14-letter words containing g, o, d, s, a
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- sergiyev posad — a city in the NW Russian Federation in Europe, NE of Moscow.
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
- shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
- sivananda yoga — a gentle form of yoga which concentrates on breathing control, stretching, and silent meditation
- skiing holiday — a holiday taken (esp to somewhere that it snows) for the purpose of going skiing
- skirting board — fabric for making skirts.
- so far so good — all is well up to this point
- social dancing — dancing performed by couples or by groups, usually as a form of recreation.
- social dumping — the practice of allowing employers to lower wages and reduce employees' benefits in order to attract and retain employment and investment
- solids loading — The solids loading is the amount of suspended solids in a substance.
- song and dance — a story or statement, especially an untrue or misleading one designed to evade the matter at hand: Every time he's late, he gives me a song and dance about oversleeping.
- 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.
- springboarding — a flexible board, projecting over water, from which divers leap or spring.
- stabbing board — A stabbing board is a platform in the derrick, on which the derrickhand stands to run in casing.
- stage director — a person who directs a theatrical production.
- standing order — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
- storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
- 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 opening — the act of allowing shops and businesses to open on a Sunday
- take soundings — to try to find out people's opinions on a subject
- 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
- tendovaginitis — the swelling of both a tendon and its sheath
- tensor bandage — a wide elasticized bandage that supports injured joints
- to gather dust — If you say that something is gathering dust, you mean that it has been left somewhere and nobody is using it or doing anything with it.
- underdiagnosed — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
- voroshilovgrad — a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.
- washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
- xenodiagnostic — of or relating to xenodiagnosis
- young marrieds — young married people