15-letter words containing a, g, e, d, i
- shire highlands — an upland area of S Malawi. Average height: 900 m (3000 ft)
- shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
- silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
- single standard — a single set of principles or rules applying to everyone, as a single moral code applying to both men and women, especially in sexual behavior. Compare double standard.
- single-breasted — (of a coat, jacket, etc.) having a front closure directly in the center with only a narrow overlap secured by a single button or row of buttons.
- single-handedly — in a single-handed manner; single-handed.
- single-sideband — of or pertaining to a system of radio transmission in which one of the two sidebands produced during modulation is suppressed
- sleight of hand — skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain.
- smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
- social spending — the money that is spent on welfare payments
- sound deadening — a process or material that reduces the resonance or volume of sound
- spread sampling — the selection of a corpus for statistical analysis by selecting a number of short passages at random throughout the work and considering their aggregation
- spread-eagleism — boastfulness or bombast, especially in the display of patriotic or nationalistic pride in the U.S.; flag-waving.
- stage direction — an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
- stamford bridge — a village in N England, east of York: site of a battle (1066) in which King Harold of England defeated his brother Tostig and King Harald Hardrada of Norway, three weeks before the Battle of Hastings
- standing charge — fixed energy costs
- standing orders — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
- starting handle — a crank used to start the motor of an automobile.
- steamed pudding — a traditional pudding containing fat, sugar, eggs, flour, and other ingredients, which is steamed
- storage disease — a metabolic disorder characterized by excessive storage in certain cells of normal metabolic intermediates, as fats, iron, and carbohydrates.
- straight-backed — having a straight, usually high, back: a straight-backed chair.
- subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
- surgical needle — a needle for suturing.
- swedish massage — a massage employing techniques of manipulation and muscular exercise systematized in Sweden in the 19th century.
- take lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
- target audience — the target audience of a programme is the group of people that the programme-makers are trying to persuade to watch or listen to it
- the living dead — dead people that have been brought back to life by a supernatural force
- the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
- thought reading — mind reading.
- tracking device — an electronic security device which allows you to monitor the location of a person or object, esp a vehicle
- trading partner — a person, organization, or country with whom somebody customarily does business
- treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
- understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- unmitigatedness — the state of being unmitigated
- untransmigrated — not transmigrated; not transferred or caused to be transferred
- vaginal dryness — abnormal dryness of the vagina, caused by lack of natural lubrication
- van diemen gulf — an inlet of the Timor Sea in N Australia, in the Northern Territory
- variant reading — an alternative interpretation of a word in a text to the one generally accepted
- vending machine — a coin-operated machine for selling small articles, beverages, etc.
- voltage divider — a resistor or series of resistors connected to a voltage source and used to provide voltages that are fractions of that of the source.
- wage indexation — the linking of wages to an index representing the cost of living, so that they are automatically adjusted up or down as that rises or falls
- walking wounded — casualties, as of a military conflict, who are wounded but ambulatory.
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- wedding banquet — a lavish meal served after a wedding ceremony
- wedding planner — sb hired to organize a marriage day
- well-integrated — combining or coordinating separate elements so as to provide a harmonious, interrelated whole: an integrated plot; an integrated course of study.
- wide-angle lens — A wide-angle lens is a lens which allows you to photograph a wider view than a normal lens.
- window cleaning — the task of washing and shining windows
- with good grace — elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice. Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- xeroradiography — an x-ray utilizing a specially coated plate that allows a picture to be developed without the use of liquid chemicals.