15-letter words containing c, o, d, g, e
- second mortgage — a mortgage the lien of which is next in priority to a first mortgage.
- second thoughts — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
- secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
- secundogeniture — the state of being the second born child
- securicor guard — a guard who works for Securicor
- self-diagnostic — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
- shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
- shoulder charge — an instance of a player charging into another so that there is contact between their shoulders (permissible in some circumstances)
- social spending — the money that is spent on welfare payments
- sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
- stage direction — an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
- suicide bombing — a terrorist bomb attack in which the perpetrator knows that he or she will be killed in the explosion
- the common good — If you do something for the common good, you do it for the benefit or advantage of everyone.
- the-city-of-god — Latin De Civitate Dei. a work in 22 books (a.d. 413–26) by St. Augustine of Hippo, expounding an early Christian view of society and history.
- to change hands — When something changes hands, its ownership changes, usually because it is sold to someone else.
- torre del greco — a city in SW Italy, near Naples.
- unchoreographed — not choreographed; not pre-arranged or pre-prepared; unplanned
- uncomprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- uncondescending — showing or implying a usually patronizing descent from dignity or superiority: They resented the older neighbors' condescending cordiality.
- uncorresponding — identical in all essentials or respects: corresponding fingerprints.
- video recording — sth filmed on videotape
- weekend cottage — a cottage where people spend weekends
- well-recognized — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- 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.
- word processing — writing, editing, and production of documents, as letters, reports, and books, through the use of a computer program or a complete computer system designed to facilitate rapid and efficient manipulation of text. Abbreviation: WP.