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15-letter words containing a, g, o, d, e

  • organized crime — illegal activities co-ordinated by groups
  • organized labor — all workers who are organized in labor unions.
  • ortega saavedra — (José) Daniel [haw-se dah-nyel] /hɔˈsɛ dɑˈnyɛl/ (Show IPA), born 1945, Nicaraguan political leader: president 1985–90.
  • outline drawing — a drawing consisting only of external lines
  • outstandingness — prominent; conspicuous; striking: an outstanding example of courage.
  • overdramatizing — Present participle of overdramatize.
  • overexaggerated — Simple past tense and past participle of overexaggerate.
  • oxidizing agent — a substance that oxidizes another substance, being itself reduced in the process. Common oxidizing agents are oxygen, hydrogen peroxide, and ferric salts
  • package holiday — a holiday arranged by a travel company in which your travel and accommodation are booked for you
  • paedophile ring — a group of people who take part in illegal sexual activity involving children
  • paphian goddess — Aphrodite, worshiped in Cyprus as the goddess of sexual love.
  • pectoral girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the forelimbs.
  • pedagoguishness — the quality of being pedagoguish
  • pelargonic acid — a colorless, oily, water-immiscible liquid, C 9 H 1 8 O 2 , occurring as an ester in a volatile oil in species of pelargonium: used chiefly in organic synthesis and in the manufacture of lacquers and plastics.
  • photodegradable — (of a substance) capable of being broken down by light.
  • powder magazine — a compartment for the storage of ammunition and explosives.
  • prairie-dogging — (in an open-plan office) the practice of looking over the top of one's partition in order to discover the source of or reason for a commotion
  • predicate logic — (logic)   (Or "predicate calculus") An extension of propositional logic with separate symbols for predicates, subjects, and quantifiers. For example, where propositional logic might assign a single symbol P to the proposition "All men are mortal", predicate logic can define the predicate M(x) which asserts that the subject, x, is mortal and bind x with the universal quantifier ("For all"): All x . M(x) Higher-order predicate logic allows predicates to be the subjects of other predicates.
  • prestidigitator — sleight of hand; legerdemain.
  • product manager — sb who oversees product development
  • pseudepigraphon — any book of the Pseudepigrapha
  • pseudohexagonal — of, relating to, or having the form of a hexagon.
  • pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
  • radiator grille — a grille in an automobile or the like for air cooling of the liquid in the cooling system.
  • radio programme — something that is broadcast on radio
  • radiogoniometer — a device used to detect the direction of radio waves, consisting of a coil that is free to rotate within two fixed coils at right angles to each other
  • radiogoniometry — the science of detecting the direction of radio waves
  • radiotechnology — the technical application of any form of radiation to industry.
  • radiotelegraphy — the constructing or operating of radiotelegraphs.
  • record-breaking — top, most successful
  • recording angel — an angel who supposedly keeps a record of every person's good and bad acts
  • robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
  • rolling meadows — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
  • rotary debugger — (Commodore) Essential equipment for those late-night or early-morning debugging sessions. Mainly used as sustenance for the hacker. Comes in many decorator colours, such as Sausage, Pepperoni, and Garbage.
  • rough and ready — rough, rude, or crude, but good enough for the purpose: a rough-and-ready estimate of future expenses.
  • rough-and-ready — rough, rude, or crude, but good enough for the purpose: a rough-and-ready estimate of future expenses.
  • routeing domain — (networking)   (US "routing") A set of routers that exchange routeing information within an administrative domain.
  • rowland heights — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
  • scrounge around — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
  • sebaceous gland — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
  • second language — a language learned by a person after his or her native language, especially as a resident of an area where it is in general use.
  • second mortgage — a mortgage the lien of which is next in priority to a first mortgage.
  • secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
  • securicor guard — a guard who works for Securicor
  • self-diagnostic — the diagnosis of one's own malady or illness.
  • sewage disposal — waste processing
  • shopping arcade — a place where a number of shops are connected together under one roof
  • shoulder charge — an instance of a player charging into another so that there is contact between their shoulders (permissible in some circumstances)
  • silver quandong — an Australian tree, Elaeocarpus grandis: family Elaeocarpaceae
  • 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.
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