15-letter words containing i, n, d, s, t, g
- elections judge — someone who oversees an election
- endocrinologist — A person who is skilled at, or practices endocrinology.
- fetal diagnosis — prenatal determination of genetic or chemical abnormalities in a fetus, esp by amniocentesis
- fight windmills — to fight imaginary evils or opponents
- 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).
- foresightedness — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- 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)
- gardening tools — tools used for gardening, such as a trowel, spade, rake, etc
- 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)
- get sb into bed — To get someone into bed means to persuade them to have sex with you.
- 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)
- 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.
- golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
- goodness of fit — the extent to which observed sample values of a variable approximate to values derived from a theoretical density, often measured by a chi-square test
- grand staircase — a large and impressive staircase
- great sanhedrin — Sanhedrin (def 1).
- great-sanhedrin — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
- greenfield site — a site located in a rural area which has not previously been built on
- griqualand east — a former district in S South Africa, SW of Natal.
- griqualand west — a former district in S South Africa, N of the Orange River and W of the Orange Free State: diamonds found 1867.
- ground meristem — an area of primary meristematic tissue, emerging from and immediately behind the apical meristem, that develops into the pith and the cortex.
- growth industry — an industry that is experiencing rapid growth
- guidance system — The guidance system of a missile or rocket is the device which controls its course.
- huntingdonshire — a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.
- in good spirits — cheerful
- in the doghouse — a small shelter for a dog.
- in-suite dining — In-suite dining in a hotel is when guests eat meals in their rooms.
- indigestibility — The state of being indigestible.
- indistinguished — (archaic) indistinct.
- industrialising — Present participle of industrialise.
- industrializing — Present participle of industrialize.
- inside straight — Poker. a set of four cards, as the five, seven, eight, and nine, requiring one card of a denomination next above or below the second or third ranking cards of the set to make a straight.
- insider trading — the illegal buying and selling of securities by persons acting on privileged information.
- interior design — the design and coordination of the decorative elements of the interior of a house, apartment, office, or other structural space, including color schemes, fittings, furnishings, and sometimes architectural features.
- inunderstanding — (obsolete) Devoid of understanding.
- kindergarteners — a child who attends a kindergarten.
- kingsford-smith — Sir Charles (Edward). 1897–1935, Australian aviator and pioneer (with Charles Ulm) of trans-Pacific and trans-Tasman flights
- laminated glass — Laminated glass is safety glass in which a transparent plastic film is placed between plates of glass.
- leading strings — strings or straps formerly used to guide and support a young child learning to walk
- light and shade — If you say that there is light and shade in something such as a performance, you mean you like it because different parts of it are different in tone or mood.
- lightheadedness — Alternative spelling of light-headedness.
- listed building — (in Britain) a building officially recognized as having special historical or architectural interest and therefore protected from demolition or alteration
- living standard — standard of living.
- longshore drift — beach drift.
- longsightedness — Farsight; farsightedness; far sight; long sight.
- madison heights — a city in SE Michigan: suburb of Detroit.
- midgard serpent — a serpent, the child of Loki and Angerboda, who lies wrapped around the world, tail in mouth, and is destined to kill and to be killed by Thor at Ragnarok; Jormungand.