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14-letter words containing d, i, l, n, g

  • pigeon-livered — meek-tempered; spiritless; mild.
  • planning board — development group
  • plotting board — Navigation. a transparent table on a ship, used as a plotting sheet.
  • policy wording — Policy wording is the terms and conditions and definitions of insurance coverage as they are written down in the insurance policy.
  • pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
  • pre-galvanized — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
  • prolog-d-linda — Embeds the Linda parallel paradigm into SISCtus Prolog.
  • pseudo-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
  • 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.
  • revolving door — an entrance door for excluding drafts from the interior of a building, usually consisting of four rigid leaves set in the form of a cross and rotating about a central, vertical pivot in the doorway.
  • revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
  • revolving-door — an entrance door for excluding drafts from the interior of a building, usually consisting of four rigid leaves set in the form of a cross and rotating about a central, vertical pivot in the doorway.
  • right and left — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
  • 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
  • salad dressing — a sauce for a salad, usually with a base of oil and vinegar or of mayonnaise.
  • salivary gland — any of several glands, as the submaxillary glands, that secrete saliva.
  • sandwich glass — any of various forms of glassware manufactured at Sandwich, Mass., from 1825 to c1890.
  • scaling ladder — a ladder for climbing high walls.
  • scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
  • scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
  • sedimentologic — of or relating to sedimentology
  • self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
  • self-deceiving — subject to self-deception; tending to deceive or fool oneself: a self-deceiving person.
  • self-defeating — serving to frustrate, thwart, etc., one's own intention or interests: His behavior was certainly self-defeating.
  • self-deserving — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
  • self-diagnosis — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
  • self-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
  • self-expanding — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
  • self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
  • self-indulgent — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
  • self-mediating — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
  • self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
  • semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
  • shooting lodge — a country house providing accommodation for a shooting party during the shooting season
  • side-splitting — convulsively uproarious: sidesplitting laughter.
  • siegfried line — a zone of fortifications in W Germany facing the Maginot Line, constructed in the years preceding World War II.
  • signed english — a form of communication employing the signs of American Sign Language but using English grammar in place of ASL syntax and using invented forms for English grammatical elements, such as of, to, the, and -ing, where no ASL sign exists.
  • silver wedding — a twenty-fifth wedding anniversary.
  • silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
  • single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
  • single density — a disk with the normal capacity for storage
  • single-engined — (of an aircraft) having only one engine
  • single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
  • skiing holiday — a holiday taken (esp to somewhere that it snows) for the purpose of going skiing
  • 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
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