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