14-letter words containing a, t, d, g
- the everglades — a subtropical marshy region of Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee: contains the Everglades National Park established to preserve the flora and fauna of the swamps. Area: over 13 000 sq km (5000 sq miles)
- the gender gap — the difference in the attitudes, behaviour, abilities, etc, of men and women, or boys and girls
- 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
- the red guards — a radical political movement of civilian youths in China, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong in 1966 and 1967, during the Cultural Revolution
- thought-reader — someone who can read minds or psychically know others' thoughts
- 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
- threaded glass — glass decorated with a pattern produced by variegated glass filaments.
- time and again — frequently
- to gather dust — If you say that something is gathering dust, you mean that it has been left somewhere and nobody is using it or doing anything with it.
- topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
- tracking radar — a radar system emitting a narrow beam which oscillates about the target, thus compensating for abrupt changes of direction
- trade language — a lingua franca, especially one used primarily for trade and conducting business.
- trade-weighted — (of exchange rates) weighted according to the volume of trade between the various countries involved
- trading estate — industrial area
- trading nation — a nation that trades with other countries
- 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.
- twelfth-grader — (in the US) a pupil in the twelfth-grade
- un-distracting — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- under-training — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- undergraduette — a female undergraduate
- 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.
- undogmatically — in an undogmatic manner
- uninterrogated — to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
- unintimidating — to make timid; fill with fear.
- unrefrigerated — to make or keep cold or cool, as for preservation.
- upgradeability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- uranium dating — a method of dating archaeological or geological specimens by determining the decay activity of the uranium in a given sample.
- value judgment — an estimate, usually subjective, of the worth, quality, goodness, evil, etc., of something or someone.
- vantage ground — a position or place that gives one an advantage, as for action, view, or defense.
- vat-registered — (of a company or individual) registered as being liable to pay VAT
- vegetable dish — a dish designed to serve vegetables from
- vegetable-gold — Also called vegetable gold. a crocus, Crocus sativus, having showy purple flowers.
- 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.
- water divining — the location of water with a divining rod
- watling island — San Salvador (def 1).
- well-regulated — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- wind generator — an electric generator situated on a tower and driven by the force of wind on blades or a rotor.
- with bad 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.
- wrongful death — the death of a person wrongfully caused, as comprising the grounds of a damage suit.
- xenodiagnostic — of or relating to xenodiagnosis
- zodiacal light — a luminous tract in the sky, seen in the west after sunset or in the east before sunrise and thought to be the light reflected from a cloud of meteoric matter revolving round the sun.