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

  • nyctaginaceous — belonging to the Nyctaginaceae, the four-o'clock family of plants.
  • oleaginousness — The state or condition of being oleaginous; oiliness, unctuousness.
  • on one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
  • on the upgrade — improving or progressing, as in importance, status, health, etc
  • opechancanough — c1545–1644, Algonquian leader, brother of Powhatan: led Jamestown massacre 1622.
  • osmoregulation — the process by which cells and simple organisms maintain fluid and electrolyte balance with their surroundings.
  • osmoregulatory — Of or pertaining to osmoregulation.
  • outer garments — the garments that are worn over a person's other clothes
  • outer mongolia — a region in Asia including Inner Mongolia of China and the Mongolian People's Republic.
  • outgeneralling — Present participle of outgeneral.
  • outing flannel — a light cotton flannel with a short, dense nap.
  • outlet village — a collection of shops or outlets where manufacturers sell their own branded goods, often at discounted prices
  • outmaneuvering — Present participle of outmaneuver.
  • outmanoeuvring — Present participle of outmanoeuvre.
  • 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.
  • popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
  • postgraduation — designating or occurring in the period after graduation
  • powdered sugar — a sugar produced by pulverizing granulated sugar, especially a coarser variety used for fruits or cold beverages. Symbol: XX.
  • prairie-grouse — prairie chicken.
  • 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.
  • pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
  • pugnaciousness — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
  • pumped storage — a system for generating hydroelectric power for peak periods by pumping water from a lower to a higher reservoir during low-demand periods and then releasing it during peak periods.
  • pyrometallurgy — the process or technique of refining ores with heat so as to accelerate chemical reactions or to melt the metallic or nonmetallic content.
  • quetzaltenango — a city in SW Guatemala: earthquake 1902.
  • quiz programme — a radio or television programme in which the general or specific knowledge of the players is tested by a series of questions
  • 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
  • radioautograph — autoradiograph.
  • rattle through — If you rattle through something, you deal with it quickly in order to finish it.
  • regulator gene — any gene that exercises control over the expression of another gene or genes.
  • repromulgation — to make known by open declaration; publish; proclaim formally or put into operation (a law, decree of a court, etc.).
  • rheumatologist — a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.
  • 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
  • rough as sacks — uncouth
  • route flapping — flapping router
  • 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.
  • 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
  • sacrilegiously — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
  • samuel gompers — Samuel, 1850–1924, U.S. labor leader, born in England: president of the American Federation of Labor 1886–94, 1896–1924.
  • 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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