15-letter words containing a, g, e, n, t, s
- castel gandolfo — a village in central Italy, 15 miles (24 km) SE of Rome: papal palace serving as the summer residence of the pope.
- categoricalness — The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute.
- categorisations — Plural form of categorisation.
- categorizations — Plural form of categorization.
- centipede grass — a slow-growing grass, Eremochloa ophiuroides, introduced into the U.S. from China and used for lawns in warm areas.
- central casting — a nominal casting agency that delivers stereotypes to films or, figuratively, to real life situations
- chinese gelatin — agar (def 1).
- cholangiectasis — Dilation of the bile ducts.
- circumnavigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate.
- college station — a city in E central Texas.
- colour sergeant — a sergeant who carries the regimental, battalion, or national colours, as in a colour guard
- come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
- commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
- conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
- conestoga wagon — a large heavy horse-drawn covered wagon used in the 19th century
- conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.
- constable glass — a drinking glass of the 18th century, having a heavy foot, a tall body, and a capacity of 1 quart (0.946 liters).
- contextualising — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- cosignificative — having the same meaning or sense
- counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
- counterstrategy — a strategy designed to counter the effectiveness of another strategy or action
- credit standing — reputation for discharging financial obligations
- crossopterygian — any bony fish of the subclass Crossopterygii, having fleshy limblike pectoral fins. The group, now mostly extinct, contains the ancestors of the amphibians
- crystal healing — (in alternative therapy) the use of the supposed power of crystals to affect the human energy field
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- cyber-squatting — (jargon, networking) The practice of registering famous brand names as Internet domain names, e.g. harrods.com, ibm.firm or sears.shop, in the hope of later selling them to the appropriate owner at a profit.
- data processing — Data processing is the series of operations that are carried out on data, especially by computers, in order to present, interpret, or obtain information.
- degenerationist — a person who believes in the evolutionary decline of a species
- demagnetisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of demagnetization.
- descaling agent — something intended for use removing limescale from something such as a tap, kettle or coffee machine.
- designated area — specified
- desktop manager — A user interface to system services, usually icon and menu based like the Macintosh Finder, enabling the user to run application programs and use a file system without directly using the command language of the operating system.
- die standing up — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- digestive gland — any gland having ducts that pour secretions into the digestive tract, as the salivary glands, liver, and pancreas.
- dinoflagellates — Plural form of dinoflagellate.
- disadvantageous — characterized by or involving disadvantage; unfavorable; detrimental.
- disenchantingly — In a disenchanting manner.
- disentanglement — Removal of, or extrication from twists, tangles, complications or confusion.
- disestablishing — Present participle of disestablish.
- dishearteningly — In a disheartening manner.
- disintegrations — the act or process of disintegrating.
- distinguishable — to mark off as different (often followed by from or by): He was distinguished from the other boys by his height.
- distress signal — a signal used, or designed to be used, by persons in peril, for the purpose of summoning aid, indicating their position, etc., as a radio code sign, aerial flare, flag hoist, or the like. Compare distress call (def 1).
- dr. strangelove — a person, especially a military or government official, who advocates initiating nuclear warfare.
- drag one's feet — to draw with force, effort, or difficulty; pull heavily or slowly along; haul; trail: They dragged the carpet out of the house.
- east longmeadow — a city in SW Massachusetts.
- eating disorder — any of various disorders, as anorexia nervosa or bulimia, characterized by severe disturbances in eating habits.
- egyptian jasper — a type of jasper, generally with zones of colour, found in desert regions of Egypt
- estates general — States-General (sense 1)
- estuary english — a variety of standard British English in which the pronunciation reflects various features characteristic of London and the Southeast of England