14-letter words containing a, g, e, d, i
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
- single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
- slide magazine — a piece of equipment that holds slides and pushes them into a projector
- spanish dagger — a stemless or short-trunked plant, Yucca gloriosa, of the agave family, native to the southeastern U.S., having leaves nearly 2½ feet (75 cm) long, with a stiff, sharp point, and greenish-white or reddish flowers nearly 4 inches (10 cm) wide.
- speech-reading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
- spit and image — a person who bears a strong physical resemblance to another, esp to a relative
- spread betting — Spread betting is a form of gambling that involves predicting a range of possible scores or results rather than one particular score or result.
- square-dancing — the activity of taking part in a square dance
- stage designer — someone who designs the physical appearance of the stage, using backdrops, props, etc
- stage director — a person who directs a theatrical production.
- standing order — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
- standing water — still water that has stagnated
- stinking cedar — an evergreen tree, Torreya taxifolia, of the yew family, native to Florida, having rank-smelling foliage and dark-green, egg-shaped fruit.
- storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
- straight-ahead — not deviating from what is usual or expected; conventional or traditional; standard: a straight-ahead novel with a happy ending.
- straight-faced — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
- sugar diabetes — diabetes mellitus
- sunday opening — the act of allowing shops and businesses to open on a Sunday
- swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
- take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
- tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
- tariff heading — the description of a product attached to a tariff line
- tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
- teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
- tendovaginitis — the swelling of both a tendon and its sheath
- the grenadines — a chain of about 600 islets in the Caribbean, part of the Windward Islands, extending for about 100 km (60 miles) between St Vincent and Grenada and divided administratively between the two states. Largest island: Carriacou
- thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
- time and again — frequently
- topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
- trade-weighted — (of exchange rates) weighted according to the volume of trade between the various countries involved
- trading estate — industrial area
- trading period — A trading period is a set length of time, usually a number of weeks, months, quarters, or years, in which sales are measured and compared to previous periods.
- tunbridge ware — decorative wooden ware, including tables, trays, boxes, and ornamental objects, produced especially in the late 17th and 18th centuries in Tunbridge Wells, England, with mosaiclike marquetry sawed from square-sectioned wooden rods of different natural colors.
- under-training — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- underdiagnosed — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
- understandings — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- understrapping — subordinate or inferior
- underthroating — (on a cornice) a cove extended outward and downward to form a drip.
- undespairingly — in an undespairing manner
- uninterrogated — to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
- unrefrigerated — to make or keep cold or cool, as for preservation.
- upgradeability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- vat-registered — (of a company or individual) registered as being liable to pay VAT
- vegetable dish — a dish designed to serve vegetables from
- vendor placing — a method of financing the purchase of one company by another in which the purchasing company pays for the target company in its own shares, on condition that the vendor places these shares with investors for cash payment
- victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
- waiting period — a specified delay, required by law, between officially stating an intention and acting on it, as between securing a marriage license and getting married.
- warning device — alarm or danger signal
- washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.