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15-letter words containing n, s, d, i

  • foresightedness — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
  • foundationalism — (epistemology) The doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs.
  • french dressing — salad dressing prepared chiefly from oil, vinegar, and seasonings.
  • fresh-air fiend — a person who enjoys being outdoors or having good ventilation when indoors
  • friedrichshafen — a city in Baden-Württemberg, S Germany, on Lake Constance.
  • frisian islands — a chain of islands in the North Sea along the coasts of the Netherlands, Germany, and Denmark: separated from the mainland by shallows
  • ft-se 100 index — Financial Times Stock Exchange 100 Index
  • fully fashioned — (of stockings, knitwear, etc) shaped and seamed so as to fit closely
  • fundamentalists — Plural form of fundamentalist.
  • 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)
  • gambier islands — a group of islands in the S Pacific Ocean, in French Polynesia. Chief settlement: Rikitéa. Pop: 1097 (2002). Area: 30 sq km (11 sq miles)
  • 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
  • gender-specific — for, characteristic of, or limited to either males or females: Left-handedness is not gender-specific.
  • 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 samphire — a Eurasian coastal plant, Inula crithmoides, with fleshy leaves and yellow flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
  • golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
  • goldilocks zone — a zone around a star having temperatures and other conditions that can support life on planets: Mars is thought to lie on the outer edge of the sun's Goldilocks zone.
  • 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
  • gorlin syndrome — a rare congenital disorder in which cancer destroys the facial skin and causes blindness; skeletal anomalies can also occur
  • 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.
  • green sandpiper — a species of sandpiper, Tringa ochropus, with a greenish back and wings
  • greenfield site — a site located in a rural area which has not previously been built on
  • grimes (golden) — a yellow autumn eating apple
  • 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.
  • gross indecency — sexual offence
  • ground meristem — an area of primary meristematic tissue, emerging from and immediately behind the apical meristem, that develops into the pith and the cortex.
  • ground squirrel — any of several terrestrial rodents of the squirrel family, as of the genus Citellus and chipmunks of the genus Tamias. circ;circ;
  • groundbreakings — Plural form of groundbreaking.
  • growth industry — an industry that is experiencing rapid growth
  • guardian angels — an angel believed to protect a particular person, as from danger or error.
  • guidance system — The guidance system of a missile or rocket is the device which controls its course.
  • hang seng index — an index of share prices based on an average of 33 stocks quoted on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange
  • harun al-rashid — a.d. 764?–809, caliph of Baghdad 786–809: one of the greatest Abbasids, he was made almost a legendary hero in the Arabian Nights.
  • harun ar-rashid — a.d. 764?-809; caliph of Baghdad (786-809): given popular fame as a hero of The Arabian Nights
  • hazard analysis — risk assessment
  • hedonic damages — compensation based on what the victim of a crime might have earned in the future
  • hendecasyllabic — having 11 syllables.
  • henry cavendish — Henry, 1731–1810, English chemist and physicist.
  • hereditarianism — a person who believes that differences between individuals or groups, including moral and intellectual attributes, are predominantly determined by genetic factors (opposed to environmentalist).
  • hereditarianist — a person who believes in the doctrine of hereditarianism
  • heroin overdose — an excessive amount of the drug heroin, sufficient to cause illness or death
  • high-handedness — condescending or presumptuous; overbearing; arbitrary: He has a highhanded manner.
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