15-letter words containing a, g, n, o, s
- branchiostegous — branchiostegal.
- breeding season — the time of year during which animals breed
- cairngorm-stone — smoky quartz.
- castel gandolfo — a village in central Italy, 15 miles (24 km) SE of Rome: papal palace serving as the summer residence of the pope.
- catastrophising — Present participle of catastrophise.
- catastrophizing — Present participle of catastrophize.
- categoricalness — The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute.
- categorisations — Plural form of categorisation.
- categorizations — Plural form of categorization.
- cholangiectasis — Dilation of the bile ducts.
- choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
- coaling station — a port at which vessels can take on coal
- coffee granules — instant coffee in the form of grains
- college station — a city in E central Texas.
- colonial siding — siding composed of boards with parallel faces laid horizontally so that the upper overlaps the one below.
- 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.
- commercialising — Present participle of commercialise.
- commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
- compassionating — Present participle of compassionate.
- conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
- conestoga wagon — a large heavy horse-drawn covered wagon used in the 19th century
- congealableness — the quality of being congealable
- congealed salad — a molded gelatin salad containing chopped fruit or vegetables.
- conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.
- congratulations — You say 'Congratulations' to someone in order to congratulate them on something nice that has happened to them or something good that they have done.
- congressionally — of or relating to a congress.
- 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
- cost accounting — Cost accounting is the recording and analysis of all the various costs of running a business.
- 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
- cowper's glands — two small yellowish glands near the prostate that secrete a mucous substance into the urethra during sexual stimulation in males
- cricopharyngeus — (anatomy) Part of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor, arising from the cricoid cartilage.
- crossing patrol — a person who holds up the traffic so that school children can cross the road safely
- crossopterygian — any bony fish of the subclass Crossopterygii, having fleshy limblike pectoral fins. The group, now mostly extinct, contains the ancestors of the amphibians
- cum grano salis — with a grain of salt; not too literally
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- 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.
- decision-making — the act or process of making decisions
- degenerationist — a person who believes in the evolutionary decline of a species
- demagnetisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of demagnetization.
- depersonalizing — Present participle of depersonalize.
- 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.
- diagonalisation — (UK) In matrix algebra, the process of converting a square matrix into a diagonal matrix, usually to find the eigenvalues of the matrix.
- dinoflagellates — Plural form of dinoflagellate.
- disadvantageous — characterized by or involving disadvantage; unfavorable; detrimental.
- disambiguations — Plural form of disambiguation.
- disappointingly — failing to fulfill one's hopes or expectations: a disappointing movie; a disappointing marriage.