14-letter words containing gro
- interest group — a group of people drawn or acting together in support of a common interest or to voice a common concern: Political interest groups seek to influence legislation.
- isocyano group — the univalent group −NC.
- landing ground — airfield
- mangrove swamp — a coastal marine swamp of tropical or subtropical regions that is dominated by mangrove trees.
- marathon group — an encounter group that meets for an extended period of time, as eight hours to a week, in the belief that the resultant intensity and intimacy will lead to a more open expression of feelings.
- mercapto group — the univalent group –SH.
- minority group — minority (defs 3, 4).
- naphthyl group — Also called alpha-naphthyl group, alpha-naphthyl radical. the univalent group C 1 0 H 7 –, having a replaceable hydrogen atom in the first, or alpha, position; 1-naphthyl group.
- nassau grouper — a colorful food and game fish, Epinephelus striatus, common off the Florida Keys.
- neutral ground — a median strip on a highway or boulevard, especially one planted with grass.
- nonhygroscopic — Not hygroscopic.
- off the ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
- on firm ground — in a safe situation
- on home ground — If you say that someone is on their home ground, you mean that they are in or near where they work or live, and feel confident and secure because of this.
- periodic group — (database) (PE) Groups of logically related fields which occur multiple times within a group. Periodic groups are a non-relational technique. An example of a PE would be for storing the history of a person's name changes, where name was kept in logically related fields such as surname, first name and middle name - with the person having changed their name more than once.
- pleasant grove — a town in central Utah.
- prairie-grouse — prairie chicken.
- pressure group — an interest group that attempts to influence legislation through the use of lobbying techniques and propaganda.
- primary growth — growth in vascular plants, especially an increase in length, that results from cell division and differentiation of an apical meristem.
- propenyl group — a univalent group derived from propylene, CH 3 CH=CH−.
- proving ground — any place, context, or area for testing something, as a piece of scientific equipment, a theory, etc.
- quotient group — a group, the elements of which are cosets with respect to a normal subgroup of a given group.
- rate of growth — the rate at which an economy grows
- self-engrossed — to occupy completely, as the mind or attention; absorb: Their discussion engrossed his attention. She is engrossed in her work.
- splinter group — a small organization that becomes separated from or acts apart from an original larger group or a number of other small groups, with which it would normally be united, as because of disagreement.
- sulfinyl group — the bivalent group >SO.
- sulfuryl group — the bivalent group, SO 2 , derived from sulfuric acid.
- testing ground — place where sth is tested
- the open group — (body) (Formerly "X/Open") A vendor- and technology-neutral consortium of buyers and suppliers of information systems that aims to ease integration by testing and certifying products against open standards.
- tutorial group — a small grouping of students given intensive tuition by a tutor
- ungroundedness — the state of being without basis
- vantage ground — a position or place that gives one an advantage, as for action, view, or defense.
- webster groves — a city in E Missouri, near St. Louis.