14-letter words containing e, d, g, r, t, o
- dragon's teeth — conical or wedge-shaped concrete antitank obstacles protruding from the ground in rows: used in World War II
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- droit des gens — law of nations; international law.
- dusting powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- dusting-powder — a powder used on the skin, especially to relieve irritation or absorb moisture.
- editorializing — Present participle of editorialize.
- electrogilding — electroplating using gold
- exploding star — an irregular variable star, such as a nova, supernova, or flare star, in which rapid increases in luminosity occur, caused by some form of explosion
- food-gathering — procuring food by hunting or fishing or the gathering of seeds, berries, or roots, rather than by the cultivation of plants or the domestication of animals; foraging.
- gastroduodenal — of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum
- gaudi i cornet — Antoni [ahn-taw-nee] /ɑnˈtɔ ni/ (Show IPA), 1852–1926, Spanish architect and designer.
- geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
- get rid of sth — When you get rid of something that you do not want or do not like, you take action so that you no longer have it or suffer from it.
- give credit to — to have confidence or trust in; believe
- golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
- golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
- golden ragwort — any of various composite plants of the genus Senecio, as S. jacobaea, of the Old World, having yellow flowers and irregularly lobed leaves, or S. aureus (golden ragwort) of North America, also having yellow flowers.
- good afternoon — greeting
- good-time girl — a young woman whose chief concern is seeking pleasure and having fun
- gordon bennett — an exclamation of surprise
- graeffe method — a method, involving the squaring of roots, for approximating the solutions to algebraic equations.
- graveyard slot — the hours from late night until early morning when the number of people watching television is at its lowest
- great doxology — Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
- great red spot — a large, usually reddish gaseous vortex on the surface of Jupiter, about 14,000 by 30,000 km, that drifts about slowly as the planet rotates and has been observed for several hundred years.
- great-grandson — a grandson of one's son or daughter.
- greater london — Jack, 1876–1916, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
- groote eylandt — an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria off the coast of NE Australia. 950 sq. mi. (2461 sq. km).
- groundsel tree — a composite shrub, Baccharis halimifolia, having dull, gray-green leaves and fruit with tufts of long, white hair, growing in salt marshes of eastern North America.
- grow the beard — (of a TV series) to gain credibility or improve in quality during the course of a series following a specified development
- gunpowder plot — an unsuccessful plot to kill King James I and the assembled Lords and Commons by blowing up Parliament, November 5, 1605, in revenge for the laws against Roman Catholics.
- gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
- headstrongness — The property of being headstrong, stubbornness.
- hermit kingdom — Korea during the period, c1637–c1876, when it was cut off from contact with all countries except China.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- intergradation — the act or process of intergrading or the state of being intergraded.
- itching powder — a powder that causes itching when applied to human skin. usually used as a practical joke on an unsuspecting victim
- light-coloured — having a light colour
- linkage editor — linker
- linkage-editor — a system program that combines independently compiled object modules or load modules into a single load module.
- managed forest — a sustainable forest in which usually at least one tree is planted for every tree felled
- miscategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- mother goddess — Kālī.
- muddle through — to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
- multigrade oil — Multigrade oil is engine or gear oil which works well at both low and high temperatures.
- neurodivergent — Having an atypical neurological configuration.
- neutral ground — a median strip on a highway or boulevard, especially one planted with grass.
- nitrogen oxide — chemical compound of oxygen and nitrogen
- nitroguanidine — (chemistry) A colourless, crystalline solid manufactured from guanine and used in explosives and pesticides.
- non-degenerate — to fall below a normal or desirable level in physical, mental, or moral qualities; deteriorate: The morale of the soldiers degenerated, and they were unable to fight.
- non-derogation — to detract, as from authority, estimation, etc. (usually followed by from).