15-letter words containing r, e, s, g
- turgor pressure — the pressure exerted on a plant cell wall by water passing into the cell by osmosis
- turkish delight — a candy made of fruit juice and gelatin, cubed and dusted with sugar.
- turquoise green — a light bluish green.
- ultra-religious — of, relating to, or concerned with religion: a religious holiday.
- ulysses s grant — Cary (Archibald Leach) 1904–86, U.S. actor, born in England.
- uncorresponding — identical in all essentials or respects: corresponding fingerprints.
- understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- undeservingness — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
- unforgivingness — not disposed to forgive or show mercy; unrelenting.
- uninterestingly — in a way that is not interesting
- universal stage — a small theodolite mounted on the stage of a polarizing microscope and used in the petrographic analysis of rocks.
- unprepossessing — that impresses favorably; engaging or attractive: a confident and prepossessing young man.
- unprogressively — in an unprogressive manner
- unrelinquishing — to renounce or surrender (a possession, right, etc.): to relinquish the throne.
- unrighteousness — not righteous; not upright or virtuous; wicked; sinful; evil: an unrighteous king.
- untransmigrated — not transmigrated; not transferred or caused to be transferred
- upsetting lever — the horizontal distance between the center of gravity, acting downward, and the center of buoyancy, acting upward, when they are so placed as to form a couple (upsetting couple) tending to capsize the boat.
- ust-kamenogorsk — a city in E Kazakhstan, on the Irtysh River.
- vaginal dryness — abnormal dryness of the vagina, caused by lack of natural lubrication
- vanishing cream — a cosmetic similar to cold cream but less oily, applied usually to the face and neck as a base, night cream, or moisturizer.
- venus-s--girdle — an iridescent blue-and-green comb jelly, Cestum veneris, having a ribbon-shaped, gelatinous body.
- vertical angles — one of two opposite and equal angles formed by the intersection of two lines.
- viewing figures — the number of people watching a television programme
- viper's bugloss — the blueweed.
- virtual storage — a system whereby addressable memory is extended beyond main storage through the use of secondary storage managed by system software in such a way that programs can treat all of the designated storage as addressable main storage.
- vortex shedding — the process by which vortices formed continuously by the aerodynamic conditions associated with a solid body in a gas or air stream are carried downstream by the flow in the form of a vortex street
- waterford glass — fine cut or gilded glass made in Waterford, Ireland, having a slight blue cast due to the presence of cobalt.
- wedding present — a present given to a couple when they get married
- western springs — a city in NE Illinois.
- western tanager — a tanager, Piranga ludoviciana, of western North America, the male of which is black, yellow, and orange-red.
- window dressing — the art, act, or technique of trimming the display windows of a store.
- window-dressing — the art, act, or technique of trimming the display windows of a store.
- winesburg, ohio — a cycle of short stories (1919) by Sherwood Anderson.
- word processing — writing, editing, and production of documents, as letters, reports, and books, through the use of a computer program or a complete computer system designed to facilitate rapid and efficient manipulation of text. Abbreviation: WP.
- working storage — the amount of memory used to temporarily store results or other data while a program is running.
- wrestling match — sport: contention by grappling opponent
- wring sb's neck — If you say that you will wring someone's neck or that you would like to wring their neck, you mean that you are very angry or irritated with them.
- wrist wrestling — a form of arm wrestling in which two contenders interlock thumbs and try to force each other's hands to touch the table on which they are competing.
- wrongful arrest — the act of arresting someone without proper reason
- wrongheadedness — The state of being wrongheaded.