15-letter words containing d, o, g, i, s
- interior design — the design and coordination of the decorative elements of the interior of a house, apartment, office, or other structural space, including color schemes, fittings, furnishings, and sometimes architectural features.
- island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
- it's a good job — If you say it's a good thing, or in British English it's a good job, that something is the case, you mean that it is fortunate.
- kangaroo island — an island in the Indian Ocean, off South Australia. Area: 4350 sq km (1680 sq miles)
- kingdom of ends — (in Kantian ethics) a metaphorical realm to which belong those persons acting and being acted upon in accordance with moral law.
- kingsford-smith — Sir Charles (Edward). 1897–1935, Australian aviator and pioneer (with Charles Ulm) of trans-Pacific and trans-Tasman flights
- leading counsel — the more senior of two counsels
- logical address — virtual address
- longshore drift — beach drift.
- longsightedness — Farsight; farsightedness; far sight; long sight.
- loving-kindness — tender kindness motivated by or expressing affection.
- madison heights — a city in SE Michigan: suburb of Detroit.
- magnesium oxide — magnesia.
- manganese oxide — a type of metallic oxide used to colour glass purple
- marching orders — military orders, esp to infantry, giving instructions about a march, its destination, etc
- mis-categorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- miscoordinating — of the same order or degree; equal in rank or importance.
- mogi das cruzes — a city in SE Brazil, E of São Paulo.
- mohandas gandhi — Indira [in-deer-uh] /ɪnˈdɪər ə/ (Show IPA), 1917–84, Indian political leader: prime minister 1966–77 and 1980–84 (daughter of Jawaharlal Nehru).
- mouse droppings — 1. (graphics, operating system, jargon) Pixels (usually single) that are not properly restored when the mouse pointer moves away from a particular location on the screen, producing the appearance that the mouse pointer has left droppings behind. The major causes for this problem are MS-DOS programs that write to the screen memory corresponding to the mouse pointer's current location without hiding the mouse pointer first, and mouse drivers that do not quite support the graphics mode in use. 2. (web, jargon) The client address recorded in a web server's log whenever a client connects to a site. Users may be unaware that their activity is being logged in this way but the potential for misuse of the information is limited.
- moving sidewalk — a moving surface, similar to a conveyor belt, for carrying pedestrians.
- nitrogen oxides — Nitrogen oxides are compounds of nitrogen and oxygen produced during combustion.
- non-diminishing — to make or cause to seem smaller, less, less important, etc.; lessen; reduce.
- non-disparaging — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
- nonslaveholding — Not slaveholding.
- nonwithstanding — Misspelling of notwithstanding.
- north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- notwithstanding — in spite of; without being opposed or prevented by: Notwithstanding a brilliant defense, he was found guilty. She went to the game anyway, doctor's orders notwithstanding.
- nuisance ground — a garbage dump.
- obsidian dating — a method of dating obsidian artifacts or debitage by calculating how long it has taken to produce a given thickness of a hydration layer within such matter.
- old age pension — An old age pension is a regular amount of money that people receive from the government when they have retired from work.
- oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
- oligosaccharide — any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis, as two, three, or four.
- one-night stand — a single performance in one locale, as by a touring theatrical company, before moving on to the next engagement.
- organic disease — a disease in which there is a structural alteration (opposed to functional disease).
- organized chaos — a complex situation or process that appears chaotic while having enough order to achieve progress or goals
- outstandingness — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
- paphian goddess — Aphrodite, worshiped in Cyprus as the goddess of sexual love.
- pedagoguishness — the quality of being pedagoguish
- posthole digger — a tool or device for digging a posthole.
- prestidigitator — sleight of hand; legerdemain.
- pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
- psychodiagnosis — a psychological examination using psychodiagnostic techniques.
- ramrod straight — having a very straight figure
- random sampling — a method of selecting a sample (random sample) from a statistical population in such a way that every possible sample that could be selected has a predetermined probability of being selected.
- registered bond — a bond recorded in the name of the owner.
- registered port — (networking) Any TCP or UDP port with a number in the range 1025 to 65535 (i.e. not a well-known port) that is registered with IANA.
- registered post — a Post Office service by which compensation is paid for loss or damage to mail for which a registration fee has been paid
- religious order — monks: monastery
- rendering works — (used with a singular verb) a factory or plant that renders and processes livestock carcasses into tallow, hides, fertilizer, etc.