15-letter words containing g, u, i, d
- pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
- public building — a building that belongs to a town or state, and is used by the public
- public spending — expenditure by central government, local authorities, and public enterprises
- quadragenarians — Plural form of quadragenarian.
- quarter binding — a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.
- radioautography — autoradiography.
- radioimmunology — the study of biological substances or processes with the aid of antigens or antibodies labeled with a radioactive isotope.
- religious order — monks: monastery
- right-hand buoy — a distinctive buoy marking the side of a channel regarded as the right, or starboard, side.
- robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
- rogation sunday — the fifth Sunday after Easter; it sees the start of the supplications that are continued during the following Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday
- rouget de lisle — Claude Joseph [klohd zhaw-zef] /kloʊd ʒɔˈzɛf/ (Show IPA), 1760–1836, French army officer and composer of songs: wrote and composed Marseillaise.
- routeing domain — (networking) (US "routing") A set of routers that exchange routeing information within an administrative domain.
- rudyard kipling — (Joseph) Rudyard [ruhd-yerd] /ˈrʌd yərd/ (Show IPA), 1865–1936, English author: Nobel Prize 1907.
- santa gertrudis — one of an American breed of beef cattle, developed from Shorthorn and Brahman stock for endurance to torrid temperatures.
- secundogeniture — the state of being the second born child
- securicor guard — a guard who works for Securicor
- self-indulgence — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
- shotgun wedding — a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.
- shoulder girdle — pectoral girdle (def 2).
- sigmoid flexure — Zoology. an S -shaped curve in a body part.
- silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
- sit in judgment — To sit in judgment means to decide whether or not someone is guilty of doing something wrong.
- sliver building — a very narrow skyscraper designed in response to restriction of the building site or zoning, frequently containing only a single apartment per floor or comparably limited office space.
- soul-destroying — Activities or situations that are soul-destroying make you depressed, because they are boring or because there is no hope of improvement.
- sound deadening — a process or material that reduces the resonance or volume of sound
- sound-and-light — combining sound effects or music with unusual lighting displays: to promote a product with a spectacular sound-and-light presentation.
- sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
- spawning ground — a place where fish deposit their eggs for fertilization
- stamping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- steamed pudding — a traditional pudding containing fat, sugar, eggs, flour, and other ingredients, which is steamed
- stomping ground — a habitual or favorite haunt.
- subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
- suicide bombing — a terrorist bomb attack in which the perpetrator knows that he or she will be killed in the explosion
- suppressor grid — an electrode placed between the screen grid and anode of a valve. Its negative potential, relative to both screen and anode, prevents secondary electrons from the anode reaching the screen
- surgical needle — a needle for suturing.
- svedberg (unit) — a unit of time, equal to 10-13 second, used in determining the rate of sedimentation of a macromolecule in an ultracentrifuge
- system building — a method of building in which prefabricated components are used to speed the construction of buildings
- target audience — the target audience of a programme is the group of people that the programme-makers are trying to persuade to watch or listen to it
- the high ground — a position of moral or ethical superiority in a dispute
- the undersigned — the person or persons who have signed at the foot of a document, statement, etc
- thought reading — mind reading.
- to get mixed up — if you get mixed up, you get confused about something
- trading account — an account similar to a traditional bank account, holding cash and securities, and administered by an investment dealer
- training ground — an area where people prepare for sporting competitions, with activities primarily concentrating on skills and fitness
- treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
- tunbridge wells — a city in SW Kent, in SE England: mineral springs; resort.
- turkish delight — a candy made of fruit juice and gelatin, cubed and dusted with sugar.
- unaccommodating — easy to deal with; eager to help or please; obliging.
- uncomprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.