17-letter words containing a, g, u, r
- circular triangle — a triangle in which each side is the arc of a circle
- circumstantiating — Present participle of circumstantiate.
- coastguard vessel — a ship used by the coastguard
- coldstream guards — a guard regiment of the English royal household: formed in Coldstream, Scotland, 1659–60, and instrumental in restoring the English monarchy under Charles II.
- collegiate church — a church that has an endowed chapter of canons and prebendaries attached to it but that is not a cathedral
- colour photograph — a photograph that is developed and printed in colour
- columnar jointing — (in basaltic igneous rocks) a series of generally hexagonal columns formed by vertical joints as a result of contraction during cooling.
- communal marriage — group marriage.
- commuter marriage — a marriage in which the partners live some distance apart most of the time, usually because of separate work commitments
- computer graphics — the use of a computer to produce and manipulate pictorial images on a video screen, as in animation techniques or the production of audiovisual aids
- computer language — programming language
- configurationally — With regard to a configuration.
- consulate general — the office or residence of a consul general
- consumer sampling — a research technique in which targeted consumers are polled or tested for their receptiveness to a product or service
- consumer watchdog — an organization or government agency that campaigns for consumers
- contradistinguish — to differentiate by means of contrasting or opposing qualities
- contrasuggestible — responding or tending to respond to a suggestion by doing or believing the opposite
- counter-espionage — Counter-espionage is the same as counter-intelligence.
- counter-migration — a migration in the opposite direction.
- counter-signature — a signature added by way of countersigning.
- counterchallenges — Plural form of counterchallenge.
- counterpropaganda — propaganda to offset or nullify unfriendly or enemy propaganda.
- countersignatures — Plural form of countersignature.
- country gentleman — a rich man with an estate in the country
- cruciate ligament — A cruciate ligament is either of a pair of ligaments that cross at the knee.
- cultural exchange — an exchange of students, artists, athletes, etc., between two countries to promote mutual understanding.
- customs brokerage — the work of a customs broker
- cut a good figure — to appear or behave well
- cut a poor figure — to appear or behave badly
- cytomegaloviruses — Plural form of cytomegalovirus.
- dagestan republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: annexed from Persia in 1813; rich mineral resources. Capital: Makhachkala. Pop: 2 584 200 (2002). Area: 50 278 sq km (19 416 sq miles)
- dangerous driving — the act of driving a motor vehicle in a manner that falls far below that expected of a competent and careful driver and hence puts the life of the driver and the lives of other road users at risk
- daughter language — a language that has evolved from another specified language.
- deindustrializing — Present participle of deindustrialize.
- diaphragm shutter — a camera shutter having a group of overlapping blades that open and close at the center when exposing film.
- digital signature — an encrypted digital code appended to an electronic document to verify that it was created by a known source and has not been altered.
- douglas engelbart — (person) Douglas C. Engelbart, the inventor of the mouse. On 1968-12-09, Douglas C. Engelbart and the group of 17 researchers working with him in the Augmentation Research Center at Stanford Research Institute in Menlo Park, California, USA, presented a 90-minute live public demonstration of the on live system, NLS, they had been working on since 1962. The presentation was a session in the of the Fall Joint Computer Conference held at the Convention Center in San Francisco, and it was attended by about 1000 computer professionals. This was the public debut of the computer mouse, hypertext, object addressing, dynamic file linking and shared-screen collaboration involving two persons at different sites communicating over a network with audio and video interface. The original 90-minute video: Hyperlinks, Mouse, Web-board.
- douglas macarthur — Douglas, 1880–1964, U.S. general: supreme commander of allied forces in SW Pacific during World War II and of UN forces in Korea 1950–51.
- drinking fountain — a water fountain that ejects a jet of water for drinking without a cup.
- electrometallurgy — metallurgy involving the use of electric-arc furnaces, electrolysis, and other electrical operations
- equatorial guinea — a republic of W Africa, consisting of Río Muni on the mainland and the island of Bioko in the Gulf of Guinea, with four smaller islands: ceded by Portugal to Spain in 1778; gained independence in 1968. Official languages: Spanish and French. Religion: Roman Catholic majority. Currency: franc. Capital: Malabo. Pop: 704 000 (2013 est). Area: 28 049 sq km (10 830 sq miles)
- facts and figures — details; precise information
- farming community — a community where farming is the main industry
- floating currency — a currency that is free to fluctuate against other currencies in accordance with market forces
- flowering currant — an ornamental shrub, Ribes sanguineum, growing to 2 to 3 metres (6 to 9ft) in height, with red, crimson, yellow, or white flowers: family Saxifragaceae
- folie de grandeur — a delusion of grandeur; megalomania.
- four-star general — high-ranking military officer
- freight insurance — insurance paid on goods in transport
- full linear group — the group of all nonsingular linear transformations mapping a finite-dimensional vector space into itself.
- gamma-ray burster — a source of gamma-ray bursts