13-letter words containing a, g, c
- cardiologists — Plural form of cardiologist.
- cardiomegalia — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- cariogenicity — conducive to the production or promotion of dental caries: the cariogenic factors in sweets.
- carnegie hall — a famous concert hall in New York (opened 1891); endowed by Andrew Carnegie
- carnegie unit — a standardized unit of measurement for evaluating courses in secondary schools in terms of college entrance requirements, representing one year's study in any subject, that subject having been taught for a minimum of 120 classroom hours to qualify.
- carnot engine — an engine using a Carnot cycle of operations.
- carpet knight — a soldier who spends his life away from battle; idler
- carpetbaggers — U.S. History. a Northerner who went to the South after the Civil War and became active in Republican politics, especially so as to profiteer from the unsettled social and political conditions of the area during Reconstruction.
- carpetbaggery — the practice of being a carpetbagger
- carpetbagging — relating to carpetbaggers or to the practice of carpetbaggers
- carriage bolt — a round-headed bolt for timber, threaded along part of its shank, inserted into holes already drilled.
- carrickfergus — a town in E Northern Ireland, in Carrickfergus district, Co Antrim; historic settlement of Scottish Protestants on Belfast Lough; Norman castle. Pop: 27 201 (2001)
- carry through — If you carry something through, you do it or complete it, often in spite of difficulties.
- cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
- cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
- cartographers — Plural form of cartographer.
- cartridge pen — a pen having a removable ink reservoir that is replaced when empty
- carving knife — A carving knife is a long sharp knife that is used to cut cooked meat.
- cascade range — a chain of mountains in the US and Canada: a continuation of the Sierra Nevada range from N California through Oregon and Washington to British Columbia. Highest peak: Mount Rainier, 4392 m (14 408 ft)
- casehardening — Present participle of caseharden.
- cash dealings — transactions that are carried out using cash
- cash holdings — the assets that you hold in ready cash, as opposed to property, shares, bonds, etc
- cash register — A cash register is a machine in a shop, pub, or restaurant that is used to add up and record how much money people pay, and in which the money is kept.
- casing hanger — A casing hanger is the part of a wellhead that supports the casing string.
- casing string — A casing string is a series of lengths of steel pipe which are fitted together and put into a well.
- casting couch — a couch on which a casting director is said to seduce women seeking a part in a film or play
- casting wheel — a wheel having on its circumference molds for receiving molten metal.
- catalog verse — verse made by compiling long lists of everyday objects, names, or events, united by a common theme and often didactic in tone.
- categorematic — (of a word) able to stand alone as a term or subject
- categorically — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
- categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
- categorizable — Capable of being categorized.
- catheterizing — Present participle of catheterize.
- cathodography — the process or practice of taking photographs using cathode rays
- cattle plague — rinderpest.
- cave painting — a painting done by prehistoric people in caves
- cedar waxwing — a brownish-gray, crested American waxwing (Bombycilla cedrorum), with red, waxlike tips on its secondary wing feathers
- cellar fungus — a fungus, Coniophora puteana, that causes dry rot in timber.
- central angle — an angle whose vertex is at the centre of a circle
- centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
- cervicography — a method of cervical screening in which the neck of the uterus is photographed to facilitate the early detection of cancer
- cerynean stag — a stag living in Arcadia, captured by Hercules as one of his labors.
- chaise longue — A chaise longue is a kind of sofa with only one arm and usually a back along half its length.
- chaise lounge — A chaise lounge is the same as a chaise longue.
- challengeable — a call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill, strength, etc.
- challengingly — in a way that challenges or defies someone
- chamber organ — a small compact organ used esp for the authentic performance of preclassical music
- chandernagore — a port in E India, in S West Bengal on the Hooghly River: a former French settlement (1686–1950). Pop: 162 166 (2001)
- chang tso-lin — 1873–1928, Chinese general: military ruler of Manchuria 1918–28.
- changchiak'ou — Zhangjiakou.