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15-letter words containing i, n, d, g, e

  • paphian goddess — Aphrodite, worshiped in Cyprus as the goddess of sexual love.
  • pedagoguishness — the quality of being pedagoguish
  • pelargonic acid — a colorless, oily, water-immiscible liquid, C 9 H 1 8 O 2 , occurring as an ester in a volatile oil in species of pelargonium: used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of lacquers and plastics.
  • perfect binding — a technique for binding books by a machine that cuts off the backs of the sections and glues the leaves to a cloth or paper backing.
  • pointing device — an input device, as a mouse, stylus, or joystick, used to control movement of a cursor or pointer.
  • powder magazine — a compartment for the storage of ammunition and explosives.
  • prairie-dogging — (in an open-plan office) the practice of looking over the top of one's partition in order to discover the source of or reason for a commotion
  • pre-advertising — to announce or praise (a product, service, etc.) in some public medium of communication in order to induce people to buy or use it: to advertise a new brand of toothpaste.
  • prekindergarten — a school or class for young children between the ages of four and six years.
  • pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
  • public spending — expenditure by central government, local authorities, and public enterprises
  • pyramid selling — Pyramid selling is a method of selling in which one person buys a supply of a particular product direct from the manufacturer and then sells it to a number of other people at an increased price. These people sell it on to others in a similar way, but eventually the final buyers are only able to sell the product for less than they paid for it.
  • quadragenarians — Plural form of quadragenarian.
  • quarter binding — a style of bookbinding in which the spine is leather and the sides are cloth or paper.
  • radiant heating — the means of heating objects or persons by radiation in which the intervening air is not heated.
  • radiogoniometer — a device used to detect the direction of radio waves, consisting of a coil that is free to rotate within two fixed coils at right angles to each other
  • radiogoniometry — the science of detecting the direction of radio waves
  • radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
  • reading glasses — spectacles
  • reading the law — that part of the morning service on Sabbaths, festivals, and Mondays and Thursdays during which a passage is read from the Torah scrolls
  • receiving order — court order
  • record-breaking — top, most successful
  • recording angel — an angel who supposedly keeps a record of every person's good and bad acts
  • red riding hood — fairytale character
  • regimental band — a band made up of a military formation varying in size from a battalion to a number of battalions
  • registered bond — a bond recorded in the name of the owner.
  • registered name — the official or trademark name of something such as a product or company
  • rendering plant — a factory where waste products and livestock carcasses are converted into industrial fats and oils (such as tallow, used to make soap) and other products (such as fertilizer)
  • rendering works — (used with a singular verb) a factory or plant that renders and processes livestock carcasses into tallow, hides, fertilizer, etc.
  • reviewing stand — A reviewing stand is a special raised platform from which military and political leaders watch military parades.
  • riding breeches — calf-length trousers of whipcord or other durable fabric, flaring at the sides of the thighs and fitting snugly at and below the knees, worn with riding boots for horseback riding, hunting, etc.
  • rolling meadows — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • routeing domain — (networking)   (US "routing") A set of routers that exchange routeing information within an administrative domain.
  • rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • santa gertrudis — one of an American breed of beef cattle, developed from Shorthorn and Brahman stock for endurance to torrid temperatures.
  • saw-edged knife — a knife with a serrated edge
  • scanning device — any of various devices used in medical diagnosis to obtain an image of an internal organ or part
  • scenic designer — a person whose job is to create the scenery for television, film and stage
  • schooner-rigged — rigged as a schooner, especially with gaff sails and staysails only.
  • scolding bridle — branks.
  • second blessing — an experience of sanctification coming after conversion.
  • secundogeniture — the state of being the second born child
  • seeding machine — a machine for sowing seeds
  • self-diagnostic — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
  • self-indulgence — indulging one's own desires, passions, whims, etc., especially without restraint.
  • self-validating — requiring no external confirmation, sanction, or validation.
  • sensitizing dye — a dye adsorbed onto the silver halide grains of an emulsion to make the emulsion more sensitive to certain colors.
  • shire highlands — an upland area of S Malawi. Average height: 900 m (3000 ft)
  • shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
  • shotgun wedding — a wedding occasioned or precipitated by pregnancy.
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