14-letter words containing d, a, y, g
- palaeopedology — the study of ancient soils
- partridgeberry — a North American trailing plant, Mitchella repens, of the madder family, having roundish evergreen leaves, fragrant white flowers, and scarlet berries.
- payday lending — the practice of offering short-term loans at high rates of interest, on the agreement that the borrower will pay back the loan when he or she next receives a wage or salary
- perhydrogenate — to hydrogenate as completely as possible.
- pin grid array — (hardware) (PGA) A style of integrated circuit socket or pin-out with pins laid out on a square or rectangular grid with a separation of 0.1 inch in each direction. The pins near the centre of the array are often missing. PGA is often used on motherboards for processors, e.g. Socket 6 and Socket 8. PPGA is "plastic PGA" (as opposed to ceramic?). See also SPGA.
- poetry reading — a public recital or rendering of a poem
- porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
- predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
- pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
- pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
- quadrangularly — in a quadrangular manner
- radiant energy — energy transmitted in wave motion, especially electromagnetic wave motion.
- radiologically — of or relating to radiology.
- railway bridge — a bridge built to carry a railway over a road, river, etc
- sailing dinghy — a small boat or dinghy with a single mast, used esp for recreational sailing
- salivary gland — any of several glands, as the submaxillary glands, that secrete saliva.
- 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-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
- sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
- sivananda yoga — a gentle form of yoga which concentrates on breathing control, stretching, and silent meditation
- skiing holiday — a holiday taken (esp to somewhere that it snows) for the purpose of going skiing
- sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
- sunday opening — the act of allowing shops and businesses to open on a Sunday
- sunday trading — the fact of opening a shop or business on a Sunday
- tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
- topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
- undespairingly — in an undespairing manner
- undogmatically — in an undogmatic manner
- upgradeability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.
- varnishing day — vernissage (def 1).
- victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
- wild hydrangea — a shrub, Hydrangea arborescens, of the saxifrage family, common throughout the eastern half of the U.S., having egg-shaped leaves and a rounded cluster of white flowers.
- yard-long bean — asparagus bean.
- young marrieds — young married people