14-letter words containing g, o, l, d, i, s
- highs and lows — If you refer to the highs and lows of someone's life or career, you are referring to both the successful or happy times, and the unsuccessful or bad times.
- holding thumbs — holding the thumb of one hand with the other, in the hope of bringing good luck
- hungtow island — an island off the SE coast of Taiwan. 8 miles (13 km) long.
- hydrobiologist — someone who studies or specializes in hydrobiology
- hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
- island-hopping — to travel from island to island, especially to visit a series of islands in the same chain or area.
- lagoon islands — a former name of Tuvalu.
- lead poisoning — Pathology. a toxic condition produced by ingestion, inhalation, or skin absorption of lead or lead compounds, resulting in various dose-related symptoms including anemia, nausea, muscle weakness, confusion, blindness, and coma. Also called plumbism, saturnism. this condition occurring in adults whose work involves contact with lead products.
- lovingkindness — kindness or affectionate behavior resulting from or expressing love
- marsh marigold — a yellow-flowered plant, Caltha palustris, of the buttercup family, growing in marshes and meadows; cowslip.
- methodologists — Plural form of methodologist.
- middlesborough — a city in SE Kentucky.
- modern english — the English language since c1475.
- monoglycerides — Plural form of monoglyceride.
- 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
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- pseudo-english — of, relating to, or characteristic of England or its inhabitants, institutions, etc.
- pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
- sailing orders — the final orders given to a ship's commander before sailing, concerning matters such as time of departure, destination, etc
- sedimentologic — of or relating to sedimentology
- self-diagnosis — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
- self-glorified — to cause to be or treat as being more splendid, excellent, etc., than would normally be considered.
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
- shooting lodge — a country house providing accommodation for a shooting party during the shooting season
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- single bedroom — a bedroom that is intended to accommodate a single bed and occupancy of one person
- skiing holiday — a holiday taken (esp to somewhere that it snows) for the purpose of going skiing
- sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- 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
- soldering iron — an instrument for melting and applying solder.
- solid geometry — the geometry of solid figures; geometry of three dimensions.
- solids loading — The solids loading is the amount of suspended solids in a substance.
- sounding-block — a small block of wood for rapping with a gavel.
- spring molding — a molded board, as one forming part of a cornice, placed diagonally and secured at the ends to two surfaces intersecting at a right angle.
- to strike gold — If you strike gold, you find, do, or produce something that brings you a lot of money or success.
- voroshilovgrad — a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.
- wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling