13-letter words containing gs
- alice springs — a town in central Australia, in the Northern Territory, in the Macdonnell Ranges. Pop: 23 640 (2001)
- alongshoreman — a person employed to load and unload ships
- Ångstrom unit — a unit of length equal to 10 −10 metre, used principally to express the wavelengths of electromagnetic radiations. It is equivalent to 0.1 nanometre
- apron strings — If you say that someone is tied to another person's apron strings, you mean that they are controlled or influenced too much by the other person.
- balch springs — a town in NE Texas.
- bildungsroman — a novel concerned with a person's formative years and development
- buccaneerings — the characteristic actions of a buccaneer
- buffalo wings — spicy fried segments of chicken wings, usually served with celery sticks and a sauce of blue cheese
- cash dealings — transactions that are carried out using cash
- cash holdings — the assets that you hold in ready cash, as opposed to property, shares, bonds, etc
- coral springs — city in SE Fla.: pop. 118,000
- curling tongs — a metal scissor-like device that is heated, so that strands of hair may be twined around it in order to form curls
- eggs benedict — dish of poached eggs, ham and cream
- ferrotungsten — a ferroalloy containing up to 80 percent tungsten.
- floutingstock — a laughing-stock; the object of mockery or flouting
- gangster chic — a cinematic or literary genre which seeks to glamorize the criminal underworld
- hairdressings — Plural form of hairdressing.
- hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- housewarmings — Plural form of housewarming.
- idiot strings — strings attached to children's mittens to prevent the wearer from losing them
- in all things — In all things means in every situation and at all times.
- jack-the-rags — a rag-and-bone man
- jigsaw puzzle — Also called picture puzzle. a set of irregularly cut pieces of pasteboard, wood, or the like that form a picture or design when fitted together.
- juggling eggs — Keeping a lot of state in your head while modifying a program. "Don't bother me now, I'm juggling eggs", means that an interrupt is likely to result in the program's being scrambled. In the classic first-contact SF novel "The Mote in God's Eye", by Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, an alien describes a very difficult task by saying "We juggle priceless eggs in variable gravity." See also hack mode.
- king of kings — Christ; Jesus.
- kingsley amis — Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- know-nothings — an ignorant or totally uninformed person; ignoramus.
- lane markings — white lines on the road that mark lanes
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
- longsuffering — enduring injury, trouble, or provocation long and patiently.
- metatungstate — (inorganic chemistry) Any tungstate that contains multiple atoms of tungsten e.g. W4O132-.
- miami springs — a town in SE Florida, near Miami.
- ocean springs — a town in SE Mississippi.
- off soundings — in waters more than 100 fathoms in depth
- prescreenings — the act or work of a person who screens, as in ascertaining the character and competence of applicants, employees, etc.
- purse strings — hold the purse strings, to have the power to determine how money shall be spent.
- retrofittings — acts of retrofitting
- rough as bags — uncouth
- savings ratio — the ratio of personal savings to disposable income, esp using the difference between national figures for disposable income and consumer spending as a measure of savings
- savings stamp — a stamp which can be bought (for example at a machine in a supermarket), saved, and then redeemed against the cost of goods later (for example at Christmas)
- song of songs — a book of the Bible. Abbreviation: Sol.
- steppingstone — a stone, or one of a line of stones, in shallow water, a marshy place, or the like, that is stepped on in crossing.
- stirlingshire — Also called Stirlingshire [stur-ling-sheer, -sher] /ˈstɜr lɪŋˌʃɪər, -ʃər/ (Show IPA). a historic county in central Scotland.
- tungsten lamp — an incandescent electric lamp in which the filament is made of tungsten.
- tungstic acid — a hydrate of tungsten trioxide, H 2 WO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used in the manufacture of tungsten-lamp filaments.
- underpinnings — a system of supports beneath a wall or the like.
- underwritings — acts or instances of underwriting
- wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
- when pigs fly — If you say 'when pigs fly' after someone has said that something might happen, you are emphasizing that you think it is very unlikely.
- wood shavings — shavings of wood, as found in a carpenter's workshop etc
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