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

  • 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.
  • light industry — consumer goods manufacturing
  • lovingkindness — kindness or affectionate behavior resulting from or expressing love
  • marriage bonds — the strong feeling of being united that is associated with marriage
  • marsh marigold — a yellow-flowered plant, Caltha palustris, of the buttercup family, growing in marshes and meadows; cowslip.
  • 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.
  • misidentifying — Present participle of misidentify.
  • mixed blessing — something that, although generally favorable or advantageous, has one or more unfavorable or disadvantageous features.
  • mixed feelings — conflicted emotions
  • modern english — the English language since c1475.
  • monoglycerides — Plural form of monoglyceride.
  • morris dancing — Morris dancing is a type of old English country dancing which is performed by people wearing special costumes.
  • narcodiagnosis — the use of drugs to produce narcosis as an aid in diagnosis.
  • neighbourhoods — Plural form of neighbourhood.
  • non-discerning — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
  • non-indigenous — originating in and characteristic of a particular region or country; native (often followed by to): the plants indigenous to Canada; the indigenous peoples of southern Africa.
  • 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
  • paradigm shift — a dramatic change in the paradigm of a scientific community, or a change from one scientific paradigm to another.
  • passenger side — the side of a car which is not the driver's side
  • pidgin english — a pidgin language based on English formerly used in commerce in Chinese ports.
  • piedras negras — a city in N Mexico, on the Rio Grande.
  • pigeon-chested — having a narrow chest that sticks out at the front in an unusual way
  • piston-engined — powered by a piston engine
  • poison dogwood — poison sumac.
  • postgraduation — designating or occurring in the period after graduation
  • pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
  • 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.
  • propagandistic — a person involved in producing or spreading propaganda.
  • pseudepigrapha — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
  • pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
  • pseudo-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
  • pseudo-generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
  • pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
  • queer-sounding — that sounds odd or strange
  • radiodiagnosis — diagnosis by means of radiography or radioscopy.
  • ranch dressing — seasoned mayonnaise sauce
  • random testing — (programming, testing)   A black-box testing approach in which software is tested by choosing an arbitrary subset of all possible input values. Random testing helps to avoid the problem of only testing what you know will work.
  • realized gains — Realized gains are gains which have been made from the sale of an asset.
  • reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
  • riggs' disease — pyorrhea (def 2).
  • sailing dinghy — a small boat or dinghy with a single mast, used esp for recreational sailing
  • sailing orders — the final orders given to a ship's commander before sailing, concerning matters such as time of departure, destination, etc
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