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15-letter words containing e, d, t

  • food technology — a branch of technology that is involved in the production of food
  • forbidden fruit — the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil, tasted by Adam and Eve against God's prohibition. Gen. 2:17; 3:3.
  • forecastle deck — a partial weather deck on top of a forecastle superstructure; topgallant forecastle.
  • forecastle head — the extreme fore part of a forecastle superstructure.
  • foresightedness — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
  • forest of arden — a region of N Warwickshire, part of a former forest: scene of Shakespeare's As You Like It
  • formation dance — any dance in which a number of couples form a certain arrangement, such as two facing lines or a circle, and perform a series of figures within or based on that arrangement
  • fort lauderdale — a city in SE Florida: seashore resort.
  • foster daughter — a girl raised like one's own daughter, though not such by birth or adoption.
  • founding father — The founding father of an institution, organization, or idea is the person who sets it up or who first develops it.
  • four-poster bed — bed: post at each corner
  • fraternal order — men's organization
  • frederick north — Christopher, pen name of John Wilson.
  • free-tailed bat — any of various small, swift, insect-eating bats of the family Molossidae, common in warm climates, having thick, leathery ears and a tail that projects well beyond the tail membrane.
  • free-trade zone — foreign-trade zone. free port (def 1). Abbreviation: FTZ.
  • freedom fighter — a fighter for freedom, especially a person who battles against established forces of tyranny and dictatorship.
  • french togoland — a former United Nations Trust Territory in W Africa, administered by France (1946–60), now the independent republic of Togo
  • freshwater drum — an edible drum, Aplodinotus grunniens, of the fresh waters of North and Central America, sometimes reaching a weight of 60 pounds (27 kg).
  • friend at court — a friend in a position of influence or power who may advance one's interests, especially a helpful person who is close to someone in authority.
  • frigidoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by cold.
  • fringed gentian — a plant of the genus Gentianopsis (or Gentiana), especially G. crinita, having a tubular blue corolla with four fringed petals.
  • ft-se 100 index — Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index
  • fundamental law — the organic law of a state, especially its constitution.
  • fundamentalists — Plural form of fundamentalist.
  • fundamentalness — The state or condition of being fundamental; essential importance.
  • furniture depot — a shop that sells the movable, generally functional, articles that equip a room, house, etc
  • gallant soldier — a South American plant, Galinsoga parviflora, widely distributed as a weed, having small daisy-like flowers surrounded by silvery scales: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • garboard strake — the first strake on each side of a keel.
  • gardening tools — tools used for gardening, such as a trowel, spade, rake, etc
  • gated community — a group of houses or apartment buildings protected by gates, walls, or other security measures.
  • gatefold sleeve — a record sleeve that opens out like a book
  • gender equality — the state of having the same rights, status, and opportunities as others, regardless of one's gender.
  • gender politics — debate about the roles and relations of men and women
  • general studies — a school subject that includes a variety of skills and topics (such as comprehension, and current affairs, which may complement the study of A-levels in specific subjects)
  • geodetic survey — a land area survey in which the curvature of the surface of the earth is taken into account.
  • get a handle on — that which may be held, seized, grasped, or taken advantage of in effecting a purpose: The clue was a handle for solving the mystery.
  • get any good of — to handle to good effect
  • get hold of sth — If you get hold of an object or information, you obtain it, usually after some difficulty.
  • get one's cards — to be told to leave one's employment
  • get sb into bed — To get someone into bed means to persuade them to have sex with you.
  • get the drop on — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
  • get the wind up — to become frightened
  • gilbert islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific: with Banaba, the Phoenix Islands, and three of the Line Islands they constitute the independent state of Kiribati; until 1975 they formed part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands; achieved full independence in 1979. Pop: 82 902 (2005). Area: 295 sq km (114 sq miles)
  • girdle traverse — a climb that consists of a complete traverse of a face or crag
  • gladbach-rheydt — a former city in W Germany; now part of Mönchengladbach.
  • go by the board — If something goes by the board, it is rejected or ignored, or is no longer possible.
  • go into details — If someone does not go into details about a subject, or does not go into the detail, they mention it without explaining it fully or properly.
  • go the distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
  • go to the devil — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
  • gödel's theorem — either of two theorems published by the mathematician Kurt Gödel in 1931 that prove all mathematical systems are incomplete in that their truth or consistency can only be proved using a system of a higher order
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