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14-letter words containing a, n, g, o

  • carpet bombing — Carpet bombing is heavy bombing from aircraft, with the intention of hitting as many places as possible in a particular area.
  • carpet bowling — a form of bowls played indoors on a strip of carpet, at the centre of which lies an obstacle round which the bowl has to pass
  • carrier pigeon — any homing pigeon, esp one used for carrying messages
  • cartilage bone — any bone that develops within cartilage rather than in a fibrous tissue membrane
  • casino banking — an approach to banking which risks losing investors' money in the quest for maximizing profits
  • categorisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of categorization.
  • categorization — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • celto-germanic — having the characteristics of both the Celtic and Germanic peoples.
  • central region — a former local government region in central Scotland, formed in 1975 from Clackmannanshire, most of Stirlingshire, and parts of Perthshire, West Lothian, Fife, and Kinross-shire; in 1996 it was replaced by the council areas of Stirling, Clackmannanshire, and Falkirk
  • centrifugation — a being subjected to centrifugal action, esp. in a centrifuge
  • champagne cork — a cork used in a champagne bottle
  • change of life — The change of life is the menopause.
  • change of pace — variation in tempo or mood, in the presentation of acts in a variety show, etc.
  • charge account — a business arrangement by which a customer may buy goods or services and pay for them within a specified future period
  • charlottenburg — a district of Berlin (of West Berlin until 1990), formerly an independent city. Pop: 315 473 (2005 est)
  • 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.
  • 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
  • chopping board — A chopping board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
  • choreographing — Present participle of choreograph.
  • chromatic sign — Music. accidental (def 5).
  • 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
  • ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
  • coaching glass — a small drinking glass of the early 19th century having no foot.
  • coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
  • coastguardsman — Coast Guard (def 3).
  • 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
  • cognate object — a noun functioning as the object of a verb to which it is etymologically related, as in think a thought or sing a song
  • 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
  • color sergeant — a sergeant who has charge of battalion or regimental colors.
  • comfort eating — the practice of eating to make oneself feel happier
  • commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
  • common grackle — a large songbird, Quiscalus quiscula, of the family Icteridae, of central and eastern North America, having iridescent black plumage varying in color.
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