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14-letter words containing s, t, a, g, i

  • greisenization — the process whereby granite is converted to greisen
  • grouse-beating — hunting for grouse by trying to drive them towards hunters using flags, sticks, and other devices
  • grylloblattids — Plural form of grylloblattid.
  • 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.
  • gyrostabiliser — (British spelling) Alternative form of gyrostabilizer.
  • gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
  • gyrostabilizer — a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel.
  • haematogenesis — (physiology) The origin and development of blood.
  • haight-ashbury — a district of San Francisco, in the central part of the city: a center for hippies and the drug culture in the 1960s.
  • hair-splitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
  • hanging basket — suspended woven container for plants
  • hastings banda — Hastings Kamuzu [kah-moo-zoo] /kɑˈmu zu/ (Show IPA), 1906–97, Malawi physician, political leader, and public official: 1st president of Malawi 1966–94.
  • heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
  • heating system — a system that provides heat to a building or number of buildings
  • hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
  • heterographies — Plural form of heterography.
  • high as a kite — very drunk
  • histologically — In an histological manner.
  • histopathology — the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.
  • historiography — the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
  • homogenisation — Alternative spelling of homogenization.
  • horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
  • hospital light — hopper casement.
  • housing estate — housing development.
  • housing market — property trade
  • hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
  • hunting season — annual period when hunting is permitted
  • hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
  • ichthyophagist — a person who eats or subsists on fish.
  • ichthyophagous — the practice of eating or subsisting on fish.
  • immunostaining — (uncountable, immunology) Any of several staining techniques that are used to detect specific proteins.
  • in this regard — on this point
  • indigenisation — Alternative spelling of indigenization.
  • insanely great — (Macintosh community, from Steve Jobs; also BSD Unix people via Bill Joy) Something so incredibly elegant that it is imaginable only to someone possessing the most puissant of hacker-natures.
  • integrationist — a person who believes in, supports, or works for social integration.
  • intelligentsia — Intellectuals or highly educated people as a group, especially when regarded as possessing culture and political influence.
  • interlanguages — Plural form of interlanguage.
  • interrogations — Plural form of interrogation.
  • interrogatives — Plural form of interrogative.
  • intersegmental — of, relating to, or characterized by segments or segmentation.
  • intransigeance — intransigence
  • intransigently — In an intransigent manner.
  • investigations — Plural form of investigation.
  • irregularities — the quality or state of being irregular.
  • isthmian games — one of the great national festivals of ancient Greece, held every two years on the Isthmus of Corinth.
  • jacobite glass — an English drinking glass of the late 17th or early 18th century, engraved with Jacobite mottoes and symbols.
  • jingoistically — (manner) In a jingoistic manner.
  • judgementalism — Alternative form of judgmentalism.
  • kindergartners — Plural form of kindergartner.
  • king of beasts — the lion.
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