14-letter words containing a, n, g, i
- change of life — The change of life is the menopause.
- change ringing — the art of ringing a series of tuned bells of different tones, as those hung in a church tower, according to any of various orderly sequences.
- change-ringing — the art of bell-ringing in which a set of bells is rung in an established order which is then changed
- characterising — Present participle of characterise.
- characterizing — Present participle of characterize.
- charge density — the electric charge per unit volume of a medium or body or per unit area of a surface
- chauvinist pig — a sexist man
- chemical agent — an agent that produces chemical reactions
- chicago window — a composite window, horizontal in character, consisting of a large, fixed sheet of glass between two vertical windows with sash for ventilation, first popularized in commercial buildings in Chicago in the 1880s and 1890s.
- child guidance — the counselling of emotionally disturbed children
- chinook jargon — a pidgin language containing elements of Native American languages, English, and French: formerly used among fur traders and Indians on the NW coast of North America
- chladni figure — a pattern formed by fine powder placed on a vibrating surface, used to display the positions of nodes and antinodes
- chopping board — A chopping board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
- choreographing — Present participle of choreograph.
- christiansburg — a town in SW Virginia.
- chromatic sign — Music. accidental (def 5).
- cigarette burn — a burn created by a cigarette
- cilician gates — a pass in S Turkey, over the Taurus Mountains
- cinametography — Misspelling of cinematography.
- cinematography — Cinematography is the technique of making films for the cinema.
- cinemicrograph — a motion picture filmed through a microscope.
- cinnamon sedge — an angler's name for a small caddis fly, Limnephilus lunatus, having pale hind wings, that frequents sluggish water
- circumgyration — the act of rolling, turning, or travelling about
- circumnavigate — If someone circumnavigates the world or an island, they sail all the way around it.
- circumstancing — Present participle of circumstance.
- cisalpine gaul — (in the ancient world) that part of Gaul between the Alps and the Apennines
- ciudad guayana — an industrial conurbation in E Venezuela, on the River Orinoco: iron and steel processing, gold mining. Pop: 807 000 (2005 est)
- ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
- clapperclawing — Present participle of clapperclaw.
- cleaning fluid — a solvent or other solution for removing stains or cleaning particular objects
- cleaning woman — A cleaning woman is the same as a cleaning lady.
- clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
- clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
- climate change — change occurring in the Earth's overall climate and in particular climates, now regarded as a result of human activity and resulting generally in global warming
- climbing frame — A climbing frame is a structure that has been made for children to climb and play on. It consists of metal or wooden bars joined together.
- clingmans dome — mountain on the Tenn.-N.C. border; highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains: 6,642 ft (2,024 m)
- clock-watching — the act of checking the time in anticipation of a break or the end of the working day
- closed gentian — any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers
- coaching glass — a small drinking glass of the early 19th century having no foot.
- coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- coasting wagon — a toy wagon for children, often used for coasting down hills.
- cocarcinogenic — of or relating to a cocarcinogen
- coelanaglyphic — (of pottery) decorated with sunken relief
- coinage bronze — an alloy of 95 percent copper, 4 percent tin, and 1 percent zinc.
- coinvestigator — a fellow investigator
- colombian gold — a potent marijuana grown in South America.
- colonial goose — an old-fashioned name for stuffed roast mutton
- comfort eating — the practice of eating to make oneself feel happier