14-letter words containing t, r, i, n, a
- graduation day — the day on which the ceremony is held at which university or college degrees and diplomas are conferred
- grain elevator — elevator (def 4).
- grammaticizing — Present participle of grammaticize.
- grand junction — a city in W Colorado.
- grandfathering — Present participle of grandfather.
- grangerisation — The act of illustrating a book with pictures taken from published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use.
- grangerization — The act of illustrating a book with pictures taken from published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use.
- granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
- granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
- grape hyacinth — any plant belonging to the genus Muscari, of the lily family, as M. botryoides, having globular, blue flowers resembling tiny grapes.
- graphic accent — any mark written above a letter, especially one indicating stress in pronunciation, as in Spanish rápido.
- graphitization — (geology) The formation of graphite from other organic materials.
- gratifications — Plural form of gratification.
- gratuitousness — The state or characteristic of being gratuitous.
- grease-stained — stained with grease marks
- great plantain — a N temperate plant, Plantago major, which has a rosette of broad leaves and a slender spike of small greenish flowers: family Plantaginaceae
- great renaming — (history) The flag day in 1986 on which all of the non-local groups on the Usenet had their names changed from the net.- format to the current multiple-hierarchies scheme. Used especially in discussing the history of newsgroup names. "The oldest sources group is comp.sources.misc; before the Great Renaming, it was net.sources."
- 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.
- gregorian tone — a plainsong melody
- greisenization — the process whereby granite is converted to greisen
- grid variation — the angle, at any point on the surface of the earth, between the magnetic and true meridians passing through that point.
- grouse-beating — hunting for grouse by trying to drive them towards hunters using flags, sticks, and other devices
- guiana current — an ocean current flowing northwest along the northeast coast of South America.
- guinea current — an ocean current flowing E along the Guinea coast of W Africa.
- 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.
- 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.
- hair extension — attached length of hair
- hair-splitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
- haitian creole — the creolized French that is the native language of most Haitians.
- hammerstein ii — Oscar. 1895–1960, US librettist and songwriter: collaborated with the composer Richard Rodgers in musicals such as South Pacific (1949) and The Sound of Music (1959)
- hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand-lettering — to print by hand: She hand-lettered a “for sale” sign.
- handicraftsman — a person skilled in a handicraft; craftsman.
- harriet tubman — Harriet (Araminta) 1820?–1913, U.S. abolitionist: escaped slave and leader of the Underground Railroad; served as a Union scout during Civil War.
- harz mountains — mountain range in central Germany, extending from Lower Saxony to the Elbe River
- have it in for — Usually, haves. an individual or group that has wealth, social position, or other material benefits (contrasted with have-not).
- hawaiian shirt — a short-sleeved, loose-fitting, open-collar shirt originally worn in Hawaii, made of lightweight fabric printed in colorful, often bold designs of flowers, leaves, birds, beaches, etc.
- head restraint — a rest or support of any kind for the head.
- health warning — a message indicating the dangers to the consumer's health of consuming a particular product printed on the packaging for the product
- hearing defect — a physical condition that makes it difficult for a person to hear accurately
- heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
- heart-stricken — deeply grieved or greatly dismayed
- heartrendingly — In a heartrending manner.
- heartwarmingly — In a heartwarming manner.
- heartwrenching — Having a painful emotional impact; causing grief or distress.
- heat-resistant — able to resist and remain unaffected by heat
- heath robinson — (of a mechanical device) absurdly complicated in design and having a simple function
- heavy industry — bulk materials manufacturing
- heavy nitrogen — the stable isotope of nitrogen having a mass number of 15.
- heliocentrical — Alternative form of heliocentric.