14-letter words containing l, a, g, r, d, s
- half-submerged — under the surface of water or any other enveloping medium; inundated.
- highland dress — the historical costume, including the plaid, kilt or filibeg, and bonnet, as worn by Highland clansmen and soldiers
- jardin anglais — a landscape garden having winding paths and irregular planting.
- landing strake — the next strake of planking in an open boat below the sheer strake.
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- league leaders — the team at the top of a league
- magdeburg laws — the local laws of the city of Magdeburg, which were adopted by many European cities in the middle ages
- marsh marigold — a yellow-flowered plant, Caltha palustris, of the buttercup family, growing in marshes and meadows; cowslip.
- overland stage — a stagecoach used in the western U.S. during the middle of the 19th century.
- prostate gland — an organ that surrounds the urethra of males at the base of the bladder, comprising a muscular portion, which controls the release of urine, and a glandular portion, which secretes an alkaline fluid that makes up part of the semen and enhances the motility and fertility of sperm.
- pyramidologist — a person who believes in pyramidology
- realized gains — Realized gains are gains which have been made from the sale of an asset.
- reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
- sacred college — the collective body of the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church
- sailing orders — the final orders given to a ship's commander before sailing, concerning matters such as time of departure, destination, etc
- salad dressing — a sauce for a salad, usually with a base of oil and vinegar or of mayonnaise.
- salivary gland — any of several glands, as the submaxillary glands, that secrete saliva.
- sand lovegrass — any grass of the genus Eragrostis, as E. curvula (weeping lovegrass) and E. trichodes (sand lovegrass) cultivated as forage and ground cover.
- scaling ladder — a ladder for climbing high walls.
- scrambled eggs — scrambled eggs are eggs that are mixed together and then cooked in butter.
- scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
- self-generated — made without the aid of an external agent; produced spontaneously.
- self-hardening — noting or pertaining to any of various steels that harden after heating without quenching or other treatment.
- self-parodying — given to or involving self-parody
- self-regarding — consideration for oneself or one's own interests.
- self-regulated — governed or controlled from within; self-regulating.
- semi-legendary — somewhat legendary; having something of the nature of a legend; almost legendary
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
- single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
- slant drilling — Slant drilling is drilling at an angle of usually 30° to 45°.
- spiral binding — a binding, as for a notebook or booklet, in which the pages are fastened together by a spiral of wire or plastic that coils through a series of holes punched along one side of each page and the front and back covers.
- straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
- sugared almond — Sugared almonds are nuts which have been covered with a hard sweet coating.
- the everglades — a subtropical marshy region of Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee: contains the Everglades National Park established to preserve the flora and fauna of the swamps. Area: over 13 000 sq km (5000 sq miles)
- threaded glass — glass decorated with a pattern produced by variegated glass filaments.
- undespairingly — in an undespairing manner
- virgin islands — group of islands in the Caribbean
- voroshilovgrad — a city in E Ukraine, in the Donets Basin.
- windmill grass — finger grass.
- wrangel island — an island in the Arctic Ocean, off the coast of the extreme NE of Russia: administratively part of Russia; mountainous and mostly tundra. Area: about 7300 sq km (2800 sq miles)