15-letter words containing a, n, g, s, t, r
- colour sergeant — a sergeant who carries the regimental, battalion, or national colours, as in a colour guard
- commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
- conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.
- congratulations — You say 'Congratulations' to someone in order to congratulate them on something nice that has happened to them or something good that they have done.
- counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
- counterstrategy — a strategy designed to counter the effectiveness of another strategy or action
- credit standing — reputation for discharging financial obligations
- crossing patrol — a person who holds up the traffic so that school children can cross the road safely
- crossopterygian — any bony fish of the subclass Crossopterygii, having fleshy limblike pectoral fins. The group, now mostly extinct, contains the ancestors of the amphibians
- crystal healing — (in alternative therapy) the use of the supposed power of crystals to affect the human energy field
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- cyber-squatting — (jargon, networking) The practice of registering famous brand names as Internet domain names, e.g. harrods.com, ibm.firm or sears.shop, in the hope of later selling them to the appropriate owner at a profit.
- data processing — Data processing is the series of operations that are carried out on data, especially by computers, in order to present, interpret, or obtain information.
- degenerationist — a person who believes in the evolutionary decline of a species
- designated area — specified
- desktop manager — A user interface to system services, usually icon and menu based like the Macintosh Finder, enabling the user to run application programs and use a file system without directly using the command language of the operating system.
- disarticulating — Present participle of disarticulate.
- dishearteningly — In a disheartening manner.
- disintegrations — the act or process of disintegrating.
- disorganisation — Alternative spelling of disorganization.
- disorganization — a breaking up of order or system; disunion or disruption of constituent parts.
- distress signal — a signal used, or designed to be used, by persons in peril, for the purpose of summoning aid, indicating their position, etc., as a radio code sign, aerial flare, flag hoist, or the like. Compare distress call (def 1).
- dr. strangelove — a person, especially a military or government official, who advocates initiating nuclear warfare.
- drag one's feet — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- draughtsmanship — (British) alternative spelling of draftsmanship.
- eating disorder — any of various disorders, as anorexia nervosa or bulimia, characterized by severe disturbances in eating habits.
- egyptian jasper — a type of jasper, generally with zones of colour, found in desert regions of Egypt
- estates general — States-General (sense 1)
- estuary english — a variety of standard British English in which the pronunciation reflects various features characteristic of London and the Southeast of England
- everlastingness — The state or quality of being everlasting.
- exaggeratedness — the quality of being exaggerated
- export earnings — the earnings of a company or country that are generated through the export of goods or services
- extralinguistic — Outside the realm of linguistics.
- extravagantness — The quality of being extravagant.
- fantasmagorical — Alternative form of phantasmagorical.
- first gentleman — (often initial capital letters) the husband of the U.S. president or a current governor or mayor.
- flight sergeant — a noncommissioned officer in the Royal Air Force junior in rank to a master aircrew
- floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
- fragmentariness — The quality of being fragmentary.
- fragrance strip — a folded, usually sealed strip on a page or card, impregnated with fragrance that is released when pulled or torn open: The magazine is full of fragrance strips in the advertisements.
- fringe festival — an unofficial, often unconventional, arts festival that is associated with another, larger festival
- front-page news — a story printed on the first page of a newspaper
- gallant soldier — a South American plant, Galinsoga parviflora, widely distributed as a weed, having small daisy-like flowers surrounded by silvery scales: family Asteraceae (composites)
- gardening tools — tools used for gardening, such as a trowel, spade, rake, etc
- garrison troops — troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
- gastric balloon — an inflatable rubber bag placed in the stomach to reduce its capacity as an aid to losing weight
- gastroenteritis — inflammation of the stomach and intestines.
- gastronomically — the art or science of good eating.
- general servant — a domestic servant who performs general tasks
- general studies — a school subject that includes a variety of skills and topics (such as comprehension, and current affairs, which may complement the study of A-levels in specific subjects)