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14-letter words containing u, e, y

  • gene frequency — the frequency of occurrence of a particular allele in a population
  • geosynchronous — of or relating to a satellite traveling in an orbit 22,300 miles (35,900 km) above the earth's equator: at this altitude, the satellite's period of rotation, 24 hours, matches the earth's and the satellite always remains in the same spot over the earth: geostationary orbit.
  • get a guernsey — to be selected or gain recognition for something
  • get funny with — to be impudent to
  • glutaraldehyde — a nonflammable liquid, C 5 H 8 O 2 , soluble in water and alcohol, toxic and an irritant, used for tanning leather and as a fixative for samples to be examined under the electron microscope.
  • glyceryl group — the trivalent group (C 3 H 5)− 3 , derived from glycerol.
  • great yarmouth — a city in SE Massachusetts.
  • green currency — a currency whose value is adjusted in accordance with fluctuations between the currencies of the EU nations
  • greyhound race — a race in which greyhounds chase a dummy hare around a track
  • group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
  • guatemala city — a republic in N Central America. 42,042 sq. mi. (108,889 sq. km).
  • guided imagery — a relaxation technique in which words, sounds, etc., are used to evoke positive mental images, feelings, and thoughts.
  • guy fawkes day — (in Britain) November 5, celebrating the anniversary of the capture of Guy Fawkes.
  • gynecomorphous — having the form, appearance, or attributes of a female.
  • gynomonoecious — having both female and hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant.
  • gypsum plaster — plaster made primarily of gypsum.
  • hardy ageratum — the mistflower.
  • he-huckleberry — swamp andromeda.
  • heavy industry — bulk materials manufacturing
  • hebetudinosity — mental dullness; insipidity
  • hemingwayesque — of, relating to, or characteristic of Ernest Hemingway or his works.
  • hepburn system — a widely used system of Romanization of Japanese devised by James Curtis Hepburn (1815–1911).
  • heterologously — In a heterologous manner.
  • heterophyllous — having different kinds of leaves on the same plant.
  • heterosexually — In a heterosexual way.
  • high frequency — the range of frequencies in the radio spectrum between 3 and 30 megahertz.
  • hold your fire — If someone holds their fire or holds fire, they stop shooting or they wait before they start shooting.
  • holy scripture — Scripture (def 1).
  • holy sepulcher — the sepulcher in which the body of Jesus lay between His burial and His resurrection.
  • holy sepulchre — the tomb in which the body of Christ was laid after the Crucifixion
  • honey mesquite — a thorny drought-resistant tree, Prosopis glandulosa, of the legume family, native to the southwestern U.S., having clusters of yellow flowers.
  • honey mushroom — the edible mushroom of the oak-root fungus, Armillariella mellea.
  • honey-coloured — having the colour of honey
  • hornyhead chub — a small N American fish, Nocomis biguttatus
  • house of study — Beth Midrash.
  • huckleberrying — the activity of gathering huckleberries
  • hugger-muggery — hugger-mugger (defs 1, 2).
  • humane society — (often initial capital letter) an organization devoted to promoting humane ideals, especially with reference to the treatment of animals.
  • humphreys peak — the highest peak in Arizona, in the N, in the San Francisco Mountains: 12,633 feet (3851 meters).
  • hungry viewkit — (operating system, library)   A C++ class library for developing Motif application programs (although this restriction will be lifted once LessTif is finished). It follows the API of the Iris(tm) ViewKit, put out by SGI. The Hungry ViewKit is a superset of the Iris ViewKit, so any code developed for the Iris version will work with the Hungry version, but possibly not vice versa.
  • hydraulic pile — a hollow pile through which a jet of water is forced to wash away the ground beneath.
  • hydrocellulose — a gelatinous substance obtained by the partial hydrolysis of cellulose, used chiefly in the manufacture of paper, mercerized cotton, and viscose rayon.
  • hydrocephalous — Having a swollen head.
  • hydropneumatic — relating to both liquid and gas substances
  • hyperacuteness — the state of being extremely acute or aware
  • hypercalciuria — an abnormally high amount of calcium in the urine.
  • hyperconscious — acutely aware.
  • hypereutectoid — (of an alloy) having more of the alloying element than the eutectoid composition.
  • hypermasculine — pertaining to or characteristic of a man or men: masculine attire.
  • hypersexualise — Alternative spelling of hypersexualize.
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