19-letter words containing s, e, d, g
- secondary picketing — the picketing by strikers of a place of work that supplies goods to or distributes goods from their employer
- self-aggrandizement — increase of one's own power, wealth, etc., usually aggressively.
- sharp-tailed grouse — a grouse, Pedioecetes phasianellus, of prairies and open forests of western North America, similar in size to the prairie chicken but with a more pointed tail.
- shipping department — a department in a company responsible for arranging, receiving, recording, and sending shipments of goods
- sidereal hour angle — the angle, measured westward through 360°, between the hour circle passing through the vernal equinox and the hour circle of a celestial body.
- single edge contact — (hardware) (SEC) The type of cartridge in which a Pentium II is packaged.
- single-line display — a display that presents information in a single line
- smite hip and thigh — to attack unsparingly; overwhelm with or as with blows
- speeding conviction — a conviction for breaking the speed limit while driving a vehicle
- spider-hunting wasp — any solitary wasp of the superfamily Pompiloidea, having a slender elongated body: the fast-running female hunts spiders as a food store for her larvae
- split-second timing — timing that depends on minute precision
- spotted wintergreen — an evergreen plant, Chimaphila maculata, of central North America, having leaves with mottled-white veins and white, fragrant flowers.
- sql module language — A language used to interface other languages (Ada, C, COBOL) to SQL-based DBMSes. It is an ANSI standard. Version: Ada/SAME by Informix.
- stand in good stead — the place of a person or thing as occupied by a successor or substitute: The nephew of the queen came in her stead.
- standing martingale — martingale (def 1).
- straightforwardness — going or directed straight ahead: a straightforward gaze.
- strangulated hernia — a hernia, especially of the intestine, that swells and constricts the blood supply of the herniated part, resulting in obstruction and gangrene.
- stringed instrument — a musical instrument having strings as the medium of sound production, played with the fingers or with a plectrum or a bow: The guitar, the harp, and the violin are stringed instruments.
- sulfureted hydrogen — hydrogen sulfide.
- sun-and-planet gear — a planetary epicyclic gear train.
- swedish nightingale — Jenny (Johanna Maria Lind Goldschmidt"The Swedish Nightingale") 1820–87, Swedish soprano.
- sweetness and light — extreme or excessive pleasantness or amiability.
- synthetic detergent — any synthetic substance, other than soap, that is an effective cleanser and functions equally well as a surface-active agent in hard or soft water.
- take up the cudgels — If you take up the cudgels for someone or something, you speak or fight in support of them.
- tarnished plant bug — a bug, Lygus lineolaris, of the family Miridae, that is a common and widely distributed pest of alfalfa and other legumes and of peach and other fruit trees.
- tender is the night — a novel (1934) by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
- thread-line fishing — spinning (def 3).
- threshold agreement — an agreement between an employer and employees or their union to increase wages by a specified sum if inflation exceeds a specified level in a specified time
- to reserve judgment — If you reserve judgment on something, you refuse to give an opinion about it until you know more about it.
- unclassified degree — a degree that has not been given a grade because it is of a low standard
- under the spotlight — If someone or something comes under the spotlight, they are thoroughly examined, especially by journalists and the public.
- verdigris toadstool — a basidiomycetous fungus, Stropharia aeruginosa, having a distinctive and unusual blue-green cap and paler shaggy stem
- very large database — (database) (VLDB) A database that can use a Very Large Memory model to keep as much data as possible in physical memory. (Oracle http://oracle.com/platforms/dec/collateral/vlmwp_3.html).
- wade-giles (system) — a system for transliterating Chinese ideograms into the Latin alphabet, in wide use esp. before Pinyin was adopted by the People's Republic of China in 1979
- wandering albatross — a large albatross, Diomedea exulans, of southern waters, having the plumage mostly white with dark markings on the upper parts.
- wedding anniversary — the annual commemoration of a couple's marriage: a tenth wedding anniversary.
- white-fronted goose — a grayish-brown wild goose, Anser albifrons, of Eurasia and western North America, having a white patch on the front of the face.
- white-winged scoter — a blackish North American duck, Melanitta deglandi, having a white patch on each wing.
- winged spindle tree — a stiff, spreading shrub, Euonymus alata, of eastern Asia, having corky-winged twigs, yellowish flowers, and purplish fruit.
- world heritage site — a natural or manmade area or structure which is recognized as being of international importance and therefore deserving special protection
- zero-base budgeting — a process in government and corporate finance of justifying an overall budget or individual budgeted items each fiscal year or each review period rather than dealing only with proposed changes from a previous budget. Abbreviation: ZBB.