15-letter words containing g, a, d, f
- godfather offer — a takeover bid pitched so high that the management of the target company is unable to dissuade shareholders from accepting it
- golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
- grace-and-favor — noting a residence owned by a noble or sovereign and bestowed by him or her upon some person for that person's lifetime.
- grade inflation — the awarding of higher grades than students deserve either to maintain a school's academic reputation or as a result of diminished teacher expectations.
- graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
- greenfield park — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, near Montreal.
- guard of honour — A guard of honour is an official parade of troops, usually to celebrate or honour a special occasion, such as the visit of a head of state.
- gulf of finland — an arm of the Baltic Sea between Finland, Estonia, and Russia
- hair of the dog — an alcoholic drink taken as an antidote to a hangover
- hard of hearing — partially deaf
- holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
- holiday feeling — the positive feeling people experience while on holiday and during holiday periods such as the Christmas period
- hydrofracturing — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- infrared galaxy — a galaxy that radiates strongly in the infrared portion of the electromagnetic spectrum.
- island grey fox — a similar and related animal, U. littoralis, inhabiting islands off North America
- judge of appeal — a judge who sits in a Court of Appeal
- langue de boeuf — ox-tongue partisan.
- leaf-footed bug — any of numerous plant-sucking or predaceous bugs of the family Coreidae, typically having leaflike legs: several species are pests of food crops.
- lift-drag ratio — the ratio of the lift to the drag of an airfoil.
- off one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- on a knife-edge — To be on a knife-edge means to be in a situation in which nobody knows what is going to happen next, or in which one thing is just as likely to happen as another.
- ridgefield park — a town in NE New Jersey.
- sargon of akkad — 24th to 23rd century bc, semilegendary Mesopotamian ruler whose empire extended from the Gulf to the Mediterranean
- saw-edged knife — a knife with a serrated edge
- self-diagnostic — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
- self-validating — requiring no external confirmation, sanction, or validation.
- sleight of hand — skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain.
- 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
- straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- to get ahold of — to manage to find, contact, or obtain someone or something
- to grab hold of — Hold is used in expressions such as grab hold of, catch hold of, and get hold of, to indicate that you close your hand tightly around something, for example to stop something moving or falling.
- trading profits — profits made from the buying and selling of goods and services
- van diemen gulf — an inlet of the Timor Sea in N Australia, in the Northern Territory
- waterford glass — fine cut or gilded glass made in Waterford, Ireland, having a slight blue cast due to the presence of cobalt.