14-letter words containing ge
- quadrigeminate — made up of four parts
- query language — the instructions and procedures used to retrieve information from a database
- quinquagesimal — of, relating to, or consisting of a set of 50
- railway bridge — a bridge built to carry a railway over a road, river, etc
- rainbow bridge — a natural stone bridge in S Utah: a national monument. 290 feet (88 meters) high; 275 feet (84 meters) span.
- rangeley lakes — chain of lakes in W Me. & NE N.H.
- recent changes — Recent changes to FOLDOC.
- record changer — a device that automatically places each of a stack of records in succession onto the turntable of a phonograph.
- record-changer — a device that automatically places each of a stack of records in succession onto the turntable of a phonograph.
- reducing agent — a substance that causes another substance to undergo reduction and that is oxidized in the process.
- refugee status — the state of being a person who has fled from some danger or problem, esp political persecution, esp in a foreign country in the eyes of the law
- regenerateness — the state or quality of being regenerated, regeneration
- regulator gene — any gene that exercises control over the expression of another gene or genes.
- relay language — a language, usually an internationally dominant one, which acts as a medium to translate other usually little-spoken languages
- retirement age — law: age sb stops working
- reverse-charge — (of a telephone call) made at the recipient's expense
- rock partridge — the Greek partridge; Alectoris graeca
- roentgenograph — roentgenogram.
- roentgenometer — an instrument for measuring the intensity of x-rays.
- roentgenopaque — not permitting the passage of x-rays.
- roentgenoscope — a fluoroscope.
- roger williams — Ben Ames [eymz] /eɪmz/ (Show IPA), 1889–1953, U.S. novelist and short-story writer.
- roller bandage — a long bandage rolled into a cylinder
- röntgenography — radiography
- root vegetable — edible starchy tuber
- royal marriage — a meld of the king and queen of trumps, as in pinochle. Compare marriage (def 9).
- sacred college — the collective body of the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church
- sacrococcygeal — relating to the sacrum and the coccyx
- saint george's — one of the Windward Islands, in the E West Indies.
- salle a manger — a dining room.
- salvage vessel — a ship that is used in salvaging goods or property from a shipwreck
- salvageability — the act of saving a ship or its cargo from perils of the seas.
- saxe-meiningen — a former duchy in Thuringia in central Germany.
- scaremongering — a person who creates or spreads alarming news.
- scavenger hunt — a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.
- schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- scrimmage line — line of scrimmage.
- self-forgetful — forgetful or not thinking of one's own advantage, interest, etc.
- self-generated — made without the aid of an external agent; produced spontaneously.
- self-indulgent — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
- self-knowledge — knowledge or understanding of oneself, one's character, abilities, motives, etc.
- semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
- semivegetarian — a person who eats mostly plant foods, dairy products, and eggs, and occasionally chicken, fish, and red meat.
- send a message — to convey or communicate one's feelings, desires, etc. in a subtle or indirect manner
- send a message — to convey or communicate one's feelings, desires, etc. in a subtle or indirect manner
- septuagenarian — of the age of 70 years or between 70 and 80 years old.
- sergeant baker — a large brightly-coloured fish of the genus Latropiscis, found in temperate reef waters of Australasia
- sergeant major — U.S. Army, Air Force, and Marine Corps. a noncommissioned officer serving as chief administrative assistant in a unit headquarters.
- service charge — a fee charged for a service, sometimes in addition to a basic charge.
- seville orange — a globose, reddish-yellow, bitter or sweet, edible citrus fruit.