22-letter words containing d, i, g, n
- retrograde ejaculation — ejaculation of semen backward toward the bladder instead of forward through the urethra.
- santiago de compostela — a city in and the capital of Chile, in the central part.
- satellite broadcasting — the transmission of television or radio programmes from an artificial satellite at a power suitable for direct reception in the home
- saturday night special — a cheap, small-caliber handgun that is easily obtainable and concealable.
- saturday-night special — a cheap, small-caliber handgun that is easily obtainable and concealable.
- sick building syndrome — an illness caused by exposure to pollutants or germs inside an airtight building.
- sleeping accommodation — place where people can sleep
- social disorganization — disruption or breakdown of the structure of social relations and values resulting in the loss of social controls over individual and group behavior, the development of social isolation and conflict, and a sense of estrangement or alienation from the mainstream of one's culture; the condition or state of anomie.
- solomon islands pidgin — the variety of Neo-Melanesian spoken in the Solomon Islands and neighbouring islands
- special drawing rights — the reserve assets of the International Monetary Fund on which member nations may draw in proportion to their contribution to the Fund
- state registered nurse — (formerly in Britain) a nurse who had extensive training and passed examinations enabling him or her to perform all nursing services
- structured programming — the design and coding of programs by a methodology (top-down) that successively breaks problems into smaller, nested subunits.
- stuffing and stripping — (in marine transport) the packing and unpacking of containers
- subliminal advertising — a form of advertising on film or television that employs subliminal images to influence the viewer unconsciously
- swings and roundabouts — If you say that a situation is swings and roundabouts, you mean that there are as many gains as there are losses.
- take something as read — to take something for granted as a fact; understand or presume
- tapered roller bearing — a rolling bearing that uses tapered rollers running in coned races and is able to accept axial thrust as well as providing shaft location
- the (great) depression — the period of economic depression which began in 1929 and lasted through most of the 1930s
- the edinburgh festival — an arts festival held in Edinburgh in August
- the golden gate bridge — a bridge crossing the strait between the Pacific and San Francisco Bay, with a central span of 1280 m (4200 ft)
- through thick and thin — having relatively great extent from one surface or side to the opposite; not thin: a thick slice.
- to be in running order — if something is in running order it is functioning correctly and efficiently
- underground combustion — Underground combustion is the process of heating oil to allow it to flow more easily and make it easier to recover.
- wardour street english — affectedly archaic speech or writing
- water under the bridge — If you say that an event or incident is water under the bridge, you mean that it has happened and cannot now be changed, so there is no point in worrying about it any more.
- william lloyd garrison — William Lloyd, 1805–79, U.S. leader in the abolition movement.
- windows for workgroups — (operating system) (WFW, WFWG) A version of Windows 3.1 which works with a network. Although stand-alone 3.1 can be networked, the installation and configuration is much improved with Windows for Workgroups (3.1). Windows for Workgroups 3.11 was a significant upgrade to WFW 3.1, adding 32-bit file access, fax capability and higher performance.
- within-subjects design — (of an experiment) concerned with measuring the value of the dependent variable for the same subjects under the various experimental conditions
- wrong end of the stick — a complete misunderstanding of a situation, explanation, etc
- ysbaddaden chief-giant — the father of Olwen.