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14-letter words containing d, r, o, g, u

  • long-drawn-out — lasting a very long time; protracted: a long-drawn-out story.
  • mangold-wurzel — mangel-wurzel.
  • merry-go-round — Also called carousel, carrousel. (in amusement parks, carnivals, etc.) a revolving, circular platform with wooden horses or other animals, benches, etc., on which people may sit or ride, usually to the accompaniment of mechanical or recorded music.
  • middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
  • modular prolog — An interpreter for SB-Prolog version 3.1 extended with ML-style modules. Runs on SPARC. Distributed under GNU General Public License.
  • moulding board — a board on which dough is kneaded
  • mourning bride — a plant, Scabiosa atropurpurea, native to Europe, cultivated for its purple, reddish, or white flowers.
  • muddle through — to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
  • muhammad ghori — Mohammed of Ghor.
  • multigrade oil — Multigrade oil is engine or gear oil which works well at both low and high temperatures.
  • national guard — state military forces, in part equipped, trained, and quartered by the U.S. government, and paid by the U.S. government, that become an active component of the army when called into federal service by the president in civil emergencies. Compare militia (def 2).
  • neighbourhoods — Plural form of neighbourhood.
  • neurodivergent — Having an atypical neurological configuration.
  • neuroradiology — the branch of radiology dealing with the central nervous system
  • neutral ground — a median strip on a highway or boulevard, especially one planted with grass.
  • nitroguanidine — (chemistry) A colourless, crystalline solid manufactured from guanine and used in explosives and pesticides.
  • off the ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
  • old portuguese — the language of Portugal as spoken and written from the 14th to the middle of the 16th centuries.
  • on firm ground — in a safe situation
  • on home ground — If you say that someone is on their home ground, you mean that they are in or near where they work or live, and feel confident and secure because of this.
  • on one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
  • on the upgrade — improving or progressing, as in importance, status, health, etc
  • overindulgence — excessive indulgence
  • periodic group — (database)   (PE) Groups of logically related fields which occur multiple times within a group. Periodic groups are a non-relational technique. An example of a PE would be for storing the history of a person's name changes, where name was kept in logically related fields such as surname, first name and middle name - with the person having changed their name more than once.
  • postgraduation — designating or occurring in the period after graduation
  • pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
  • powdered sugar — a sugar produced by pulverizing granulated sugar, especially a coarser variety used for fruits or cold beverages. Symbol: XX.
  • producer goods — goods, such as raw materials and machines, that are used in producing other goods
  • proving ground — any place, context, or area for testing something, as a piece of scientific equipment, a theory, etc.
  • pseudo-generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
  • pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
  • pumped storage — a system for generating hydroelectric power for peak periods by pumping water from a lower to a higher reservoir during low-demand periods and then releasing it during peak periods.
  • queer-sounding — that sounds odd or strange
  • radioautograph — autoradiograph.
  • revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
  • rounding error — an error introduced into a computation by the need to perform rounding
  • shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
  • silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
  • 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.
  • sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
  • sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
  • testing ground — place where sth is tested
  • thought-reader — someone who can read minds or psychically know others' thoughts
  • through bridge — a bridge in which the track is carried by the lower horizontal members
  • to gather dust — If you say that something is gathering dust, you mean that it has been left somewhere and nobody is using it or doing anything with it.
  • trudgen stroke — a swimming stroke in which a double overarm motion and a scissors kick are used
  • turbo debugger — (programming)   A source-level debugger designed for use with Borland and other compilers.
  • uncrowned king — a man or woman of high status among a certain group
  • under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
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