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

  • gluteus medius — the muscle of the buttocks lying between the gluteus maximus and the gluteus minimus, involved in the abduction of the thigh.
  • gold medallist — the winner of competition or race, who is awarded a gold medal
  • golden section — a ratio between two portions of a line, or the two dimensions of a plane figure, in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the sum of both: a ratio of approximately 0.618 to 1.000.
  • golden thistle — Spanish oyster plant.
  • goncalves dias — Antonio [an-taw-nyoo] /ɛ̃ˈtɔ nyʊ/ (Show IPA), 1823–64, Brazilian poet.
  • goodfellowship — cheerful company
  • grade crossing — an intersection of a railroad track and another track, a road, etc., at the same level.
  • grand seigneur — a dignified or aristocratic man
  • graphic design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, especially to produce a specific effect.
  • grease-stained — stained with grease marks
  • great kiskadee — any of several American flycatchers of the genus Pitangus, especially P. sulphuratus (great kiskadee) ranging from the southwest U.S. to Argentina and noted for their loud calls and aggressive nature.
  • greetings card — A greetings card is a folded card with a picture on the front and greetings inside that you give or send to someone, for example on their birthday.
  • groundskeeping — The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution.
  • guided missile — an aerial missile, as a rocket, steered during its flight by radio signals, clockwork controls, etc.
  • gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
  • heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
  • hedge clippers — clippers or shears used to trim hedges
  • highhandedness — The property of being highhanded.
  • highland dress — the historical costume, including the plaid, kilt or filibeg, and bonnet, as worn by Highland clansmen and soldiers
  • highland games — a meeting in which competitions in sport, piping, and dancing are held: originating in the Highlands of Scotland
  • 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 a good seam — doing well, esp financially
  • in good season — early enough
  • 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)!
  • indigenisation — Alternative spelling of indigenization.
  • indigenousness — The quality or state of being indigenous.
  • inland passage — Inside Passage
  • inside passage — protected sea route along the W coast of North America, from Seattle, Wash., to the N part of the Alas. panhandle: the route uses channels and straits between islands and the mainland: c. 950 mi (1,529 km) long
  • judgementalism — Alternative form of judgmentalism.
  • 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.
  • killing fields — People sometimes refer to a battlefield or a place where many people have been killed as that place's killing fields.
  • kindergartners — Plural form of kindergartner.
  • king-sized bed — A king-sized bed is a bed that is the largest size available.
  • kissing bridge — a covered bridge.
  • landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
  • landing wheels — wheels that a plane lowers when it is going to land
  • laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
  • lead poisoning — Pathology. a toxic condition produced by ingestion, inhalation, or skin absorption of lead or lead compounds, resulting in various dose-related symptoms including anemia, nausea, muscle weakness, confusion, blindness, and coma. Also called plumbism, saturnism. this condition occurring in adults whose work involves contact with lead products.
  • lovingkindness — kindness or affectionate behavior resulting from or expressing love
  • marriage bonds — the strong feeling of being united that is associated with marriage
  • methodologists — Plural form of methodologist.
  • middle english — the English language of the period c1150–c1475. Abbreviation: ME.
  • middle passage — the part of the Atlantic Ocean between the west coast of Africa and the West Indies: the longest part of the journey formerly made by slave ships.
  • middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
  • midnight feast — a snack or many snacks eaten around midnight
  • miscategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
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