14-letter words containing a, n, d
- graduate nurse — a person who has graduated from an accredited school of nursing.
- graduation day — the day on which the ceremony is held at which university or college degrees and diplomas are conferred
- grand junction — a city in W Colorado.
- grand ole opry — a successful radio show from Nashville, Tenn., first broadcast on Nov. 28, 1925, noted for its playing of and continuing importance to country music.
- grand seigneur — a dignified or aristocratic man
- granddaughters — Plural form of granddaughter.
- grande prairie — a city in W Alberta, in W Canada.
- grandfathering — Present participle of grandfather.
- grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- granny dumping — the abandonment of an elderly person, especially a relative, at a hospital, bus station, etc.
- graphic design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, especially to produce a specific effect.
- grapple ground — an anchorage, especially for small vessels.
- grease-stained — stained with grease marks
- great unwashed — the general public; the populace or masses.
- great-grandson — a grandson of one's son or daughter.
- greater london — Jack, 1876–1916, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- green lead ore — pyromorphite.
- greetings card — A greetings card is a folded card with a picture on the front and greetings inside that you give or send to someone, for example on their birthday.
- gregorian mode — church mode.
- greyhound race — a race in which greyhounds chase a dummy hare around a track
- grid variation — the angle, at any point on the surface of the earth, between the magnetic and true meridians passing through that point.
- gridwall panel — A gridwall panel is a metal grid that can be hung on a wall and used for displaying goods.
- groote eylandt — an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria off the coast of NE Australia. 950 sq. mi. (2461 sq. km).
- ground leakage — Ground leakage is the flow of current from a live conductor to the earth through the insulation.
- groundbreaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- guard of honor — a guard specially designated for welcoming or escorting distinguished guests or for accompanying a casket in a military funeral.
- guardian angel — an angel believed to protect a particular person, as from danger or error.
- gulf of anadyr — an inlet of the Bering Sea, off the coast of NE Russia
- gynandromorphs — Plural form of gynandromorph.
- hadrian's wall — a wall of defense for the Roman province of Britain, constructed by Hadrian between Solway Firth and the mouth of the Tyne.
- half-concealed — to hide; withdraw or remove from observation; cover or keep from sight: He concealed the gun under his coat.
- half-convinced — to move by argument or evidence to belief, agreement, consent, or a course of action: to convince a jury of his guilt; A test drive will convince you that this car handles well.
- half-pedalling — a technique of piano playing in which the sustaining pedal is raised and immediately depressed thus allowing the lower strings to continue sounding
- ham-handedness — clumsy, inept, or heavy-handed: a ham-handed approach to dealing with people that hurts a lot of feelings.
- hampshire down — Also called Hants. a county in S England. 1460 sq. mi. (3780 sq. km).
- hand over fist — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand over hand — grasping with alternate hands
- hand's-breadth — handbreadth
- hand-delivered — (of a letter or parcel) delivered by the sender rather than a postman or courier
- hand-lettering — to print by hand: She hand-lettered a “for sale” sign.
- handbrake turn — a turn sharply reversing the direction of a vehicle by speedily applying the handbrake while turning the steering wheel
- handicraftsman — a person skilled in a handicraft; craftsman.
- handkerchieves — Plural form of handkerchief.
- haplodiplontic — (biology, of a life cycle) Having multicellular diploid and haploid stages.
- hard-core porn — Hard-core porn is pornography that shows sex in a very detailed way, or shows very violent or unpleasant sex.
- hardhandedness — the condition of having hard or thickened skin on the hands due to manual work
- hardheadedness — The characteristic of being hardheaded.
- harlequin duck — a small diving duck, Histrionicus histrionicus, of North America and Iceland, the male of which has bluish-gray plumage marked with black, white, and chestnut.
- hastings banda — Hastings Kamuzu [kah-moo-zoo] /kɑˈmu zu/ (Show IPA), 1906–97, Malawi physician, political leader, and public official: 1st president of Malawi 1966–94.