14-letter words containing r, i, d, g, e, t
- right reverend — an official form of address for abbots, abbesses, Anglican bishops, and other prelates.
- rock partridge — the Greek partridge; Alectoris graeca
- screen editing — the act or process of editing text on screen
- screen trading — a form of trading on a market or exchange in which the visual display unit of a computer replaces personal contact as in floor trading
- security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
- self-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- sheepdog trial — a competition in which sheepdogs are tested in their tasks
- silver-tongued — persuasive; eloquent: a silver-tongued orator.
- single-hearted — sincere and undivided in feeling or spirit; dedicated; not reflecting mixed emotions: He was single-hearted in his patriotism.
- sliding vector — a vector having specified magnitude and lying on a given line.
- solid geometry — the geometry of solid figures; geometry of three dimensions.
- sovereign debt — the debt of a national government, esp debt that is issued in a foreign currency
- spread betting — Spread betting is a form of gambling that involves predicting a range of possible scores or results rather than one particular score or result.
- stage designer — someone who designs the physical appearance of the stage, using backdrops, props, etc
- stage director — a person who directs a theatrical production.
- standing order — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
- standing water — still water that has stagnated
- stinking cedar — an evergreen tree, Torreya taxifolia, of the yew family, native to Florida, having rank-smelling foliage and dark-green, egg-shaped fruit.
- storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
- straight-ahead — not deviating from what is usual or expected; conventional or traditional; standard: a straight-ahead novel with a happy ending.
- straight-faced — a serious or impassive facial expression that conceals one's true feelings about something, especially a desire to laugh.
- straight-laced — strait-laced (sense 2)
- striped gopher — a ground squirrel marked with stripes, especially the thirteen-lined ground squirrel.
- sugar diabetes — diabetes mellitus
- tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
- tariff heading — the description of a product attached to a tariff line
- tayside region — a former local government region in E Scotland: formed in 1975 from Angus, Kinross-shire, and most of Perthshire; replaced in 1996 by the council areas of Angus, City of Dundee, and Perth and Kinross
- teaching elder — a minister in a Presbyterian church.
- teeth grinding — habitual, purposeless clenching and grinding of the teeth, especially during sleep.
- testing ground — place where sth is tested
- the grenadines — a chain of about 600 islets in the Caribbean, part of the Windward Islands, extending for about 100 km (60 miles) between St Vincent and Grenada and divided administratively between the two states. Largest island: Carriacou
- thread rolling — the production of a screw thread by a rolling swaging process using hardened profiled rollers. Rolled threads are stronger than threads machined by a cutting tool
- through bridge — a bridge in which the track is carried by the lower horizontal members
- thunder thighs — thick-set upper legs
- to strike gold — If you strike gold, you find, do, or produce something that brings you a lot of money or success.
- topiary garden — a garden that features topiary work
- trade-weighted — (of exchange rates) weighted according to the volume of trade between the various countries involved
- trading estate — industrial area
- trading period — A trading period is a set length of time, usually a number of weeks, months, quarters, or years, in which sales are measured and compared to previous periods.
- tunbridge ware — decorative wooden ware, including tables, trays, boxes, and ornamental objects, produced especially in the late 17th and 18th centuries in Tunbridge Wells, England, with mosaiclike marquetry sawed from square-sectioned wooden rods of different natural colors.
- under-shooting — to shoot or launch a projectile that strikes under or short of (a target).
- under-training — Railroads. a self-propelled, connected group of rolling stock.
- understandings — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
- understrapping — subordinate or inferior
- underthroating — (on a cornice) a cove extended outward and downward to form a drip.
- underutilizing — to fail to utilize fully: to underutilize natural resources.
- uninterrogated — to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
- unpretendingly — without pretence
- unrefrigerated — to make or keep cold or cool, as for preservation.
- upgradeability — an incline going up in the direction of movement.