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

  • campaign medal — a medal awarded for performance of specified service, usually in time of war or national emergency.
  • campaign trail — the series of appearances that a politician makes at different locations as part of a political campaign, esp before an election
  • campina grande — a city in NE Brazil, in E Paraíba state. Pop: 366 000 (2005 est)
  • carbonyl group — the bivalent radical CO, occurring in acids, ketones, aldehydes, and their derivatives.
  • 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
  • carrying place — portage (def 3).
  • 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.
  • chauvinist pig — a sexist man
  • chopping board — A chopping board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
  • choreographing — Present participle of choreograph.
  • 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
  • clapperclawing — Present participle of clapperclaw.
  • coelanaglyphic — (of pottery) decorated with sunken relief
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
  • 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.
  • depigmentation — the state of lacking or the process of losing pigmentation, usually of the skin
  • depreciatingly — So as to disparage or belittle.
  • 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.
  • disapprovingly — to think (something) wrong or reprehensible; censure or condemn in opinion.
  • double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
  • double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
  • dragging piece — (in a hipped roof) a short beam holding the foot of a hip rafter to counteract its thrust.
  • draining spoon — a spoon with holes in it
  • draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
  • drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
  • dwelling place — a dwelling.
  • dynamic typing — (programming)   Enforcement of type rules at run time as opposed to compile time. Dynamic typing catches more errors as run-time exceptions than static typing.
  • earsplittingly — In an earsplitting way; very loudly.
  • eaves-dropping — to listen secretly to a private conversation.
  • education page — a page in a newspaper devoted to news relating to education or teaching
  • eggshell paint — paint that has a slight sheen
  • electroplating — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
  • elephant grass — any of various stout tropical grasses or grasslike plants, esp Pennisetum purpureum, and Typha elephantina, a type of reed mace
  • encephalitogen — an agent that is able to produce encephalitis
  • encephalograms — Plural form of encephalogram.
  • encephalograph — any other apparatus used to produce an encephalogram
  • encompassingly — So as to encompass.
  • energy company — a company that produces energy, such as electricity
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