between them.
- double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
- double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- double-dealing — duplicity; treachery; deception.
- downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
- downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
- dragon's mouth — arethusa (def 1).
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- drug addiction — dependence on a chemical substance
- drunk dialling — the practice of making a phone call while drunk, esp to someone about whom one has romantic notions
- ductless gland — endocrine gland.
- dungeness crab — an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
- dutchman's log — a method of gauging a ship's speed, in which the distance between two shipboard observation stations is divided by the time elapsing between the throwing overboard of an object by the first station and the sighting of it by the second.
- eau de cologne — cologne.
- education page — a page in a newspaper devoted to news relating to education or teaching
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- enfant sauvage — a person given to naive, undisciplined, or unpredictable behaviour, largely because of youth and inexperience
- engine failure — failure to operate by the engine of an aircraft, car, or other vehicle
- english walnut — an Asiatic walnut tree (Juglans regia) now grown in Europe and North America
- equiangularity — the state of being equiangular
- eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
- excruciatingly — In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great pain or anguish.
- exsanguination — The action of draining a person, animal, or organ of blood.
- extinguishable — Able to be extinguished.
- faculty lounge — a staffroom
- fancy geranium — a geranium, Pelargonium domesticum, of southern Africa, having roundish clusters of large white, pink, or red flowers.
- feature-length — long enough to be made a feature; of full length: a feature-length story; a feature-length film.
- feng yu-hsiang — ("Christian General") 1880–1948, Chinese general.
- field guidance — a method of guiding a missile to a point within a gravitational or radio field by means of the properties of the field
- figurativeness — The property of being figurative.
- figure skating — ice skating in which the skater traces intricate patterns on the ice.
- file signature — A magic number.
- final judgment — judgment (def 8).
- first language — mother tongue
- flagitiousness — The state or quality of being flagitious.
- floating cloud — Drifting Cloud, The.
- flying gurnard — any marine fish of the family Dactylopteridae, especially Dactylopterus volitans, having greatly enlarged, colorful pectoral fins that enable it to glide short distances through the air.
- foramen magnum — the large opening in the base of the skull forming the passage from the cranial cavity to the spinal canal.
- forward buying — the purchase of merchandise in quantities exceeding demand
- fountain grass — a perennial grass, Pennisetum setaceum, of Ethiopia, having bristly spikes, often rose-purple, grown as an ornamental.
- fragrant sumac — a sprawling shrub, Rhus aromatica, of the cashew family, native to eastern North America, having aromatic foliage and greenish-yellow flowers in small spikes.
- framing square — a steel square usually having on its faces various tables and scales useful to the carpenter.
- francois guise — François de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frɑ̃ˈswa də lɔˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
- gallamine blue — a type of mordant dye
- galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
- gambling house — a building for gambling, especially for a large number of betting games.
- gamine haircut — a boyish or elfish hairstyle, esp on a woman
- gamma function — a function defined by Γ(x) = ∫0∞tx–1e–tdt, where x is real and greater than zero
- gamma globulin — a protein fraction of blood plasma that responds to stimulation of antigens, as bacteria or viruses, by forming antibodies: administered therapeutically in the treatment of some viral diseases.