15-letter words containing e, i, d, o, g, r
- shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
- shoulder girdle — pectoral girdle (def 2).
- sigmoid flexure — Zoology. an S -shaped curve in a body part.
- silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
- smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
- sneezing powder — a powder used to make people sneeze as a practical joke
- soul-destroying — Activities or situations that are soul-destroying make you depressed, because they are boring or because there is no hope of improvement.
- sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
- stage direction — an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
- stamford bridge — a village in N England, east of York: site of a battle (1066) in which King Harold of England defeated his brother Tostig and King Harald Hardrada of Norway, three weeks before the Battle of Hastings
- standing orders — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
- steroidogenesis — the formation of steroids, as by the adrenal cortex, testes, and ovaries.
- storage disease — a metabolic disorder characterized by excessive storage in certain cells of normal metabolic intermediates, as fats, iron, and carbohydrates.
- suppressor grid — an electrode placed between the screen grid and anode of a valve. Its negative potential, relative to both screen and anode, prevents secondary electrons from the anode reaching the screen
- the high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority in a dispute
- the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
- thought reading — mind reading.
- uncomprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- uncorresponding — identical in all essentials or respects: corresponding fingerprints.
- video recording — sth filmed on videotape
- voltage divider — a resistor or series of resistors connected to a voltage source and used to provide voltages that are fractions of that of the source.
- vortex shedding — the process by which vortices formed continuously by the aerodynamic conditions associated with a solid body in a gas or air stream are carried downstream by the flow in the form of a vortex street
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- well-recognized — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- window dressing — the art, act, or technique of trimming the display windows of a store.
- window-dressing — the art, act, or technique of trimming the display windows of a store.
- with good grace — elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice. Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- wondermongering — the promising of miracles
- word processing — writing, editing, and production of documents, as letters, reports, and books, through the use of a computer program or a complete computer system designed to facilitate rapid and efficient manipulation of text. Abbreviation: WP.
- xeroradiography — an x-ray utilizing a specially coated plate that allows a picture to be developed without the use of liquid chemicals.