14-letter words containing c, e, r, d, i, g
- 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.
- grid reference — geographical co-ordinates
- group medicine — the practice of medicine by a number of specialists working together in association
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- hearing defect — a physical condition that makes it difficult for a person to hear accurately
- hedge clippers — clippers or shears used to trim hedges
- highly charged — electrical
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- indian grackle — a starling, Gracula religiosa, of S and SE Asia: a popular cage bird because of its ability to talk
- itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
- kitchen garden — a garden where vegetables, herbs, and fruit are grown for one's own use.
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- lattice girder — a trusslike girder having the upper and lower chords connected by latticing.
- light-coloured — having a light colour
- merchant guild — a medieval guild composed of merchants.
- miscategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- monoglycerides — Plural form of monoglyceride.
- nice/good work — You can say to someone 'nice work' or 'good work' in order to thank or praise them for doing something well or quickly.
- non-discerning — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
- noncardiogenic — Not cardiogenic.
- overindulgence — excessive indulgence
- parcel gilding — the gilding of only some areas or ornaments of a piece of furniture.
- periodic group — (database) (PE) Groups of logically related fields which occur multiple times within a group. Periodic groups are a non-relational technique. An example of a PE would be for storing the history of a person's name changes, where name was kept in logically related fields such as surname, first name and middle name - with the person having changed their name more than once.
- photorecording — the act of making photographic records, especially of documents.
- pseudo-generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- ranch dressing — seasoned mayonnaise sauce
- reading notice — a short advertisement placed at the bottom of a column, as on the front page of a newspaper, and often set in the same print as other matter.
- record-keeping — the maintenance of a history of one's activities, as financial dealings, by entering data in ledgers or journals, putting documents in files, etc.
- recording head — the part of a tape recorder that records a sound source by converting the electrical analog of the sound, as from a microphone, into a magnetic signal for storage on magnetic tape.
- recording tape — a ribbon of material, esp magnetic tape, used to record sound, images and data, used in a tape recorder
- reducing agent — a substance that causes another substance to undergo reduction and that is oxidized in the process.
- reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
- rock partridge — the Greek partridge; Alectoris graeca
- scaling ladder — a ladder for climbing high walls.
- screen editing — the act or process of editing text on screen
- screen trading — a form of trading on a market or exchange in which the visual display unit of a computer replaces personal contact as in floor trading
- second reading — the stage in the consideration of a legislative bill that provides an opportunity for debate and amendment.
- secondary gain — any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness (distinguished from primary gain).
- security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
- self-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
- sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- 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.
- square-dancing — the activity of taking part in a square dance
- stage director — a person who directs a theatrical production.
- 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-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)
- tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette