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14-letter words containing d, e, i, g

  • siegfried line — a zone of fortifications in W Germany facing the Maginot Line, constructed in the years preceding World War II.
  • signed english — a form of communication employing the signs of American Sign Language but using English grammar in place of ASL syntax and using invented forms for English grammatical elements, such as of, to, the, and -ing, where no ASL sign exists.
  • silver wedding — a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
  • silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
  • single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
  • single density — a disk with the normal capacity for storage
  • single-engined — (of an aircraft) having only one engine
  • single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
  • slide magazine — a piece of equipment that holds slides and pushes them into a projector
  • sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
  • soldering iron — an instrument for melting and applying solder.
  • solid geometry — the geometry of solid figures; geometry of three dimensions.
  • sound engineer — A sound engineer is a person who works in a recording studio or for a radio or television company, and whose job it is to alter and balance the levels of different sounds as they are recorded.
  • sovereign debt — the debt of a national government, esp debt that is issued in a foreign currency
  • spanish dagger — a stemless or short-trunked plant, Yucca gloriosa, of the agave family, native to the southeastern U.S., having leaves nearly 2½ feet (75 cm) long, with a stiff, sharp point, and greenish-white or reddish flowers nearly 4 inches (10 cm) wide.
  • 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.
  • spellbindingly — in a spellbinding manner
  • spending money — money for small personal expenses.
  • spending power — income available for spending
  • spending spree — a brief period of extravagant spending
  • spindle-legged — (used with a plural verb) long, thin legs.
  • spit and image — a person who bears a strong physical resemblance to another, esp to a relative
  • sponge pudding — a light steamed or baked pudding, spongy in texture, made with various flavourings or fruit
  • spread betting — Spread betting is a form of gambling that involves predicting a range of possible scores or results rather than one particular score or result.
  • square-dancing — the activity of taking part in a square dance
  • stage designer — someone who designs the physical appearance of the stage, using backdrops, props, etc
  • stage director — a person who directs a theatrical production.
  • standing order — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
  • standing water — still water that has stagnated
  • 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-ahead — not deviating from what is usual or expected; conventional or traditional; standard: a straight-ahead novel with a happy ending.
  • 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)
  • striped gopher — a ground squirrel marked with stripes, especially the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
  • sucking diesel — doing very well; successful
  • sugar diabetes — diabetes mellitus
  • summer pudding — a pudding made by filling a bread-lined basin with a purée of fruit, leaving it to soak, and then turning it out
  • sunday opening — the act of allowing shops and businesses to open on a Sunday
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
  • tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
  • tariff heading — the description of a product attached to a tariff line
  • 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
  • teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
  • teeth grinding — habitual, purposeless clenching and grinding of the teeth, especially during sleep.
  • tendovaginitis — the swelling of both a tendon and its sheath
  • testing ground — place where sth is tested
  • the done thing — If you say that something is the done thing, you mean it is the most socially acceptable way to behave.
  • the grenadines — a chain of about 600 islets in the Caribbean, part of the Windward Islands, extending for about 100 km (60 miles) between St Vincent and Grenada and divided administratively between the two states. Largest island: Carriacou
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