14-letter words containing r, e, g, u
- 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
- guarantee form — a document that spells out the terms of a legally binding guarantee
- guardian angel — an angel believed to protect a particular person, as from danger or error.
- guest of honor — a person in whose honor a dinner, party, etc., is given.
- guest services — Guest services at a hotel are the services, amenities and help that the hotel provides for its guests.
- guiana current — an ocean current flowing northwest along the northeast coast of South America.
- guided imagery — a relaxation technique in which words, sounds, etc., are used to evoke positive mental images, feelings, and thoughts.
- guided writing — In language teaching, when students do guided writing activities, they are given an outline in words or pictures to help them write.
- guido d'arezzo — (Guido Aretinus"Fra Guittone") c995–1049? Italian monk and music theorist: reformer of musical notation.
- guinea current — an ocean current flowing E along the Guinea coast of W Africa.
- gum turpentine — turpentine (sense 2)
- gunpowder plot — an unsuccessful plot to kill King James I and the assembled Lords and Commons by blowing up Parliament, November 5, 1605, in revenge for the laws against Roman Catholics.
- gunter's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- gynecomorphous — having the form, appearance, or attributes of a female.
- gypsum plaster — plaster made primarily of gypsum.
- hague tribunal — the court of arbitration for the peaceful settlement of international disputes, established at The Hague by the international peace conference of 1899: its panel of jurists nominates a list of persons from which members of the United Nations International Court of Justice are elected.
- half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- hardy ageratum — the mistflower.
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- hedgehog gourd — a prickly-stemmed Arabian vine, Cucumis dipsaceus, of the gourd family, having burlike, bristly fruit.
- hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
- heterologously — In a heterologous manner.
- high frequency — the range of frequencies in the radio spectrum between 3 and 30 megahertz.
- honours degree — a degree at honours level
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- housing market — property trade
- huckleberrying — the activity of gathering huckleberries
- hugger-muggery — hugger-mugger (defs 1, 2).
- hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
- hungry viewkit — (operating system, library) A C++ class library for developing Motif application programs (although this restriction will be lifted once LessTif is finished). It follows the API of the Iris(tm) ViewKit, put out by SGI. The Hungry ViewKit is a superset of the Iris ViewKit, so any code developed for the Iris version will work with the Hungry version, but possibly not vice versa.
- in the running — the act of a person, animal, or thing that runs.
- incongruencies — Plural form of incongruency.
- ingloriousness — The state of being inglorious.
- integral curve — a curve that is a geometric representation of a functional solution to a given differential equation.
- interest group — a group of people drawn or acting together in support of a common interest or to voice a common concern: Political interest groups seek to influence legislation.
- interlanguages — Plural form of interlanguage.
- interlingually — in an interlingual manner
- interreligious — existing or communicating between different religions.
- intertriginous — (medicine) Of or relating to intertrigo.
- irregular verb — verb with non-standard past tense
- irregularities — the quality or state of being irregular.
- jackass gunter — a gunter having a wire rope with a traveler in place of the usual upper iron.