15-letter words containing s, o, d, i
- foresightedness — care or provision for the future; provident care; prudence.
- foundationalism — (epistemology) The doctrine that beliefs derive justification from certain basic beliefs.
- frederick soddy — Frederick, 1877–1956, English chemist: Nobel prize 1921.
- fully fashioned — (of stockings, knitwear, etc) shaped and seamed so as to fit closely
- 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)
- 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
- geodemographics — the study and grouping of the people in a geographical area according to socioeconomic criteria, esp for market research
- geodetic survey — a land area survey in which the curvature of the surface of the earth is taken into account.
- get sb into bed — To get someone into bed means to persuade them to have sex with you.
- globus pallidus — anatomy: part of the brain
- glucocorticoids — Plural form of glucocorticoid.
- 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.
- good-fellowship — a pleasant, convivial spirit; comradeship; geniality.
- 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
- grimes (golden) — a yellow autumn eating apple
- 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
- guild socialism — a form of socialism developed in England in the 20th century, emphasizing decentralization of industry and services with control to be vested in autonomous guilds of workers.
- hamamelidaceous — belonging to the Hamamelidaceae, the witch hazel family of plants.
- have it so good — to have so many benefits, esp material benefits
- have words with — to argue angrily with
- heads will roll — If you say that heads will roll as a result of something bad that has happened, you mean that people will be punished for it, especially by losing their jobs.
- hedonic damages — compensation based on what the victim of a crime might have earned in the future
- heralds' office — the official heraldic authority of Scotland.
- hermaphroditism — the condition of being a hermaphrodite.
- heroin overdose — an excessive amount of the drug heroin, sufficient to cause illness or death
- heteroscedastic — (of several distributions) having different variances
- high priesthood — the condition or office of a high priest.
- holiday clothes — the clothes worn and bought for travelling on holiday, such as swimwear, skiwear, or clothes for hot or cold weather, etc
- holyhead island — former name of Holy Island (def 2).
- horse latitudes — the latitudes near 30°N or 30°S at sea, characterized by baffling winds, calms, and high barometric pressure
- hospital doctor — a hospital doctor works in a hospital, rather than as a general practitioner, in the army, etc
- house detective — an employee of a department store, hotel, etc., employed to prevent thefts, violations of regulations, or other forms of misconduct on the part of patrons.
- household linen — items made of cloth, such as tablecloths, sheets, and pillowcases, that are used in the home
- humidifications — Plural form of humidification.
- huntingdonshire — a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.
- hydrodynamicist — a specialist in hydrodynamics.
- hydrostatically — In a hydrostatic manner.
- hyperfastidious — extremely or excessively fastidious
- hyperthyroidism — overactivity of the thyroid gland.
- hypochondriases — Plural form of hypochondriasis.