14-letter words containing g, r, u, d
- on one's guard — to keep safe from harm or danger; protect; watch over: to guard the ruler.
- on the upgrade — improving or progressing, as in importance, status, health, etc
- overindulgence — excessive indulgence
- periodic group — (database) (PE) Groups of logically related fields which occur multiple times within a group. Periodic groups are a non-relational technique. An example of a PE would be for storing the history of a person's name changes, where name was kept in logically related fields such as surname, first name and middle name - with the person having changed their name more than once.
- postgraduation — designating or occurring in the period after graduation
- pound sterling — pound2 (def 3).
- powdered sugar — a sugar produced by pulverizing granulated sugar, especially a coarser variety used for fruits or cold beverages. Symbol: XX.
- pressure ridge — a ridge produced on floating ice by buckling or crushing under lateral pressure of wind or ice.
- producer goods — goods, such as raw materials and machines, that are used in producing other goods
- proving ground — any place, context, or area for testing something, as a piece of scientific equipment, a theory, etc.
- pseudepigrapha — certain writings (other than the canonical books and the Apocrypha) professing to be Biblical in character.
- pseudepigraphy — the false ascription of a piece of writing to an author.
- pseudo-generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- pseudopregnant — relating to the state of pseudopregnancy
- pumped storage — a system for generating hydroelectric power for peak periods by pumping water from a lower to a higher reservoir during low-demand periods and then releasing it during peak periods.
- quadragenarian — 40 years of age.
- quadrangularly — in a quadrangular manner
- quadrigeminate — made up of four parts
- queer-sounding — that sounds odd or strange
- radioautograph — autoradiograph.
- reducing agent — a substance that causes another substance to undergo reduction and that is oxidized in the process.
- reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
- revolving fund — any loan fund intended to be maintained by the repayment of past loans.
- rounding error — an error introduced into a computation by the need to perform rounding
- rude awakening — If you have a rude awakening, you are suddenly made aware of an unpleasant fact.
- security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
- self-regulated — governed or controlled from within; self-regulating.
- shooting guard — the player responsible for attempting long-range shots
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- 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.
- 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.
- square-dancing — the activity of taking part in a square dance
- standard gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.
- sugar diabetes — diabetes mellitus
- sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
- summer pudding — a pudding made by filling a bread-lined basin with a purée of fruit, leaving it to soak, and then turning it out
- sunday morning — a poem (1923) by Wallace Stevens.
- sunday trading — the fact of opening a shop or business on a Sunday
- testing ground — place where sth is tested
- the red guards — a radical political movement of civilian youths in China, who were mobilized by Mao Zedong in 1966 and 1967, during the Cultural Revolution
- thought-reader — someone who can read minds or psychically know others' thoughts
- through bridge — a bridge in which the track is carried by the lower horizontal members
- thunder thighs — thick-set upper legs
- 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.
- trade language — a lingua franca, especially one used primarily for trade and conducting business.
- trudgen stroke — a swimming stroke in which a double overarm motion and a scissors kick are used
- tunbridge ware — decorative wooden ware, including tables, trays, boxes, and ornamental objects, produced especially in the late 17th and 18th centuries in Tunbridge Wells, England, with mosaiclike marquetry sawed from square-sectioned wooden rods of different natural colors.
- turbo debugger — (programming) A source-level debugger designed for use with Borland and other compilers.
- un-distracting — to draw away or divert, as the mind or attention: The music distracted him from his work.
- uncrowned king — a man or woman of high status among a certain group