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14-letter words containing g, a, d, e

  • secondary gain — any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness (distinguished from primary gain).
  • security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
  • self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
  • self-defeating — serving to frustrate, thwart, etc., one's own intention or interests: His behavior was certainly self-defeating.
  • self-diagnosis — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
  • self-expanding — to increase in extent, size, volume, scope, etc.: Heat expands most metals. He hopes to expand his company.
  • self-generated — made without the aid of an external agent; produced spontaneously.
  • self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
  • self-mediating — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
  • self-regulated — governed or controlled from within; self-regulating.
  • semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
  • send a message — to convey or communicate one's feelings, desires, etc. in a subtle or indirect manner
  • send a message — to convey or communicate one's feelings, desires, etc. in a subtle or indirect manner
  • sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
  • seventh-grader — a student in the seventh year of school, usually 11 to 13 years old
  • sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
  • single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
  • slide magazine — a piece of equipment that holds slides and pushes them into a projector
  • song and dance — a story or statement, especially an untrue or misleading one designed to evade the matter at hand: Every time he's late, he gives me a song and dance about oversleeping.
  • spangled glass — an American art glass having flakes of mica in a layer of clear glass flashed with colored glass.
  • spanish dagger — a stemless or short-trunked plant, Yucca gloriosa, of the agave family, native to the southeastern U.S., having leaves nearly 2½ feet (75 cm) long, with a stiff, sharp point, and greenish-white or reddish flowers nearly 4 inches (10 cm) wide.
  • speech-reading — the act or process of determining the intended meaning of a speaker by utilizing all visual clues accompanying speech attempts, as lip movements, facial expressions, and bodily gestures, used especially by people with impaired hearing.
  • spit and image — a person who bears a strong physical resemblance to another, esp to a relative
  • spread betting — Spread betting is a form of gambling that involves predicting a range of possible scores or results rather than one particular score or result.
  • square-dancing — the activity of taking part in a square dance
  • stage designer — someone who designs the physical appearance of the stage, using backdrops, props, etc
  • stage director — a person who directs a theatrical production.
  • stand the gaff — harsh treatment or criticism: All the gaff he took never made him bitter.
  • standard gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
  • standard grade — (formerly, in Scotland) a type of examination designed to test skills and the application of knowledge, replaced O grade
  • standing order — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
  • standing water — still water that has stagnated
  • stinking cedar — an evergreen tree, Torreya taxifolia, of the yew family, native to Florida, having rank-smelling foliage and dark-green, egg-shaped fruit.
  • storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
  • straight-ahead — not deviating from what is usual or expected; conventional or traditional; standard: a straight-ahead novel with a happy ending.
  • straight-faced — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
  • straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
  • sugar diabetes — diabetes mellitus
  • sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
  • sunday opening — the act of allowing shops and businesses to open on a Sunday
  • swing the lead — to malinger or make up excuses
  • take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
  • tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
  • tariff heading — the description of a product attached to a tariff line
  • tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
  • teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
  • tendovaginitis — the swelling of both a tendon and its sheath
  • tensor bandage — a wide elasticized bandage that supports injured joints
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