14-letter words containing d, i, s, g, u
- gluteus medius — the muscle of the buttocks lying between the gluteus maximus and the gluteus minimus, involved in the abduction of the thigh.
- grand seigneur — a dignified or aristocratic man
- groundskeeping — The activity of tending an area of land for aesthetic or functional purposes; typically as an employee of a person or institution.
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- guided missile — an aerial missile, as a rocket, steered during its flight by radio signals, clockwork controls, etc.
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- hundredweights — Plural form of hundredweight.
- hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- indigenousness — The quality or state of being indigenous.
- judgementalism — Alternative form of judgmentalism.
- jumping spider — any of several small, hairy spiders, of the family Salticidae, that stalk and jump upon their prey instead of snaring it in a web.
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- light industry — consumer goods manufacturing
- middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
- neighbourhoods — Plural form of neighbourhood.
- 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.
- postgraduation — designating or occurring in the period after graduation
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- pressure ridge — a ridge produced on floating ice by buckling or crushing under lateral pressure of wind or ice.
- 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.
- queer-sounding — that sounds odd or strange
- reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
- scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
- security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
- self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
- self-indulgent — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
- semiconducting — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a semiconductor.
- shawinigan-sud — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, S of Shawinigan.
- shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
- 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.
- sponge pudding — a light steamed or baked pudding, spongy in texture, made with various flavourings or fruit
- square-dancing — the activity of taking part in a square dance
- 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
- take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
- testing ground — place where sth is tested
- thunder thighs — thick-set upper legs
- un-distracting — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.