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14-letter words containing g, r, o, e, n, d

  • sand lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
  • screen goddess — a film actress who is adored or idealized, esp by men
  • second reading — the stage in the consideration of a legislative bill that provides an opportunity for debate and amendment.
  • secondary gain — any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness (distinguished from primary gain).
  • self-engrossed — to occupy completely, as the mind or attention; absorb: Their discussion engrossed his attention. She is engrossed in her work.
  • self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
  • self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
  • 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
  • sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
  • soldering iron — an instrument for melting and applying solder.
  • sound engineer — A sound engineer is a person who works in a recording studio or for a radio or television company, and whose job it is to alter and balance the levels of different sounds as they are recorded.
  • sovereign debt — the debt of a national government, esp debt that is issued in a foreign currency
  • spending power — income available for spending
  • standing order — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
  • strong-eye dog — a dog trained to control sheep by its gaze
  • sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
  • tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
  • 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
  • tensor bandage — a wide elasticized bandage that supports injured joints
  • testing ground — place where sth is tested
  • thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
  • topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
  • trading period — A trading period is a set length of time, usually a number of weeks, months, quarters, or years, in which sales are measured and compared to previous periods.
  • trudgen stroke — a swimming stroke in which a double overarm motion and a scissors kick are used
  • uncrowned king — a man or woman of high status among a certain group
  • under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
  • underdiagnosed — to determine the identity of (a disease, illness, etc.) by a medical examination: The doctor diagnosed the illness as influenza.
  • underthroating — (on a cornice) a cove extended outward and downward to form a drip.
  • ungroundedness — the state of being without basis
  • uninterrogated — to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
  • vantage ground — a position or place that gives one an advantage, as for action, view, or defense.
  • vendor placing — a method of financing the purchase of one company by another in which the purchasing company pays for the target company in its own shares, on condition that the vendor places these shares with investors for cash payment
  • victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
  • waiting period — a specified delay, required by law, between officially stating an intention and acting on it, as between securing a marriage license and getting married.
  • washing powder — Washing powder is a powder that you use with water to wash clothes.
  • well-organized — affiliated in an organization, especially a union: organized dockworkers.
  • wind generator — an electric generator situated on a tower and driven by the force of wind on blades or a rotor.
  • wine-producing — of or relating to a place where wine is produced
  • wing commander — British. an officer in the Royal Air Force equivalent in rank to a lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Air Force.
  • wire recording — a recording made on a wire recorder.
  • wood engraving — the art or process of engraving designs in relief with a burin on the end grain of wood, for printing.
  • world language — a language spoken and known in many countries, such as English
  • wrestling hold — a way of holding someone in the sport of wrestling
  • wrongful death — the death of a person wrongfully caused, as comprising the grounds of a damage suit.
  • yard-long bean — asparagus bean.
  • young marrieds — young married people
  • young offender — a criminal who, according to the law, is not yet an adult but no longer a child
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