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15-letter words containing s, a, n, g, r

  • disintegrations — the act or process of disintegrating.
  • disorganisation — Alternative spelling of disorganization.
  • disorganization — a breaking up of order or system; disunion or disruption of constituent parts.
  • distress signal — a signal used, or designed to be used, by persons in peril, for the purpose of summoning aid, indicating their position, etc., as a radio code sign, aerial flare, flag hoist, or the like. Compare distress call (def 1).
  • dr. strangelove — a person, especially a military or government official, who advocates initiating nuclear warfare.
  • drag one's feet — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
  • draughtsmanship — (British) alternative spelling of draftsmanship.
  • eating disorder — any of various disorders, as anorexia nervosa or bulimia, characterized by severe disturbances in eating habits.
  • egyptian jasper — a type of jasper, generally with zones of colour, found in desert regions of Egypt
  • english sparrow — a small Eurasian weaverbird, Passer domesticus, now established in North America and Australia. It has a brown streaked plumage with grey underparts
  • english speaker — a person who speaks English as a first, or second mother tongue
  • estates general — States-General (sense 1)
  • estuary english — a variety of standard British English in which the pronunciation reflects various features characteristic of London and the Southeast of England
  • evening prayers — the daily evening service of Bible readings and prayers prescribed in the Book of Common Prayer
  • everlastingness — The state or quality of being everlasting.
  • ewing's sarcoma — a form of malignant bone tumour most commonly found in children and young people
  • exaggeratedness — the quality of being exaggerated
  • exchange server — Microsoft Exchange
  • export earnings — the earnings of a company or country that are generated through the export of goods or services
  • extralinguistic — Outside the realm of linguistics.
  • extravagantness — The quality of being extravagant.
  • false pregnancy — physiological signs of pregnancy without conception; pseudocyesis.
  • fantasmagorical — Alternative form of phantasmagorical.
  • first gentleman — (often initial capital letters) the husband of the U.S. president or a current governor or mayor.
  • fishing harbour — a place where fishing boats are tied up
  • flight sergeant — a noncommissioned officer in the Royal Air Force junior in rank to a master aircrew
  • floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
  • foreign affairs — politics: international relations
  • fragmentariness — The quality of being fragmentary.
  • fragrance strip — a folded, usually sealed strip on a page or card, impregnated with fragrance that is released when pulled or torn open: The magazine is full of fragrance strips in the advertisements.
  • franklin's gull — a black-headed North American gull, Larus pipixcan, feeding chiefly on insects.
  • french guianese — an overseas department of France, on the NE coast of South America: formerly a French colony. 35,135 sq. mi. (91,000 sq. km). Capital: Cayenne.
  • french-speaking — able to speak French
  • fringe festival — an unofficial, often unconventional, arts festival that is associated with another, larger festival
  • frisian carving — geometrical incised carving.
  • front-page news — a story printed on the first page of a newspaper
  • 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
  • garrison finish — the finish of a race, especially a horse race, in which the winner comes from behind to win at the last moment.
  • garrison troops — troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
  • gastric balloon — an inflatable rubber bag placed in the stomach to reduce its capacity as an aid to losing weight
  • gastroenteritis — inflammation of the stomach and intestines.
  • gastronomically — the art or science of good eating.
  • general paresis — a syphilitic brain disorder characterized by chronic inflammation and degeneration of cerebral tissue resulting in mental and physical deterioration.
  • general science — basic science taught as a school subject
  • general servant — a domestic servant who performs general tasks
  • 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)
  • general-purpose — useful in many ways; not limited in use or function: a good general-purpose dictionary.
  • generalisations — Plural form of generalisation.
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