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14-letter words containing a, p, g

  • cartographical — Pertaining to cartography.
  • cartridge clip — a metallic container holding cartridges for an automatic firearm
  • cathodographer — a person trained in taking cathodographs
  • champagne cork — a cork used in a champagne bottle
  • change of pace — variation in tempo or mood, in the presentation of acts in a variety show, etc.
  • charge-a-plate — charge plate.
  • chauvinist pig — a sexist man
  • chopping board — A chopping board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
  • choreographers — Plural form of choreographer.
  • choreographies — Plural form of choreography.
  • choreographing — Present participle of choreograph.
  • chromatography — the technique of separating and analysing the components of a mixture of liquids or gases by selective adsorption in, for example, a column of powder (column chromatography) or on a strip of paper (paper chromatography)
  • cinametography — Misspelling of cinematography.
  • cinematography — Cinematography is the technique of making films for the cinema.
  • cinemicrograph — a motion picture filmed through a microscope.
  • cisalpine gaul — (in the ancient world) that part of Gaul between the Alps and the Apennines
  • clapper bridge — a primitive type of bridge in which planks or slabs of stone rest on piles of stones
  • clapperclawing — Present participle of clapperclaw.
  • clouded magpie — a geometrid moth, Abraxas sylvata, that is paler than the magpie moth
  • coelanaglyphic — (of pottery) decorated with sunken relief
  • complete graph — A graph which has a link between every pair of nodes. A complete bipartite graph can be partitioned into two subsets of nodes such that each node is joined to every node in the other subset.
  • compound sugar — any sugar that when hydrolyzed yields two or more monosaccharides.
  • cornucopia leg — a leg used on pieces in the Directoire and Empire styles, curving downward from the piece and curving upward again to a point and having a foot or caster at the lowest part of the curve.
  • cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
  • counterprogram — to schedule (a broadcast on radio or television) to compete with one on another station.
  • cowper's gland — either of two small glands with ducts opening into the male urethra: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous substance
  • croagh patrick — a mountain in NW Republic of Ireland, in Mayo: a place of pilgrimage as Saint Patrick is said to have prayed and fasted there. Height: 765 m (2510 ft)
  • cryptographers — Plural form of cryptographer.
  • cryptographist — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
  • cumberland gap — pass in the Cumberland Plateau, at the juncture of the Va., Ky., & Tenn. borders: c. 1,700 ft (518 m) high
  • cytopathogenic — causing cytopathy
  • cytopathologic — the science dealing with the study of the diseases of cells.
  • dactyliography — the art of engraving or writing on gems
  • dactylographer — the study of fingerprints for purposes of identification.
  • daguerreotypes — Plural form of daguerreotype.
  • decapacitating — Present participle of decapacitate.
  • decompensating — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
  • departure gate — (in a large airport) any of the numbered exits leading to the airfield or aircraft
  • depigmentation — the state of lacking or the process of losing pigmentation, usually of the skin
  • depreciatingly — So as to disparage or belittle.
  • dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
  • dermatographia — a common medical condition in which lightly rubbing the skin produces red, often raised, temporary marks
  • dermatographic — relating to dermatography
  • design pattern — (programming)   A description of an object-oriented design technique which names, abstracts and identifies aspects of a design structure that are useful for creating an object-oriented design. The design pattern identifies classes and instances, their roles, collaborations and responsibilities. Each design pattern focuses on a particular object-oriented design problem or issue. It describes when it applies, whether it can be applied in the presence of other design constraints, and the consequences and trade-offs of its use.
  • diaphragm pump — A diaphragm pump is a pump in which a diaphragm is used to move a fluid.
  • dihedral group — the group of reflections, rotations, and symmetries of a regular n -sided polygon.
  • diplomatic bag — A diplomatic bag is a bag or container in which mail is sent to and from foreign embassies. Diplomatic bags are protected by law, so that they are not opened by anyone except the official or embassy they are addressed to.
  • directed graph — (digraph) A graph with one-way edges. See also directed acyclic graph.
  • disapprovingly — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
  • discharge lamp — a lamp in which light is produced by an electric discharge in a gas-filled glass enclosure.
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