19-letter words containing g, u, d

noughts-and-crosses — tick-tack-toe (def 1).
oak-leaved geranium — a geranium, Pelargonium quercifolium, of southern Africa, having oaklike leaves with purple veins and sparse clusters of purple flowers with darker markings.
on one's own ground — If you are on your own ground, you are in a place or situation in which you feel confident because you are very familiar with it.
orthopaedic surgeon — a surgeon specializing in the branch of surgery concerned with disorders of the spine and joints and the repair of deformities of these parts
orthopaedic surgery — surgery concerned with disorders of the spine and joints and the repair of deformities of these parts
parliament building — structure housing legislative offices
pecuniary advantage — financial advantage that is dishonestly obtained by deception and that constitutes a criminal offence
percussion drilling — Percussion drilling is a drilling method which involves lifting and dropping heavy tools to break rock, and uses steel casing tubes to stop the borehole from collapsing.
printing discussion — [XEROX PARC] A protracted, low-level, time-consuming, generally pointless discussion of something only peripherally interesting to all.
priority scheduling — (operating system) Processes scheduling in which the scheduler selects tasks to run based on their priority as opposed to, say, a simple round-robin. Priorities may be static or dynamic. Static priorities are assigned at the time of creation, while dynamic priorities are based on the processes' behaviour while in the system. For example, the scheduler may favour I/O-intensive tasks so that expensive requests can be issued as early as possible. A danger of priority scheduling is starvation, in which processes with lower priorities are not given the opportunity to run. In order to avoid starvation, in preemptive scheduling, the priority of a process is gradually reduced while it is running. Eventually, the priority of the running process will no longer be the highest, and the next process will start running. This method is called aging.
procedural language — (language) Any programming language in which the programmer specifies an explicit sequences of steps to follow to produce a result (an algorithm). The term should not be confused with "imperative language" - a language that specifies explicit manipulation of state. An example (non-imperative) procedural language is LOGO, which specifies sequences of steps to perform but does not have an internal state. Other procedural languages include Basic, Pascal, C, and Modula-2. Both procedural and imperative languages are in contrast to declarative languages, in which the programmer specifies neither explicit steps nor explicit state manipulation.
progressive judaism — Reform Judaism.
pseudo-biographical — of or relating to a person's life: He's gathering biographical data for his book on Milton.
pseudo-hieroglyphic — noting or pertaining to a script dating from the second millennium b.c. that appears to be syllabic and to represent the Phoenician language and that is inscribed on objects found at Byblos.
pseudopsychological — of or relating to psychology.
put on the feed bag — Also called nose bag. a bag for feeding horses, placed before the mouth and fastened around the head with straps.
queensland lungfish — a lungfish, Neoceratodus forsteri, reaching a length of six feet: occurs in Queensland rivers but introduced elsewhere
recording equipment — devices used for sound reproduction
regular icosahedron — an icosahedron in which each of the faces is an equilateral triangle
religious education — religion as school subject
ride roughshod over — shod with horseshoes having projecting nails or points.
right-eyed flounder — any of several flatfishes of the family Pleuronectidae, having both eyes on the right side of the head.
run into the ground — to do too long or too often; overdo
run-length encoding — A kind of compression algorithm which replaces sequences ("runs") of consecutive repeated characters (or other units of data) with a single character and the length of the run. This can either be applied to all input characters, including runs of length one, or a special character can be used to introduce a run-length encoded group. The longer and more frequent the runs are, the greater the compression that will be achieved. This technique is particularly useful for encoding black and white images where the data units would be single bit pixels.
screen actors guild — a labor union for motion-picture performers, founded in 1933. Abbreviation: SAG.
sharp-tailed grouse — a grouse, Pedioecetes phasianellus, of prairies and open forests of western North America, similar in size to the prairie chicken but with a more pointed tail.
shucking and jiving — misleading or deceptive talk or behavior, as to give a false impression.
sidereal hour angle — the angle, measured westward through 360°, between the hour circle passing through the vernal equinox and the hour circle of a celestial body.
spider-hunting wasp — any solitary wasp of the superfamily Pompiloidea, having a slender elongated body: the fast-running female hunts spiders as a food store for her larvae
sql module language — A language used to interface other languages (Ada, C, COBOL) to SQL-based DBMSes. It is an ANSI standard. Version: Ada/SAME by Informix.
standing broad jump — a jump for distance from a standing position.
strangulated hernia — a hernia, especially of the intestine, that swells and constricts the blood supply of the herniated part, resulting in obstruction and gangrene.
stringed instrument — a musical instrument having strings as the medium of sound production, played with the fingers or with a plectrum or a bow: The guitar, the harp, and the violin are stringed instruments.
submandibular gland — either of a pair of salivary glands located one on each side of and beneath the lower jaw.
sulfureted hydrogen — hydrogen sulfide.
sun-and-planet gear — a planetary epicyclic gear train.
take up the cudgels — If you take up the cudgels for someone or something, you speak or fight in support of them.
tarnished plant bug — a bug, Lygus lineolaris, of the family Miridae, that is a common and widely distributed pest of alfalfa and other legumes and of peach and other fruit trees.
the underprivileged — those who are underprivileged
the varangian guard — the bodyguard of the Byzantine emperor in the late 10th and 11th centuries, consisting of Varangians
through and through — in at one end, side, or surface and out at the other: to pass through a tunnel; We drove through Denver without stopping. Sun came through the window.
to break new ground — If you break new ground, you do something completely different or you do something in a completely different way.
to change your mind — If you change your mind, or if someone or something changes your mind, you change a decision you have made or an opinion that you had.
to do the drying-up — to dry dishes, cups, glasses, etc after they have been washed
to hold your tongue — If you hold your tongue, you do not say anything even though you might want to or be expected to, because it is the wrong time to say it.
to reserve judgment — If you reserve judgment on something, you refuse to give an opinion about it until you know more about it.
too good to be true — If you say that something seems too good to be true, you are suspicious of it because it seems better than you had expected, and you think there may something wrong with it that you have not noticed.
unclassified degree — a degree that has not been given a grade because it is of a low standard
under the spotlight — If someone or something comes under the spotlight, they are thoroughly examined, especially by journalists and the public.
underground trolley — See under trolley (def 4).

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