14-letter words containing g, f, d

grid reference — geographical co-ordinates
guard of honor — a guard specially designated for welcoming or escorting distinguished guests or for accompanying a casket in a military funeral.
gulf of anadyr — an inlet of the Bering Sea, off the coast of NE Russia
guy fawkes day — (in Britain) November 5, celebrating the anniversary of the capture of Guy Fawkes.
half-pedalling — a technique of piano playing in which the sustaining pedal is raised and immediately depressed thus allowing the lower strings to continue sounding
half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
hearing defect — a physical condition that makes it difficult for a person to hear accurately
height of land — a watershed
highland fling — fling (def 17).
huffman coding — (algorithm) A data compression technique which varies the length of the encoded symbol in proportion to its information content, that is the more often a symbol or token is used, the shorter the binary string used to represent it in the compressed stream. Huffman codes can be properly decoded because they obey the prefix property, which means that no code can be a prefix of another code, and so the complete set of codes can be represented as a binary tree, known as a Huffman tree. Huffman coding was first described in a seminal paper by D.A. Huffman in 1952.
infant prodigy — an exceptionally talented child
killing fields — People sometimes refer to a battlefield or a place where many people have been killed as that place's killing fields.
lambda lifting — A program transformation to remove free variables. An expression containing a free variable is replaced by a function applied to that variable. E.g. f x = g 3 where g y = y + x x is a free variable of g so it is added as an extra argument: f x = g 3 x where g y x = y + x Functions like this with no free variables are known as supercombinators and are traditionally given upper-case names beginning with "$". This transformation tends to produce many supercombinators of the form f x = g x which can be eliminated by eta reduction and substitution. Changing the order of the parameters may also allow more optimisations. References to global (top-level) constants and functions are not transformed to function parameters though they are technically free variables. A closely related technique is closure conversion. See also Full laziness.
light-fingered — skillful at or given to pilfering, especially by picking pockets; thievish.
magnetic field — a region of space near a magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle in which a magnetic force acts on any other magnet, electric current, or moving charged particle.
managed forest — a sustainable forest in which usually at least one tree is planted for every tree felled
midnight feast — a snack or many snacks eaten around midnight
misidentifying — Present participle of misidentify.
mixed feelings — conflicted emotions
mongolian fold — epicanthus.
newfangledness — of a new kind or fashion: newfangled ideas.
non-fragmented — reduced to fragments.
off the ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
on firm ground — in a safe situation
over-dignified — to confer honor or dignity upon; honor; ennoble.
oxford english — that form of the received pronunciation of English supposed to be typical of Oxford University and regarded by many as affected or pretentious
paradigm shift — a dramatic change in the paradigm of a scientific community, or a change from one scientific paradigm to another.
revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
right and left — in accordance with what is good, proper, or just: right conduct.
right of abode — If someone is given the right of abode in a particular country, they are legally allowed to live there.
rigidification — the state or process of stiffening or rigidifying
self-adjusting — that adjusts itself in response to circumstances
self-deceiving — subject to self-deception; tending to deceive or fool oneself: a self-deceiving person.
self-defeating — serving to frustrate, thwart, etc., one's own intention or interests: His behavior was certainly self-defeating.
self-deserving — qualified for or having a claim to reward, assistance, etc., because of one's actions, qualities, or situation: the deserving poor; a deserving applicant.
self-diagnosis — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
self-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
self-engrossed — to occupy completely, as the mind or attention; absorb: Their discussion engrossed his attention. She is engrossed in her work.
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-glorified — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
self-indulgent — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
self-knowledge — knowledge or understanding of oneself, one's character, abilities, motives, etc.
self-mediating — to settle (disputes, strikes, etc.) as an intermediary between parties; reconcile.
self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
self-regulated — governed or controlled from within; self-regulating.
shifting sands — If you refer to the shifting sands of a situation, you mean that it changes so often that it is difficult to deal with.

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