23-letter words containing s, g, d

greater spotted dogfish — a cat shark found in the Northeast Atlantic, Scyliorhinus stellaris
greatest common divisor — the largest number that is a common divisor of a given set of numbers. Abbreviation: G.C.D.
guillain-barre syndrome — an uncommon, usually self-limited form of polyneuritis, occurring after a viral illness or immunization and manifested by loss of muscle strength, loss of or altered sensation and sometimes paralysis.
hang on someone's words — to listen to someone eagerly
have a way of doing sth — If you say that someone or something has a way of doing a particular thing, you mean that they often do it.
in someone's bad graces — elegance or beauty of form, manner, motion, or action: We watched her skate with effortless grace across the ice. Synonyms: attractiveness, charm, gracefulness, comeliness, ease, lissomeness, fluidity. Antonyms: stiffness, ugliness, awkwardness, clumsiness; klutziness.
in someone's good books — regarded by someone with favour
in your stockinged feet — wearing stockings or socks but no shoes
industrial psychologist — a person who studies human behaviour and cognitive processes in relation to the working environment
inherently safer design — Inherently safer design is when a lot of consideration is given to safety when designing a process.
least significant digit — the digit farthest to the right in a number. Abbreviation: LSD.
light and shade surface — (in architectural shades and shadows) a surface in a plane tangent to the parallel rays from the theoretical light source, treated as a shade surface.
liquefied petroleum gas — a mixture of various petroleum gases, esp propane and butane, stored as a liquid under pressure and used as an engine fuel
long-horned grasshopper — any of numerous insects of the family Tettigoniidae, having long, threadlike antennae and well-developed stridulating organs on the forewings of the male.
look on the bright side — consider positive aspects
magnetic field strength — that part of the magnetic induction that is determined at any point in space by the current density and displacement current at that point independently of the magnetic or other physical properties of the surrounding medium. Symbol: H.
message digest function — one-way hash function
message handling system — (messaging, standard) (MHS) The standard defined by ITU-T as X.400 and by ISO as Message-Oriented Text Interchange Standard (MOTIS). MHS is the X.400 family of services and protocols that provides the functions for global electronic mail transfer among local mail systems and MTAs. It is used by CompuServe, among others.
midsummer night's dream — a comedy (1595?) by Shakespeare.
modern sequence dancing — a form of dancing in which ballroom dance steps are used as the basis of a wide variety of different dances typically performed in a sequence
non-destructive testing — Non-destructive testing is the examination of the quality of a component without changing it in any way.
nondisclosure agreement — a legal contract in which one or more parties agree to keep information, as a trade secret, confidential and protected for a specific amount of time. Abbreviation: NDA.
not long for this world — nearing death
of many years' standing — You can use the expression of many years' standing to say that something has had a particular function or someone has had a particular role for many years. For example, if a place is your home of ten years' standing, it has been your home for ten years.
on-line data processing — the storing or processing of data on a computer using the internet
percentage distribution — a frequency distribution is which individual frequencies are shown as a percentage of the total frequencies
polish lowland sheepdog — a strongly-built medium-sized sheepdog of a Polish breed with a long thick shaggy coat that covers the eyes
positive bending moment — a bending moment that produces concave bending at the middle of a simple supported beam
presidential government — a system of government in which the powers of the president are constitutionally separate from those of the legislature.
program design language — Any of a large class of formal and profoundly useless pseudo-languages in which management forces one to design programs. Too often, management expects PDL descriptions to be maintained in parallel with the code, imposing massive overhead of little or no benefit. See also flow chart.
put the record straight — to correct an error or misunderstanding
rectangular coordinates — Usually, rectangular coordinates. either of two Cartesian coordinates in which the axes meet at right angles.
respondent conditioning — conditioning (def 2).
school (crossing) guard — a person, either an adult or an older student, whose duty it is to help children cross streets near schools safely
set one's teeth on edge — (in most vertebrates) one of the hard bodies or processes usually attached in a row to each jaw, serving for the prehension and mastication of food, as weapons of attack or defense, etc., and in mammals typically composed chiefly of dentin surrounding a sensitive pulp and covered on the crown with enamel.
sign on the dotted line — a line on a contract or similar document for a party's signature.
spigot and socket joint — a joint between two pipes using male and female parts
split-fingered fastball — a pitch, similar to the forkball but thrown with the same arm speed as a fastball, that drops suddenly as it nears the batter.
staggered directorships — a defence against unwelcome takeover bids in which a company resolves that its directors should serve staggered terms of office and that no director can be removed from office without just cause, thus preventing a bidder from controlling the board for some years
standard widget toolkit — (graphics, programming, standard) (SWT) The Eclipse Foundation's framework for developing graphical user interfaces in Java. SWT is written in explicitly standard Java but uses the Java Native Interface to talk to a platform-native GUI library. SWT is the third major attempt to give Java a decent GUI framework, following AWT and Swing. Of the three, SWT is the most consistent with the native GUIs but its programming model is hard to port to non-Windows platforms.
state-trading countries — countries whose export and import trading is government controlled
stock and station agent — a firm dealing in and financing farm activities
straight bill of lading — a bill of lading that is issued to a specified consignee for the delivery of the goods and that cannot be endorsed to another party.
suit down to the ground — the solid surface of the earth; firm or dry land: to fall to the ground.
there is no holding him — he is so spirited or resolute that he cannot be restrained
thousand and one nights — a collection of Eastern folk tales derived in part from Indian and Persian sources and dating from the 10th century a.d.
to bring the house down — If a person or their performance or speech brings the house down, the audience claps, laughs, or shouts loudly because the performance or speech is very impressive or amusing.
to get ahold of oneself — to force oneself to become calm and sensible after a shock or in a difficult situation
to go from bad to worse — If a situation goes from bad to worse, it becomes even more unpleasant or unsatisfactory.
to see the light of day — If something sees the light of day at a particular time, it comes into existence or is made known to the public at that time.

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