15-letter words containing g, o, d, h
- straightforward — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- the common good — If you do something for the common good, you do it for the benefit or advantage of everyone.
- the good people — fairies
- the greater dog — the constellation Canis Major
- the high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority in a dispute
- the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
- the underground — an electric passenger railway operated in underground tunnels
- the-city-of-god — Latin De Civitate Dei. a work in 22 books (a.d. 413–26) by St. Augustine of Hippo, expounding an early Christian view of society and history.
- thought reading — mind reading.
- to change hands — When something changes hands, its ownership changes, usually because it is sold to someone else.
- 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.
- toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
- unchoreographed — not choreographed; not pre-arranged or pre-prepared; unplanned
- uncomprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
- vortex shedding — the process by which vortices formed continuously by the aerodynamic conditions associated with a solid body in a gas or air stream are carried downstream by the flow in the form of a vortex street
- walking holiday — a holiday on which you walk a lot, esp in the countryside
- weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
- window shopping — browsing store displays
- with good grace — elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice. Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
- withholding tax — that part of an employee's tax liability withheld by the employer from wages or salary and paid directly to the government.
- working holiday — trip combining vacation with job experience
- wrongheadedness — The state of being wrongheaded.
- xeroradiography — an x-ray utilizing a specially coated plate that allows a picture to be developed without the use of liquid chemicals.