15-letter words containing t, i, d, e, g

gilbert islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific: with Banaba, the Phoenix Islands, and three of the Line Islands they constitute the independent state of Kiribati; until 1975 they formed part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands; achieved full independence in 1979. Pop: 82 902 (2005). Area: 295 sq km (114 sq miles)
girdle traverse — a climb that consists of a complete traverse of a face or crag
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.
go to the devil — Theology. (sometimes initial capital letter) the supreme spirit of evil; Satan. a subordinate evil spirit at enmity with God, and having power to afflict humans both with bodily disease and with spiritual corruption.
golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
golden triangle — (sometimes lowercase) an area of Southeast Asia encompassing parts of Burma, Laos, and Thailand, significant as a major source of opium and heroin.
goldenrain tree — a small, deciduous Asian tree (Koelreuteria paniculata) of the soapberry family having small yellow flowers and papery fruit pods
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
grade inflation — the awarding of higher grades than students deserve either to maintain a school's academic reputation or as a result of diminished teacher expectations.
grand staircase — a large and impressive staircase
grandiloquently — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
graph reduction — A technique invented by Chris Wadsworth where an expression is represented as a directed graph (usually drawn as an inverted tree). Each node represents a function call and its subtrees represent the arguments to that function. Subtrees are replaced by the expansion or value of the expression they represent. This is repeated until the tree has been reduced to a value with no more function calls (a normal form). In contrast to string reduction, graph reduction has the advantage that common subexpressions are represented as pointers to a single instance of the expression which is only reduced once. It is the most commonly used technique for implementing lazy evaluation.
graveyard shift — a work shift usually beginning at about midnight and continuing for about eight hours through the early morning hours.
great sanhedrin — Sanhedrin (def 1).
great-sanhedrin — Also called Great Sanhedrin. the highest council of the ancient Jews, consisting of 71 members, and exercising authority from about the 2nd century b.c.
greenfield site — a site located in a rural area which has not previously been built on
grid networking — a type of computer networking that harnesses unused processing cycles of ordinary desktop computers to create a virtual supercomputer
griqualand east — a former district in S South Africa, SW of Natal.
griqualand west — a former district in S South Africa, N of the Orange River and W of the Orange Free State: diamonds found 1867.
ground meristem — an area of primary meristematic tissue, emerging from and immediately behind the apical meristem, that develops into the pith and the cortex.
guidance system — The guidance system of a missile or rocket is the device which controls its course.
guru meditation — (operating system) The Amiga equivalent of Unix's panic (sometimes just called a "guru" or "guru event"). When the system crashes, a cryptic message of the form "GURU MEDITATION #XXXXXXXX.YYYYYYYY" may appear, indicating what the problem was. An Amiga guru can figure things out from the numbers. In the earliest days of the Amiga, there was a device called a "Joyboard" which was basically a plastic board built onto a joystick-like device; it was sold with a skiing game cartridge for the Atari game machine. It is said that whenever the prototype OS crashed, the system programmer responsible would concentrate on a solution while sitting cross-legged, balanced on a Joyboard, resembling a meditating guru. Sadly, the joke was removed in AmigaOS 2.04. The Jargon File claimed that a guru event had to be followed by a Vulcan nerve pinch but, according to a correspondent, a mouse click was enough to start a reboot.
hair of the dog — an alcoholic drink taken as an antidote to a hangover
have got it bad — to be infatuated
have it so good — to have so many benefits, esp material benefits
heat-conducting — able to conduct heat or whose function is to conduct heat
high definition — a system for screen display of images that are sharper and more detailed than normal, having many more than the standard number of scanning lines per frame: Most TV shows are available in high definition. Abbreviation: HD. See also high-definition television.
high priesthood — the condition or office of a high priest.
high-definition — High-definition television or technology is a digital system that gives a much clearer picture than traditional television systems.
high-fibre diet — a diet which contains a lot of fibre, supposed to help keep your digestive system healthy
highland cattle — a breed of cattle with shaggy hair, usually reddish-brown in colour, and long horns
holding pattern — a traffic pattern for aircraft at a specified location (holding point) where they are ordered to remain until permitted to land or proceed.
holiday cottage — a cottage used for accommodation for a family, couple, etc, on holiday
hunting leopard — the cheetah.
huntingdonshire — a former county in E England, now part of Cambridgeshire.
i beg to differ — You say 'I beg to differ' when you are politely emphasizing that you disagree with someone.
idiot's delight — any variety of the card game solitaire.
in the doghouse — a small shelter for a dog.
in-suite dining — In-suite dining in a hotel is when guests eat meals in their rooms.
indigestibility — The state of being indigestible.
indistinguished — (archaic) indistinct.
inside straight — Poker. a set of four cards, as the five, seven, eight, and nine, requiring one card of a denomination next above or below the second or third ranking cards of the set to make a straight.
insider trading — the illegal buying and selling of securities by persons acting on privileged information.
integral domain — a commutative ring in which the cancellation law holds true.
interdigitation — An interlinking that resembles the fingers of two hands being locked together.
interior design — the design and coordination of the decorative elements of the interior of a house, apartment, office, or other structural space, including color schemes, fittings, furnishings, and sometimes architectural features.
interrecord gap — the area or space separating consecutive physical records of data on an external storage medium.
into the ground — beyond what is requisite or can be endured; to exhaustion
inunderstanding — (obsolete) Devoid of understanding.

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