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14-letter words containing n, a, u, g

  • 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.
  • park chung hee — 1917–79, South Korean politician: president 1963–79 (assassinated).
  • 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.
  • plain language — language that is clear and easy to understand, with no ambiguity or unnecessarily difficult words
  • popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
  • postgraduation — designating or occurring in the period after graduation
  • pre-accounting — an oral or written description of particular events or situations; narrative: an account of the meetings; an account of the trip.
  • progametangium — Mycology. the hyphal tip of certain fungi that produces the gametangium and subsequent gamete.
  • pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
  • pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
  • pugnaciousness — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
  • pulsating star — a type of variable star, the variation in brightness resulting from expansion and subsequent contraction of the star
  • quadragenarian — 40 years of age.
  • quadrangularly — in a quadrangular manner
  • 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.
  • query language — the instructions and procedures used to retrieve information from a database
  • quetzaltenango — a city in SW Guatemala: earthquake 1902.
  • quinquagesimal — of, relating to, or consisting of a set of 50
  • quinquelingual — Written in five languages.
  • quota sampling — a method of conducting market research in which the sample is selected according to a quota-system based on such factors as age, sex, social class, etc
  • rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
  • racing colours — the colours painted on a racing car to represent the nation of the car or driver
  • recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
  • reducing agent — a substance that causes another substance to undergo reduction and that is oxidized in the process.
  • reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
  • regulator gene — any gene that exercises control over the expression of another gene or genes.
  • relay language — a language, usually an internationally dominant one, which acts as a medium to translate other usually little-spoken languages
  • repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • roentgenopaque — not permitting the passage of x-rays.
  • rogue elephant — a vicious elephant that has been exiled from the herd.
  • rolling launch — the process of introducing a new product into a market gradually
  • route flapping — flapping router
  • rude awakening — If you have a rude awakening, you are suddenly made aware of an unpleasant fact.
  • run out of gas — to go quickly by moving the legs more rapidly than at a walk and in such a manner that for an instant in each step all or both feet are off the ground.
  • run up against — If you run up against problems, you suddenly begin to experience them.
  • running battle — When two groups of people fight a running battle, they keep attacking each other in various parts of a place.
  • running casing — Running casing is the process of screwing together pieces of pipe on a rig floor and lowering them into a hole.
  • rutting season — a recurrent period of sexual excitement and reproductive activity in certain male ruminants, such as the deer, that corresponds to the period of oestrus in females
  • sanguification — hematopoiesis.
  • saratoga trunk — a type of large traveling trunk used mainly by women during the 19th century.
  • sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
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