15-letter words containing g, t, d
- external degree — a degree gained by a student who studies extramurally
- fairy godfather — a kindly sponsor or guardian; godfather.
- fairy godmother — a kindly sponsor or guardian; godmother.
- feather banding — decorative banding of veneer or inlay having the grain laid diagonally to the grain of the principal surface.
- feelgood factor — When journalists refer to the feelgood factor, they mean that people are feeling hopeful and optimistic about the future.
- fetal diagnosis — prenatal determination of genetic or chemical abnormalities in a fetus, esp by amniocentesis
- fight windmills — to fight imaginary evils or opponents
- fighter command — a former unit of the Royal Air Force dedicated to the use of fighter aircraft, esp against enemy bombers and their escorts during WWII
- fire-and-forget — used to describe a type of missile that, once fired, is able to guide itself to its target
- flight of ideas — a rapid flow of thought, manifested by accelerated speech with abrupt changes from topic to topic: a symptom of some mental illnesses, especially manic disorder.
- flight recorder — an electronic device aboard an aircraft that automatically records some aspects of the aircraft's performance in flight.
- floating island — a dessert consisting of boiled custard with portions of meringue, whipped cream, or whipped egg whites and sometimes jelly floating upon it or around it.
- floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
- fluorine dating — a method of determining the relative age of fossil bones found in the same excavation by comparing their fluorine content.
- flying dutchman — a legendary Dutch ghost ship supposed to be seen at sea, especially near the Cape of Good Hope.
- food technology — a branch of technology that is involved in the production of food
- football ground — an area of land where football games are played
- foresightedness — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- foster daughter — a girl raised like one's own daughter, though not such by birth or adoption.
- founding father — The founding father of an institution, organization, or idea is the person who sets it up or who first develops it.
- freedom fighter — a fighter for freedom, especially a person who battles against established forces of tyranny and dictatorship.
- french togoland — a former United Nations Trust Territory in W Africa, administered by France (1946–60), now the independent republic of Togo
- frigidoreceptor — a receptor stimulated by cold.
- fringed gentian — a plant of the genus Gentianopsis (or Gentiana), especially G. crinita, having a tubular blue corolla with four fringed petals.
- gallant soldier — a South American plant, Galinsoga parviflora, widely distributed as a weed, having small daisy-like flowers surrounded by silvery scales: family Asteraceae (composites)
- gamma radiation — a photon of penetrating electromagnetic radiation (gamma radiation) emitted from an atomic nucleus.
- garboard strake — the first strake on each side of a keel.
- gardening tools — tools used for gardening, such as a trowel, spade, rake, etc
- gated community — a group of houses or apartment buildings protected by gates, walls, or other security measures.
- gatefold sleeve — a record sleeve that opens out like a book
- gender equality — the state of having the same rights, status, and opportunities as others, regardless of one's gender.
- gender politics — debate about the roles and relations of men and women
- general studies — a school subject that includes a variety of skills and topics (such as comprehension, and current affairs, which may complement the study of A-levels in specific subjects)
- geodetic survey — a land area survey in which the curvature of the surface of the earth is taken into account.
- get a handle on — that which may be held, seized, grasped, or taken advantage of in effecting a purpose: The clue was a handle for solving the mystery.
- get any good of — to handle to good effect
- get hold of sth — If you get hold of an object or information, you obtain it, usually after some difficulty.
- get one's cards — to be told to leave one's employment
- get sb into bed — To get someone into bed means to persuade them to have sex with you.
- get the drop on — a small quantity of liquid that falls or is produced in a more or less spherical mass; a liquid globule.
- get the wind up — to become frightened
- gibraltar board — a type of lining board with a cardboard surface and a gypsum core
- gilbert islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific: with Banaba, the Phoenix Islands, and three of the Line Islands they constitute the independent state of Kiribati; until 1975 they formed part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands; achieved full independence in 1979. Pop: 82 902 (2005). Area: 295 sq km (114 sq miles)
- girdle traverse — a climb that consists of a complete traverse of a face or crag
- gladbach-rheydt — a former city in W Germany; now part of Mönchengladbach.
- glucocorticoids — Plural form of glucocorticoid.
- go by the board — If something goes by the board, it is rejected or ignored, or is no longer possible.
- go into details — If someone does not go into details about a subject, or does not go into the detail, they mention it without explaining it fully or properly.
- go the distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- go to the devil — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.