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14-letter words containing d, i, g, n, s, t

  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
  • 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
  • tendovaginitis — the swelling of both a tendon and its sheath
  • testing ground — place where sth is tested
  • 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
  • thunder thighs — thick-set upper legs
  • trading estate — industrial area
  • un-distracting — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
  • under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
  • understandings — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
  • understrapping — subordinate or inferior
  • unextinguished — to put out (a fire, light, etc.); put out the flame of (something burning or lighted): to extinguish a candle.
  • watling island — San Salvador (def 1).
  • weight density — the weight per unit volume of a substance or object.
  • whistling duck — any of several long-legged, chiefly tropical ducks of the genus Dendrocygna, most of which have whistling cries.
  • wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling
  • xenodiagnostic — of or relating to xenodiagnosis
  • yield strength — the stress necessary to produce a given inelastic strain in a material.
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