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14-letter words containing g, a, r, d, n

  • roller bandage — a long bandage rolled into a cylinder
  • rude awakening — If you have a rude awakening, you are suddenly made aware of an unpleasant fact.
  • sailing orders — the final orders given to a ship's commander before sailing, concerning matters such as time of departure, destination, etc
  • saint gotthard — a mountain range in S Switzerland; a part of the Alps; highest peak, 10,490 feet (3195 meters).
  • salad dressing — a sauce for a salad, usually with a base of oil and vinegar or of mayonnaise.
  • salivary gland — any of several glands, as the submaxillary glands, that secrete saliva.
  • sand lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
  • sand stargazer — a fish of the family Dactyloscopidae, especially Dactyloscopus tridigitatus, of Atlantic waters from Bermuda to Brazil, having tiny, tubular eyes on top of the head, and capable of emitting electric discharges.
  • scaling ladder — a ladder for climbing high walls.
  • screen trading — a form of trading on a market or exchange in which the visual display unit of a computer replaces personal contact as in floor trading
  • scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
  • second reading — the stage in the consideration of a legislative bill that provides an opportunity for debate and amendment.
  • 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).
  • 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-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
  • semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
  • seventh-grader — a student in the seventh year of school, usually 11 to 13 years old
  • shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
  • single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
  • skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
  • slant drilling — Slant drilling is drilling at an angle of usually 30° to 45°.
  • smash-and-grab — A smash-and-grab is a robbery in which a person breaks a shop window, takes the things that are on display there, and runs away with them.
  • sounding board — a thin, resonant plate of wood forming part of a musical instrument, and so placed as to enhance the power and quality of the tone.
  • 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.
  • spiral binding — a binding, as for a notebook or booklet, in which the pages are fastened together by a spiral of wire or plastic that coils through a series of holes punched along one side of each page and the front and back covers.
  • 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.
  • springboarding — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
  • square-dancing — the activity of taking part in a square dance
  • stabbing board — A stabbing board is a platform in the derrick, on which the derrickhand stands to run in casing.
  • stage designer — someone who designs the physical appearance of the stage, using backdrops, props, etc
  • 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 start — the start of a race where participants begin from a standing or upright position
  • 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.
  • strong forward — power forward
  • sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
  • sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
  • sunday trading — the fact of opening a shop or business on a Sunday
  • 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.
  • tensor bandage — a wide elasticized bandage that supports injured joints
  • the gender gap — the difference in the attitudes, behaviour, abilities, etc, of men and women, or boys and girls
  • the grenadines — a chain of about 600 islets in the Caribbean, part of the Windward Islands, extending for about 100 km (60 miles) between St Vincent and Grenada and divided administratively between the two states. Largest island: Carriacou
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