14-letter words containing o, u, g

give it up for — If an audience is asked to give it up for a performer, they are being asked to applaud.
glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
glamourization — Alternative form of glamorization.
glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
global product — a commercial product that is marketed throughout the world under the same brand name
glucocorticoid — any of a class of steroid hormones that are synthesized by the adrenal cortex of vertebrates and have anti-inflammatory activity.
gluttonousness — The quality of being gluttonous.
glyceryl group — the trivalent group (C 3 H 5)− 3 , derived from glycerol.
go a bundle on — to be extremely fond of
go around with — If you go around with a person or group of people, you regularly meet them and go to different places with them.
go gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
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.
go up the wall — to become crazy or furious
golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
golden jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
gouda (cheese) — a mild, semisoft to hard cheese similar to Edam and sometimes coated with red wax
gouldian finch — a multicoloured finch, Chloebia gouldiae, of tropical N Australia
graduation day — the day on which the ceremony is held at which university or college degrees and diplomas are conferred
grand junction — a city in W Colorado.
grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
grapple ground — an anchorage, especially for small vessels.
gratuitousness — The state or characteristic of being gratuitous.
great yarmouth — a city in SE Massachusetts.
greenhouse gas — any of the gases whose absorption of solar radiation is responsible for the greenhouse effect, including carbon dioxide, methane, ozone, and the fluorocarbons.
gregariousness — fond of the company of others; sociable.
greyhound race — a race in which greyhounds chase a dummy hare around a track
ground control — an airport facility that supervises the movement of aircraft and ground vehicles on ramps and taxiways.
ground hemlock — a prostrate yew, Taxus canadensis, of eastern North America, having short, flat needles and red, berrylike fruit.
ground leakage — Ground leakage is the flow of current from a live conductor to the earth through the insulation.
groundbreaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
groundlessness — The state or condition of being groundless.
groundsel tree — a composite shrub, Baccharis halimifolia, having dull, gray-green leaves and fruit with tufts of long, white hair, growing in salt marshes of eastern North America.
groundskeepers — Plural form of groundskeeper.
groundskeeping — The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution.
group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
group genitive — (in English) a construction in which the genitive ending 's is added to an entire phrase, especially when added to a word other than the head of the noun phrase, as the woman who lives across the street's in That is the woman who lives across the street's cat or the people next-door's in The people next-door's house is for rent.
group marriage — (among primitive peoples) a form of marriage in which a group of males is united with a group of females to form a single conjugal unit.
group medicine — the practice of medicine by a number of specialists working together in association
group of eight — the Group of Seven nations and Russia, whose heads of government meet to discuss economic matters and international relations
group of seven — G7.
group of three — Japan, US, and Germany (formerly West Germany), regarded as the largest industrialized nations
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.
group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
grouse-beating — hunting for grouse by trying to drive them towards hunters using flags, sticks, and other devices
guantanamo bay — a bay on the SE coast of Cuba.
guarantee form — a document that spells out the terms of a legally binding guarantee
guard of honor — a guard specially designated for welcoming or escorting distinguished guests or for accompanying a casket in a military funeral.
guest of honor — a person in whose honor a dinner, party, etc., is given.

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