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15-letter words containing e, c, g, d

  • organized crime — illegal activities co-ordinated by groups
  • oxygen cylinder — a metal cylinder containing oxygen under pressure
  • package holiday — a holiday arranged by a travel company in which your travel and accommodation are booked for you
  • packing density — a measure of the amount of data that can be held by unit length of a storage medium, such as magnetic tape
  • pectoral girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the forelimbs.
  • pelargonic acid — a colorless, oily, water-immiscible liquid, C 9 H 1 8 O 2 , occurring as an ester in a volatile oil in species of pelargonium: used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of lacquers and plastics.
  • perfect binding — a technique for binding books by a machine that cuts off the backs of the sections and glues the leaves to a cloth or paper backing.
  • pointing device — an input device, as a mouse, stylus, or joystick, used to control movement of a cursor or pointer.
  • predicate logic — (logic)   (Or "predicate calculus") An extension of propositional logic with separate symbols for predicates, subjects, and quantifiers. For example, where propositional logic might assign a single symbol P to the proposition "All men are mortal", predicate logic can define the predicate M(x) which asserts that the subject, x, is mortal and bind x with the universal quantifier ("For all"): All x . M(x) Higher-order predicate logic allows predicates to be the subjects of other predicates.
  • product manager — sb who oversees product development
  • pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
  • public spending — expenditure by central government, local authorities, and public enterprises
  • purchase ledger — a record of a company's purchases of goods and services showing the amounts paid and due
  • radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
  • receiving order — court order
  • record-breaking — top, most successful
  • recording angel — an angel who supposedly keeps a record of every person's good and bad acts
  • richard gabriel — (person)   (Dick, RPG) Dr. Richard P. Gabriel. A noted SAIL LISP hacker and volleyball fanatic. Consulting Professor of Computer Science at Stanford University. Richard Gabriel is a leader in the Lisp and OOP community, with years of contributions to standardisation. He founded the successful company, Lucid Technologies, Inc.. In 1996 he was Distinguished Computer Scientist at ParcPlace-Digitalk, Inc. (later renamed ObjectShare, Inc.). See also gabriel, Qlambda, QLISP, saga.
  • riding breeches — calf-length trousers of whipcord or other durable fabric, flaring at the sides of the thighs and fitting snugly at and below the knees, worn with riding boots for horseback riding, hunting, etc.
  • robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
  • scanning device — any of various devices used in medical diagnosis to obtain an image of an internal organ or part
  • scatter diagram — a graphic representation of bivariate data as a set of points in the plane that have Cartesian coordinates equal to corresponding values of the two variates.
  • scenic designer — a person whose job is to create the scenery for television, film and stage
  • schooner-rigged — rigged as a schooner, especially with gaff sails and staysails only.
  • scolding bridle — branks.
  • scrounge around — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
  • sebaceous gland — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
  • second blessing — an experience of sanctification coming after conversion.
  • second language — a language learned by a person after his or her native language, especially as a resident of an area where it is in general use.
  • second mortgage — a mortgage the lien of which is next in priority to a first mortgage.
  • second thoughts — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
  • secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
  • secundogeniture — the state of being the second born child
  • securicor guard — a guard who works for Securicor
  • seeding machine — a machine for sowing seeds
  • self-diagnostic — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
  • self-indulgence — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
  • shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
  • shoulder charge — an instance of a player charging into another so that there is contact between their shoulders (permissible in some circumstances)
  • social spending — the money that is spent on welfare payments
  • sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
  • speeding ticket — notice of traffic violation
  • stage direction — an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
  • standing charge — fixed energy costs
  • sticky-fingered — given to thieving
  • straight-backed — having a straight, usually high, back: a straight-backed chair.
  • subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
  • suicide bombing — a terrorist bomb attack in which the perpetrator knows that he or she will be killed in the explosion
  • surgical needle — a needle for suturing.
  • target audience — the target audience of a programme is the group of people that the programme-makers are trying to persuade to watch or listen to it
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