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14-letter words containing a, g, e, d, i

  • dressing table — a table or stand, usually surmounted by a mirror, in front of which a person sits while dressing, applying makeup, etc.
  • drill sergeant — military officer who drills recruits
  • drinking water — water that is safe to drink
  • driving barrel — (in a weight-driven clock) the drum turned by the descent of the weight, which drives the clock mechanism.
  • dwelling place — a dwelling.
  • dyalog limited — (company)   The company that distributes Dyalog APL. Previously known as Dyadic Systems Limited.
  • eaves-dropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • echocardiogram — a graphic record produced by an echocardiograph.
  • edgar atheling — ?1050–?1125, grandson of Edmund II; Anglo-Saxon pretender to the English throne in 1066
  • edging lobelia — a trailing lobelia, Lobelia erinus, of southern Africa, having loose clusters of blue flowers.
  • editorializing — Present participle of editorialize.
  • education page — a page in a newspaper devoted to news relating to education or teaching
  • english saddle — a lightweight saddle with a low cantle and pommel and no horn, designed to place the rider's weight forward onto the withers
  • epigrammatized — Simple past tense and past participle of epigrammatize.
  • ever and again — now and then; from time to time
  • exocrine gland — any gland, such as a salivary or sweat gland, that secretes its products through a duct onto an epithelial surface
  • exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
  • farsightedness — seeing objects at a distance more clearly than those near at hand; hyperopic.
  • fashion design — the activity of designing fashionable clothes
  • featherbedding — the practice of requiring an employer to hire unnecessary employees, to assign unnecessary work, or to limit production according to a union rule or safety statute: Featherbedding forced the railroads to employ firemen on diesel locomotives.
  • field guidance — a method of guiding a missile to a point within a gravitational or radio field by means of the properties of the field
  • final judgment — judgment (def 8).
  • finger reading — the reading of Braille by means of the fingertips.
  • flinders grass — a drought-resistant pasture grass, Iseilema membranacea, native to inland regions of Australia and used as fodder.
  • flinders range — a mountain range in S Australia. Highest peak, St. Mary Peak, 3900 feet (1190 meters).
  • food labelling — the practice of providing nutritional information on labels on food packaging
  • food-gathering — procuring food by hunting or fishing or the gathering of seeds, berries, or roots, rather than by the cultivation of plants or the domestication of animals; foraging.
  • forced landing — aircraft: emergency descent
  • forced savings — a reduction in consumption that occurs when there is full employment and an abundance of loans
  • galeopithecoid — of or resembling a flying lemur
  • gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
  • garden rubbish — organic refuse generated by gardening
  • garden variety — common, usual, or ordinary; unexceptional.
  • garden-variety — common, usual, or ordinary; unexceptional.
  • gaudi i cornet — Antoni [ahn-taw-nee] /ɑnˈtɔ ni/ (Show IPA), 1852–1926, Spanish architect and designer.
  • gender-variant — noting or relating to a person whose gender identity or gender expression does not conform to socially defined male or female gender norms: Don't call him a sissy; he's just a teenager with gender-variant behavior. Are metrosexuals part of the gender-variant community?
  • geodemographic — Of or pertaining to geography and demography.
  • gerrymandering — U.S. Politics. the dividing of a state, county, etc., into election districts so as to give one political party a majority in many districts while concentrating the voting strength of the other party into as few districts as possible.
  • girls' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for girls, founded in 1893, with the aim of promoting self-discipline and self-respect
  • glacial period — Also called glacial period, ice age. the geologically recent Pleistocene Epoch, during which much of the Northern Hemisphere was covered by great ice sheets.
  • glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
  • glow discharge — the conduction of electricity in a low-pressure gas, producing a diffuse glow.
  • glycaemic load — an index indicating the amount of carbohydrate contained in a specified serving of a particular food. It is calculated by multiplying the food's glycaemic index by its carbohydrate content in grams and then dividing by 100
  • go into detail — elaborate, recount more fully
  • gold medallist — the winner of competition or race, who is awarded a gold medal
  • gonadectomized — Having undergone gonadectomy.
  • goncalves dias — Antonio [an-taw-nyoo] /ɛ̃ˈtɔ nyʊ/ (Show IPA), 1823–64, Brazilian poet.
  • grade crossing — an intersection of a railroad track and another track, a road, etc., at the same level.
  • grand seigneur — a dignified or aristocratic man
  • grande prairie — a city in W Alberta, in W Canada.
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