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14-letter words containing d, i

  • go into detail — elaborate, recount more fully
  • go to bed with — a piece of furniture upon which or within which a person sleeps, rests, or stays when not well.
  • gold medallist — the winner of competition or race, who is awarded a gold medal
  • golden jubilee — the celebration of any of certain anniversaries, as the twenty-fifth (silver jubilee) fiftieth (golden jubilee) or sixtieth or seventy-fifth (diamond jubilee)
  • golden section — a ratio between two portions of a line, or the two dimensions of a plane figure, in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the sum of both: a ratio of approximately 0.618 to 1.000.
  • golden thistle — Spanish oyster plant.
  • golden wedding — the fiftieth anniversary of a wedding.
  • gonadectomized — Having undergone gonadectomy.
  • goncalves dias — Antonio [an-taw-nyoo] /ɛ̃ˈtɔ nyʊ/ (Show IPA), 1823–64, Brazilian poet.
  • good samaritan — a person who gratuitously gives help or sympathy to those in distress. Luke 10:30–37.
  • good-time girl — a young woman whose chief concern is seeking pleasure and having fun
  • goodfellowship — cheerful company
  • goodnight kiss — a kiss given to a person before going home or going to sleep
  • gouldian finch — a multicoloured finch, Chloebia gouldiae, of tropical N Australia
  • governing body — board, regulatory authority
  • grade crossing — an intersection of a railroad track and another track, a road, etc., at the same level.
  • graduation day — the day on which the ceremony is held at which university or college degrees and diplomas are conferred
  • grand junction — a city in W Colorado.
  • grand seigneur — a dignified or aristocratic man
  • grande prairie — a city in W Alberta, in W Canada.
  • grandfathering — Present participle of grandfather.
  • grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • granny dumping — the abandonment of an elderly person, especially a relative, at a hospital, bus station, etc.
  • graphic design — the art or profession of visual communication that combines images, words, and ideas to convey information to an audience, especially to produce a specific effect.
  • grease-stained — stained with grease marks
  • great kiskadee — any of several American flycatchers of the genus Pitangus, especially P. sulphuratus (great kiskadee) ranging from the southwest U.S. to Argentina and noted for their loud calls and aggressive nature.
  • green verditer — either of two pigments, consisting usually of carbonate of copper prepared by grinding either azurite (blue verditer) or malachite (green verditer)
  • greetings card — A greetings card is a folded card with a picture on the front and greetings inside that you give or send to someone, for example on their birthday.
  • gregorian mode — church mode.
  • grid capacitor — a capacitor connected in series with the grid.
  • grid reference — geographical co-ordinates
  • grid variation — the angle, at any point on the surface of the earth, between the magnetic and true meridians passing through that point.
  • gridwall panel — A gridwall panel is a metal grid that can be hung on a wall and used for displaying goods.
  • grinding wheel — a wheel composed of abrasive material, used for grinding.
  • groundbreaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
  • 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.
  • group medicine — the practice of medicine by a number of specialists working together in association
  • grylloblattids — Plural form of grylloblattid.
  • guardian angel — an angel believed to protect a particular person, as from danger or error.
  • guided imagery — a relaxation technique in which words, sounds, etc., are used to evoke positive mental images, feelings, and thoughts.
  • guided missile — an aerial missile, as a rocket, steered during its flight by radio signals, clockwork controls, etc.
  • guided writing — In language teaching, when students do guided writing activities, they are given an outline in words or pictures to help them write.
  • guido d'arezzo — (Guido Aretinus"Fra Guittone") c995–1049? Italian monk and music theorist: reformer of musical notation.
  • gull-wing door — a car door that opens upwards
  • gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
  • haberdasheries — Plural form of haberdashery.
  • hadrian's wall — a wall of defense for the Roman province of Britain, constructed by Hadrian between Solway Firth and the mouth of the Tyne.
  • hair's breadth — A hair's breadth is a very small degree or amount.
  • hair's-breadth — a very small space or distance: We escaped an accident by a hairsbreadth.
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