14-letter words containing d, e, g, r, s
- groundsel tree — a composite shrub, Baccharis halimifolia, having dull, gray-green leaves and fruit with tufts of long, white hair, growing in salt marshes of eastern North America.
- groundskeepers — Plural form of groundskeeper.
- groundskeeping — The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution.
- gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
- half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- headstrongness — The property of being headstrong, stubbornness.
- hedge clippers — clippers or shears used to trim hedges
- highland dress — the historical costume, including the plaid, kilt or filibeg, and bonnet, as worn by Highland clansmen and soldiers
- honours degree — a degree at honours level
- hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
- hybrid testing — (testing) A combination of top-down testing with bottom-up testing of prioritised or available components.
- hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- in this regard — on this point
- index register — (processor) A register found in some CPUs, whose contents can be added to the address operand to give the effective address. Incrementing the index register then allows the program to access the next location in memory and so on, making it very useful for working with arrays or blocks of memory. Index registers first appeared around April 1949 in the Manchester Mark I. The Mark I's index register's contents were simply added to the entire instruction, thus potentially changing the opcode (see The story of Mel)!
- jumping spider — any of several small, hairy spiders, of the family Salticidae, that stalk and jump upon their prey instead of snaring it in a web.
- kindergartners — Plural form of kindergartner.
- kissing bridge — a covered bridge.
- landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- league leaders — the team at the top of a league
- magdeburg laws — the local laws of the city of Magdeburg, which were adopted by many European cities in the middle ages
- managed forest — a sustainable forest in which usually at least one tree is planted for every tree felled
- marriage bonds — the strong feeling of being united that is associated with marriage
- middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
- miscategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- modern english — the English language since c1475.
- monoglycerides — Plural form of monoglyceride.
- mother goddess — Kālī.
- neighbourhoods — Plural form of neighbourhood.
- non-discerning — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
- old portuguese — the language of Portugal as spoken and written from the 14th to the middle of the 16th centuries.
- on one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- overland stage — a stagecoach used in the western U.S. during the middle of the 19th century.
- oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
- passenger door — a car door that is used by a passenger
- passenger side — the side of a car which is not the driver's side
- piedras negras — a city in N Mexico, on the Rio Grande.
- porgy and bess — an opera (1935) with music by George Gershwin and lyrics by Ira Gershwin.
- porter's lodge — a room near the entrance of a public building such as a college, which is occupied by the porter
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- powdered sugar — a sugar produced by pulverizing granulated sugar, especially a coarser variety used for fruits or cold beverages. Symbol: XX.
- power dressing — a style of dressing in severely tailored suits, adopted by some women executives to project an image of efficiency
- predesignation — to designate beforehand.
- predesignatory — in the terminology of Sir William Hamilton, (of a sign) affixed to a proposition or term to indicate quantity
- pressure ridge — a ridge produced on floating ice by buckling or crushing under lateral pressure of wind or ice.
- producer goods — goods, such as raw materials and machines, that are used in producing other goods
- progress board — a department of an organization, company, etc, that oversees and ensures progress, advance or development
- prostate gland — an organ that surrounds the urethra of males at the base of the bladder, comprising a muscular portion, which controls the release of urine, and a glandular portion, which secretes an alkaline fluid that makes up part of the semen and enhances the motility and fertility of sperm.