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15-letter words containing d, e, a, n, g

  • registered name — the official or trademark name of something such as a product or company
  • rendering plant — a factory where waste products and livestock carcasses are converted into industrial fats and oils (such as tallow, used to make soap) and other products (such as fertilizer)
  • reviewing stand — A reviewing stand is a special raised platform from which military and political leaders watch military parades.
  • rolling meadows — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • rough and ready — rough, rude, or crude, but good enough for the purpose: a rough-and-ready estimate of future expenses.
  • rough-and-ready — rough, rude, or crude, but good enough for the purpose: a rough-and-ready estimate of future expenses.
  • routeing domain — (networking)   (US "routing") A set of routers that exchange routeing information within an administrative domain.
  • rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • santa gertrudis — one of an American breed of beef cattle, developed from Shorthorn and Brahman stock for endurance to torrid temperatures.
  • saw-edged knife — a knife with a serrated edge
  • scanning device — any of various devices used in medical diagnosis to obtain an image of an internal organ or part
  • scrounge around — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
  • sebaceous gland — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
  • second language — a language learned by a person after his or her native language, especially as a resident of an area where it is in general use.
  • second mortgage — a mortgage the lien of which is next in priority to a first mortgage.
  • secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
  • seeding machine — a machine for sowing seeds
  • self-diagnostic — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
  • self-validating — requiring no external confirmation, sanction, or validation.
  • shire highlands — an upland area of S Malawi. Average height: 900 m (3000 ft)
  • shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
  • silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
  • single standard — a single set of principles or rules applying to everyone, as a single moral code applying to both men and women, especially in sexual behavior. Compare double standard.
  • single-breasted — (of a coat, jacket, etc.) having a front closure directly in the center with only a narrow overlap secured by a single button or row of buttons.
  • single-handedly — in a single-handed manner; single-handed.
  • single-sideband — of or pertaining to a system of radio transmission in which one of the two sidebands produced during modulation is suppressed
  • sleight of hand — skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain.
  • smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
  • snaggle toothed — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
  • snaggle-toothed — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
  • social spending — the money that is spent on welfare payments
  • sound deadening — a process or material that reduces the resonance or volume of sound
  • spread sampling — the selection of a corpus for statistical analysis by selecting a number of short passages at random throughout the work and considering their aggregation
  • stage direction — an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
  • standing charge — fixed energy costs
  • standing orders — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
  • starting handle — a crank used to start the motor of an automobile.
  • steamed pudding — a traditional pudding containing fat, sugar, eggs, flour, and other ingredients, which is steamed
  • stranger danger — the potential or perceived risk posed by unknown people to children and about which it may be advisable to warn them
  • subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
  • surgical needle — a needle for suturing.
  • take down a peg — to lower the pride or conceit of; humble or dispirit
  • take lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
  • target audience — the target audience of a programme is the group of people that the programme-makers are trying to persuade to watch or listen to it
  • the living dead — dead people that have been brought back to life by a supernatural force
  • the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
  • thought reading — mind reading.
  • to change hands — When something changes hands, its ownership changes, usually because it is sold to someone else.
  • toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
  • tracking device — an electronic security device which allows you to monitor the location of a person or object, esp a vehicle
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