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

  • skinny-dipping — to swim in the nude.
  • skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
  • slant drilling — Slant drilling is drilling at an angle of usually 30° to 45°.
  • 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.
  • smooth dogfish — any of several requiem sharks having no spines in front of the dorsal fin, especially Mustelus canis, ranging along the American coast of the Atlantic Ocean.
  • social dancing — dancing performed by couples or by groups, usually as a form of recreation.
  • social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
  • soldering iron — an instrument for melting and applying solder.
  • solid geometry — the geometry of solid figures; geometry of three dimensions.
  • solids loading — The solids loading is the amount of suspended solids in a substance.
  • 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.
  • sounding board — a thin, resonant plate of wood forming part of a musical instrument, and so placed as to enhance the power and quality of the tone.
  • sounding-block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
  • 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.
  • spiral binding — a binding, as for a notebook or booklet, in which the pages are fastened together by a spiral of wire or plastic that coils through a series of holes punched along one side of each page and the front and back covers.
  • 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.
  • spring binding — a method of securing loose sheets of paper in a binder, using a mechanism containing a metal spring
  • spring molding — a molded board, as one forming part of a cornice, placed diagonally and secured at the ends to two surfaces intersecting at a right angle.
  • springboarding — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
  • square-dancing — the activity of taking part in a square dance
  • stabbing board — A stabbing board is a platform in the derrick, on which the derrickhand stands to run in casing.
  • 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 start — the start of a race where participants begin from a standing or upright position
  • 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 morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
  • sunday opening — the act of allowing shops and businesses to open on a Sunday
  • sunday trading — the fact of opening a shop or business 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
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