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15-letter words containing a, s, t, r, i, g

  • catastrophizing — Present participle of catastrophize.
  • categoricalness — The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute.
  • categorisations — Plural form of categorisation.
  • categorizations — Plural form of categorization.
  • centipede grass — a slow-growing grass, Eremochloa ophiuroides, introduced into the U.S. from China and used for lawns in warm areas.
  • central casting — a nominal casting agency that delivers stereotypes to films or, figuratively, to real life situations
  • cigarette smoke — the acrid smoke produced by cigarettes being smoked
  • circumnavigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate.
  • commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
  • conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.
  • congratulations — You say 'Congratulations' to someone in order to congratulate them on something nice that has happened to them or something good that they have done.
  • counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
  • credit standing — reputation for discharging financial obligations
  • crossing patrol — a person who holds up the traffic so that school children can cross the road safely
  • crossopterygian — any bony fish of the subclass Crossopterygii, having fleshy limblike pectoral fins. The group, now mostly extinct, contains the ancestors of the amphibians
  • crustaceologist — One who studies crustaceology.
  • crystal healing — (in alternative therapy) the use of the supposed power of crystals to affect the human energy field
  • curate's-eggish — good in parts
  • customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
  • cyber-squatting — (jargon, networking)   The practice of registering famous brand names as Internet domain names, e.g. harrods.com, ibm.firm or sears.shop, in the hope of later selling them to the appropriate owner at a profit.
  • cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
  • daguerreotypist — an obsolete photographic process, invented in 1839, in which a picture made on a silver surface sensitized with iodine was developed by exposure to mercury vapor.
  • data processing — Data processing is the series of operations that are carried out on data, especially by computers, in order to present, interpret, or obtain information.
  • degenerationist — a person who believes in the evolutionary decline of a species
  • dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
  • dermatographism — a condition in which touching or lightly scratching the skin causes raised, reddish marks.
  • designated area — specified
  • digestive tract — alimentary canal
  • disarticulating — Present participle of disarticulate.
  • dishearteningly — In a disheartening manner.
  • disintegrations — the act or process of disintegrating.
  • disorganisation — Alternative spelling of disorganization.
  • disorganization — a breaking up of order or system; disunion or disruption of constituent parts.
  • distress signal — a signal used, or designed to be used, by persons in peril, for the purpose of summoning aid, indicating their position, etc., as a radio code sign, aerial flare, flag hoist, or the like. Compare distress call (def 1).
  • draughtsmanship — (British) alternative spelling of draftsmanship.
  • eating disorder — any of various disorders, as anorexia nervosa or bulimia, characterized by severe disturbances in eating habits.
  • egyptian jasper — a type of jasper, generally with zones of colour, found in desert regions of Egypt
  • electrosurgical — Relating to electrosurgery.
  • estuary english — a variety of standard British English in which the pronunciation reflects various features characteristic of London and the Southeast of England
  • everlastingness — The state or quality of being everlasting.
  • export earnings — the earnings of a company or country that are generated through the export of goods or services
  • extralinguistic — Outside the realm of linguistics.
  • fantasmagorical — Alternative form of phantasmagorical.
  • fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
  • first gentleman — (often initial capital letters) the husband of the U.S. president or a current governor or mayor.
  • flight sergeant — a noncommissioned officer in the Royal Air Force junior in rank to a master aircrew
  • floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
  • fragmentariness — The quality of being fragmentary.
  • fragrance strip — a folded, usually sealed strip on a page or card, impregnated with fragrance that is released when pulled or torn open: The magazine is full of fragrance strips in the advertisements.
  • freight charges — the price charged for conveying goods by freight
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