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

  • perineal gland — one of a pair of glands that are situated near the anus in some mammals and secrete an odorous substance
  • piedras negras — a city in N Mexico, on the Rio Grande.
  • pigeon-hearted — timid; meek.
  • poetry reading — a public recital or rendering of a poem
  • pre-galvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
  • predesignation — to designate beforehand.
  • predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
  • pseudepigrapha — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
  • pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
  • quadragenarian — 40 years of age.
  • quadrigeminate — made up of four parts
  • radiant energy — energy transmitted in wave motion, especially electromagnetic wave motion.
  • radio engineer — an engineer who designs and repairs equipment used for radio broadcasting
  • radiotelegraph — a telegraph in which messages or signals are sent by means of radio waves rather than through wires or cables.
  • 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.
  • ranch dressing — seasoned mayonnaise sauce
  • random testing — (programming, testing)   A black-box testing approach in which software is tested by choosing an arbitrary subset of all possible input values. Random testing helps to avoid the problem of only testing what you know will work.
  • reading notice — a short advertisement placed at the bottom of a column, as on the front page of a newspaper, and often set in the same print as other matter.
  • realized gains — Realized gains are gains which have been made from the sale of an asset.
  • recording head — the part of a tape recorder that records a sound source by converting the electrical analog of the sound, as from a microphone, into a magnetic signal for storage on magnetic tape.
  • recording tape — a ribbon of material, esp magnetic tape, used to record sound, images and data, used in a tape recorder
  • redintegration — the act or process of redintegrating.
  • redintegrative — to make whole again; restore to a perfect state; renew; reestablish.
  • reducing agent — a substance that causes another substance to undergo reduction and that is oxidized in the process.
  • reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
  • retrogradation — backward movement.
  • riggs' disease — pyorrhea (def 2).
  • right and left — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
  • right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
  • rock partridge — the Greek partridge; Alectoris graeca
  • rude awakening — If you have a rude awakening, you are suddenly made aware of an unpleasant fact.
  • sailing orders — the final orders given to a ship's commander before sailing, concerning matters such as time of departure, destination, etc
  • salad dressing — a sauce for a salad, usually with a base of oil and vinegar or of mayonnaise.
  • scaling ladder — a ladder for climbing high walls.
  • scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
  • screen trading — a form of trading on a market or exchange in which the visual display unit of a computer replaces personal contact as in floor trading
  • second reading — the stage in the consideration of a legislative bill that provides an opportunity for debate and amendment.
  • secondary gain — any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness (distinguished from primary gain).
  • security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
  • self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
  • self-defeating — serving to frustrate, thwart, etc., one's own intention or interests: His behavior was certainly self-defeating.
  • self-diagnosis — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
  • self-expanding — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
  • self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
  • self-mediating — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
  • semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
  • sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
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