13-letter words containing a, g, l, s
- chaise lounge — A chaise lounge is the same as a chaise longue.
- chang tso-lin — 1873–1928, Chinese general: military ruler of Manchuria 1918–28.
- changefulness — Propensity to change.
- chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
- chicago style — a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble.
- chinling shan — Qinling Shan
- circularising — Present participle of circularise.
- class meaning — the meaning of a grammatical category or a form class, common to all forms showing the category or to all members of the form class, as in the meaning of number common to all Latin nouns or the meaning of singular common to all Latin singular noun and verb forms.
- clear-sighted — If you describe someone as clear-sighted, you admire them because they are able to understand situations well and to make sensible judgments and decisions about them.
- clearing sale — the auction of plant, stock, and effects of a country property, esp after the property has changed hands
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- cleistogamous — having small, unopened, self-pollinating flowers, usually in addition to the showier flowers
- climatologist — A climatologist is someone who studies climates.
- close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
- colleagueship — workplace companionship
- collieshangie — a quarrel
- colostomy bag — a bag that is attached to the surgical opening from the colon onto the surface of the body and into which faecal matter passes
- congenialness — The state or quality of being congenial.
- conglomerates — anything composed of heterogeneous materials or elements.
- congratulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of congratulate.
- congressional — A congressional policy, action, or person relates to the United States Congress.
- consanguineal — having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood.
- consolidating — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- contrastingly — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
- coral springs — city in SE Fla.: pop. 118,000
- coralligenous — producing coral
- crash landing — aircraft: emergency descent
- criminalising — Present participle of criminalise.
- crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
- crystallizing — Present participle of crystallize.
- cupping glass — a glass vessel from which air can be removed by suction or heat to create a partial vacuum: formerly used in drawing blood to the surface of the skin for slow bloodletting
- cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- dancing class — a meeting of a group of student dancers for tuition in dancing
- danger signal — any type of signal that indicates danger
- dangleberries — Plural form of dangleberry.
- darling downs — a plateau in NE Australia, in SE Queensland: a vast agricultural and stock-raising area
- das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- declassifying — Present participle of declassify.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- dermatologies — Plural form of dermatology.
- dermatologist — A dermatologist is a doctor who specializes in the study of skin and the treatment of skin diseases.
- desacralizing — Present participle of desacralize.
- desobligeante — a type of carriage seating only one person
- destabilising — Present participle of destabilise.
- destabilizing — Present participle of destabilize.
- devastatingly — tending or threatening to devastate: a devastating fire.
- diabetologist — a person who studies diabetes
- disagreeables — annoying things