14-letter words containing s, g
- gouda (cheese) — a mild, semisoft to hard cheese similar to Edam and sometimes coated with red wax
- governableness — The state of being governable.
- grade crossing — an intersection of a railroad track and another track, a road, etc., at the same level.
- grade-schooler — a pupil in a grade school.
- graduate nurse — a person who has graduated from an accredited school of nursing.
- grammar school — an elementary school.
- grammaticaster — (derogatory) A pedantic, inferior grammarian.
- grand seigneur — a dignified or aristocratic man
- granddaughters — Plural form of granddaughter.
- grangerisation — The act of illustrating a book with pictures taken from published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use.
- granny glasses — round spectacles
- granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
- graphic artist — sb who draws, paints, prints, etc.
- graphic design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, especially to produce a specific effect.
- grass parakeet — any of several Australian parakeets, especially the budgerigar.
- grassman's law — an observation, made by H. G. Grassman, that when aspirated consonants occurred in successive syllables in Sanskrit and classical Greek, one, usually the first, was unaspirated, becoming a voiced stop in Sanskrit and a voiceless stop in Greek.
- gratifications — Plural form of gratification.
- gratuitousness — The state or characteristic of being gratuitous.
- graveyard slot — the hours from late night until early morning when the number of people watching television is at its lowest
- graveyard stew — milk toast.
- gravity assist — the technique of using the energy of a gravitational field and the orbital velocity of a planet to change the speed and trajectory of a spacecraft.
- gray sea eagle — a grayish-brown sea eagle, Haliaetus albicilla, of the Old World and Greenland, having a white tail.
- grease remover — a substance that removes grease
- grease-stained — stained with grease marks
- great kiskadee — any of several American flycatchers of the genus Pitangus, especially P. sulphuratus (great kiskadee) ranging from the southwest U.S. to Argentina and noted for their loud calls and aggressive nature.
- great pyrenees — one of a breed of large dogs having a heavy, white coat, raised originally in the Pyrenees for herding sheep and as a watchdog.
- great red spot — a large, usually reddish gaseous vortex on the surface of Jupiter, about 14,000 by 30,000 km, that drifts about slowly as the planet rotates and has been observed for several hundred years.
- great unwashed — the general public; the populace or masses.
- great-grandson — a grandson of one's son or daughter.
- green strength — Foundry. the tensile strength of greensand.
- greengroceress — (dated) female greengrocer.
- 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.
- greetings card — A greetings card is a folded card with a picture on the front and greetings inside that you give or send to someone, for example on their birthday.
- gregariousness — fond of the company of others; sociable.
- greisenization — the process whereby granite is converted to greisen
- grief-stricken — overwhelmed by grief; deeply afflicted or sorrowful.
- 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 of seven — G7.
- grouse-beating — hunting for grouse by trying to drive them towards hunters using flags, sticks, and other devices
- growing season — The growing season in a particular country or area is the period in each year when the weather and temperature is right for plants and crops to grow.
- grylloblattids — Plural form of grylloblattid.
- 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.
- guided missile — an aerial missile, as a rocket, steered during its flight by radio signals, clockwork controls, etc.
- gulf of alaska — the N part of the Pacific, between the Alaska Peninsula and the Alexander Archipelago
- gunstock stile — (in a door) a diminished stile having an oblique transition between the broader and narrower parts.