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15-letter words containing t, a, g, e, n, d

  • single standard — a single set of principles or rules applying to everyone, as a single moral code applying to both men and women, especially in sexual behavior. Compare double standard.
  • single-breasted — (of a coat, jacket, etc.) having a front closure directly in the center with only a narrow overlap secured by a single button or row of buttons.
  • sleight of hand — skill in feats requiring quick and clever movements of the hands, especially for entertainment or deception, as jugglery, card or coin magic, etc.; legerdemain.
  • smoking-related — (of a disease, illness, etc) caused by smoking tobacco, etc
  • snaggle toothed — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
  • snaggle-toothed — a tooth growing out beyond or apart from others.
  • stage direction — an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
  • standing charge — fixed energy costs
  • standing orders — Military. (formerly) a general order always in force in a command and establishing uniform procedures for it; standard operating procedure.
  • starting handle — a crank used to start the motor of an automobile.
  • steamed pudding — a traditional pudding containing fat, sugar, eggs, flour, and other ingredients, which is steamed
  • stranger danger — the potential or perceived risk posed by unknown people to children and about which it may be advisable to warn them
  • subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
  • take down a peg — to lower the pride or conceit of; humble or dispirit
  • take lying down — to be in a horizontal, recumbent, or prostrate position, as on a bed or the ground; recline. Antonyms: stand.
  • target audience — the target audience of a programme is the group of people that the programme-makers are trying to persuade to watch or listen to it
  • the living dead — dead people that have been brought back to life by a supernatural force
  • the perigordian — the Perigordian culture
  • thought reading — mind reading.
  • to change hands — When something changes hands, its ownership changes, usually because it is sold to someone else.
  • toughened glass — glass that has been made stronger using chemical or thermal treatments so that it will not break easily
  • tracking device — an electronic security device which allows you to monitor the location of a person or object, esp a vehicle
  • trade agreement — commercial treaty between nations
  • trading partner — a person, organization, or country with whom somebody customarily does business
  • treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
  • understandingly — mental process of a person who comprehends; comprehension; personal interpretation: My understanding of the word does not agree with yours.
  • unmitigatedness — the state of being unmitigated
  • untransmigrated — not transmigrated; not transferred or caused to be transferred
  • variant reading — an alternative interpretation of a word in a text to the one generally accepted
  • wage indexation — the linking of wages to an index representing the cost of living, so that they are automatically adjusted up or down as that rises or falls
  • weatherboarding — an early type of board used as a siding for a building.
  • wedding banquet — a lavish meal served after a wedding ceremony
  • weekend cottage — a cottage where people spend weekends
  • well-integrated — combining or coordinating separate elements so as to provide a harmonious, interrelated whole: an integrated plot; an integrated course of study.
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