14-letter words containing r, e, g, u
- dowager's hump — a type of kyphosis, common in older women, in which the shoulders become rounded and the upper back develops a hump: caused by osteoporosis resulting in skeletal deformity.
- 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.
- drag parachute — drogue parachute (def 2).
- drag your feet — dawdle
- drag-parachute — Also called drogue. a small parachute that deploys first in order to pull a larger parachute from its pack.
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- dungeness crab — an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
- dunning letter — a letter pressing someone for payment
- dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- eigenfrequency — One of the natural resonant frequencies of a system.
- electrosurgery — Surgery using a high-frequency electric current to heat and so cut tissue with great precision.
- emergency fund — a sum of money set aside by a country, group, or organization for use in an emergency
- encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
- engine failure — failure to operate by the engine of an aircraft, car, or other vehicle
- engine trouble — malfunction of a vehicle's engine
- equiangularity — the state of being equiangular
- erogenous zone — a part of the body that is sensitive to sexual stimulation
- ethnoreligious — Of or pertaining to ethnicity and religion.
- ethylene group — the divalent group, -CH2CH2-, derived from ethylene
- evergreen fund — a fund that provides capital for new companies and makes regular injections of capital to support their development
- excruciatingly — In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great pain or anguish.
- 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.
- feeding ground — The feeding ground of a group of animals or birds, is the place where they find food and eat.
- fertility drug — a substance that enhances the ability to produce young.
- figurativeness — The property of being figurative.
- figure skating — ice skating in which the skater traces intricate patterns on the ice.
- figure-hugging — Figure-hugging clothes fit very close to the body of the person who is wearing them. Figure-hugging is usually used to describe clothes worn by women.
- file signature — A magic number.
- finger trouble — trouble caused by operator error, such as striking the wrong key
- first language — mother tongue
- flagelliferous — bearing a flagellum
- flight surgeon — a medical officer in the U.S. Air Force who is trained in aviation medicine.
- foramen magnum — the large opening in the base of the skull forming the passage from the cranial cavity to the spinal canal.
- forethoughtful — full of or having forethought; provident.
- formula weight — (of a molecule) molecular weight.
- fortunetelling — the act or practice of predicting the future.
- 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.
- fredericksburg — a city in NE Virginia, on the Rappahannock River: scene of a Confederate victory 1862.
- french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
- frozen pudding — a frozen or chilled dessert mixture of rich custard, nuts or candied fruit, and sometimes liquor.
- frozen yoghurt — a dessert made from sweetened yoghurt that has been frozen
- galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
- gamine haircut — a boyish or elfish hairstyle, esp on a woman
- garcia marquez — Gabriel [gey-bree-uh l,, gah-bree-el;; Spanish gah-vree-el] /ˈgeɪ bri əl,, ˌgɑ briˈɛl;; Spanish ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1927–2014, Colombian novelist and short-story writer: Nobel Prize 1982.
- garden produce — cultivated or farm-produced goods, such as fruit and vegetables
- garden rubbish — organic refuse generated by gardening