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14-letter words containing u, n, a, r, o, g

  • countermanding — Present participle of countermand.
  • counterprogram — to schedule (a broadcast on radio or television) to compete with one on another station.
  • countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
  • countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
  • courageousness — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
  • courting chair — a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.
  • crossing guard — school (crossing) guard
  • dental surgeon — dentist who carries out surgery
  • deuteragonists — Plural form of deuteragonist.
  • discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
  • discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
  • double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
  • double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
  • downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
  • downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
  • dragon's mouth — arethusa (def 1).
  • draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
  • drug addiction — dependence on a chemical substance
  • encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
  • foramen magnum — the large opening in the base of the skull forming the passage from the cranial cavity to the spinal canal.
  • forward buying — the purchase of merchandise in quantities exceeding demand
  • fountain grass — a perennial grass, Pennisetum setaceum, of Ethiopia, having bristly spikes, often rose-purple, grown as an ornamental.
  • francois guise — François de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frɑ̃ˈswa də lɔˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
  • galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
  • garden produce — cultivated or farm-produced goods, such as fruit and vegetables
  • garrison house — a style of early New England house in which the second floor projects beyond the first.
  • gastroduodenal — of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum
  • gaudi i cornet — Antoni [ahn-taw-nee] /ɑnˈtɔ ni/ (Show IPA), 1852–1926, Spanish architect and designer.
  • gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
  • george pullman — plural Pullmans. a railroad sleeping car or parlor car.
  • giganotosaurus — Any of several very large, carnivorous dinosaurs of the subfamily Giganotosaurinae, from the Cretaceous period.
  • glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
  • glamourization — Alternative form of glamorization.
  • glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
  • go around with — If you go around with a person or group of people, you regularly meet them and go to different places with them.
  • go gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
  • golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
  • graduation day — the day on which the ceremony is held at which university or college degrees and diplomas are conferred
  • grand junction — a city in W Colorado.
  • grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
  • granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
  • grapple ground — an anchorage, especially for small vessels.
  • gratuitousness — The state or characteristic of being gratuitous.
  • 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.
  • gregariousness — fond of the company of others; sociable.
  • greyhound race — a race in which greyhounds chase a dummy hare around a track
  • ground leakage — Ground leakage is the flow of current from a live conductor to the earth through the insulation.
  • groundbreaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
  • 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.
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