15-letter words containing g, a, r, d, s, o
- non-disparaging — that disparages; tending to belittle or bring reproach upon: a disparaging remark.
- north highlands — a town in central California, near Sacramento.
- nuisance ground — a garbage dump.
- off one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- oligohydramnios — (medicine) A deficit of amniotic fluid in the amniotic sac, causing distinctive deformations of the foetus.
- oligosaccharide — any carbohydrate yielding few monosaccharides on hydrolysis, as two, three, or four.
- onward progress — progress that advances or improves (a situation, etc)
- orangeman's day — the 12th of July, celebrated by Protestants in Northern Ireland to commemorate the anniversary of the Battle of the Boyne (1690)
- orangemen's day — July 12, an annual celebration in Northern Ireland and certain cities having a large Irish section, especially Liverpool, to mark both the victory of William III over James II at the Battle of the Boyne, July 1, 1690, and the Battle of Augbrim, July 12, 1690.
- organic disease — a disease in which there is a structural alteration (opposed to functional disease).
- organized chaos — a complex situation or process that appears chaotic while having enough order to achieve progress or goals
- ortega saavedra — (José) Daniel [haw-se dah-nyel] /hɔˈsɛ dɑˈnyɛl/ (Show IPA), born 1945, Nicaraguan political leader: president 1985–90.
- prestidigitator — sleight of hand; legerdemain.
- pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
- pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
- ramrod straight — having a very straight figure
- random sampling — a method of selecting a sample (random sample) from a statistical population in such a way that every possible sample that could be selected has a predetermined probability of being selected.
- robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- rogation sunday — the fifth Sunday after Easter; it sees the start of the supplications that are continued during the following Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
- rolling meadows — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- sargon of akkad — 24th to 23rd century bc, semilegendary Mesopotamian ruler whose empire extended from the Gulf to the Mediterranean
- scrounge around — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
- second mortgage — a mortgage the lien of which is next in priority to a first mortgage.
- secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
- securicor guard — a guard who works for Securicor
- shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
- shoulder charge — an instance of a player charging into another so that there is contact between their shoulders (permissible in some circumstances)
- silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
- smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
- social drinking — the practice of drinking alcohol occasionally and usually only in social situations
- social-drinking — a person who drinks alcoholic beverages usually in the company of others and is in control of his or her drinking.
- spawning ground — a place where fish deposit their eggs for fertilization
- stage direction — an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
- staggered hours — a system of working in which the employees of an organization do not all arrive and leave at the same time, but have large periods of overlap
- 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
- stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- standing orders — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
- storage disease — a metabolic disorder characterized by excessive storage in certain cells of normal metabolic intermediates, as fats, iron, and carbohydrates.
- straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- trading profits — profits made from the buying and selling of goods and services
- waterford glass — fine cut or gilded glass made in Waterford, Ireland, having a slight blue cast due to the presence of cobalt.
- wrongheadedness — The state of being wrongheaded.
- x-ray diagnosis — diagnosis by means of an X-ray