14-letter words containing s, a, u, g, e, r
- marcus regulus — Marcus Atilius [uh-til-ee-uh s] /əˈtɪl i əs/ (Show IPA), died 250? b.c, Roman general.
- margaritaceous — resembling mother-of-pearl; pearly.
- measuring worm — the larva of any geometrid moth, which progresses by bringing the rear end of the body forward and then advancing the front end.
- megasporangium — a sporangium containing megaspores.
- misgovernaunce — misgovernment
- molly maguires — a secret society organized in Ireland in 1843 to terrorize landlords' agents in order to prevent evictions
- murrhine glass — glassware believed to resemble the murrhine cups of ancient Rome.
- myrmecophagous — Pertaining to the anteater.
- nassau grouper — a colorful food and game fish, Epinephelus striatus, common off the Florida Keys.
- non-gregarious — fond of the company of others; sociable.
- on one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- 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
- outrageousness — of the nature of or involving gross injury or wrong: an outrageous slander.
- oversaturating — to cause (a substance) to unite with the greatest possible amount of another substance, through solution, chemical combination, or the like.
- panther fungus — a highly poisonous mushroom, Amanita pantherina, with a brownish cap covered with white cottony patches.
- pauper's grave — a grave paid for at public expense because the deceased person's family could not afford one
- popular singer — a professional singer who specializes in popular songs.
- 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.
- pressure gauge — an instrument for measuring the pressure of a gas or liquid.
- pruning shears — small, sturdy shears used for pruning shrubbery.
- pseudepigrapha — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
- pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
- pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
- 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.
- rabble-rousing — of, relating to, or characteristic of a rabble-rouser.
- recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
- reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
- refugee status — the state of being a person who has fled from some danger or problem, esp political persecution, esp in a foreign country in the eyes of the law
- rheumatologist — a specialist in rheumatology, especially a physician who specializes in the treatment of rheumatic diseases, as arthritis, lupus erythematosus, and scleroderma.
- 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.
- sauropterygian — any of various Mesozoic marine reptiles of the superorder Sauropterygia, including the suborder Plesiosauria.
- saxe-altenburg — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
- saxifragaceous — belonging to the plant family Saxifragaceae.
- scavenger hunt — a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.
- scrape through — only just succeed
- security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
- self-regulated — governed or controlled from within; self-regulating.
- self-slaughter — suicide.
- septuagenarian — of the age of 70 years or between 70 and 80 years old.
- signature loan — a loan requiring no collateral.
- signature tune — theme song (def 2).
- slaughterhouse — a building or place where animals are butchered for food; abattoir.
- slaughterously — murderously
- soul-searching — the act or process of close and penetrating analysis of oneself, to determine one's true motives and sentiments.
- source program — an original computer program written by a programmer that is converted into the equivalent object program, written in machine language, by the compiler or assembler