14-Letter Words with G,R,U,N,T,S,_

• the act of rendering something coarse and unrefined

• the act of making something attractive to the general public

• give a spiritual meaning to; read in a spiritual sense

• elevate or idealize, in allusion to Christ's transfiguration

• purify from the corrupting influences of the world

• the act of making a piece of equipment rugged (strengthening to resist wear or abuse)

• a unit of weight equal to 100 kilograms in the metric system

• a United States unit of weight equivalent to 100 pounds

• a British unit of weight equivalent to 112 pounds

• a person who eats human flesh

• the act of requiring; an authoritative request or demand, especially by a military or public authority that takes something over (usually temporarily) for military or public use

• an official form on which a request is made

• seizing property that belongs to someone else and holding it until profits pay the demand for which it was seized

• make a formal request for official services

• demand and take for use or service, especially by military or public authority for public service

• an iodine containing protein that is obtained from the thyroid gland and exhibits the general properties of the globulins

• a weight that balances another weight

• constitute a counterweight or counterbalance to