16-letter words containing a, u, g, e
- business manager — a person who ensures the running of a business by managing the work of relevant staff
- buying behaviour — the behaviours displayed by consumers when they purchase things, such as preferences, price points, etc
- canada bluegrass — a Eurasian grass, Poa compressa, naturalized in North America, having creeping rootstocks and bluish-green leaves.
- canandaigua lake — a lake in W central New York: one of the Finger Lakes.
- careers guidance — advice and information about careers that helps individuals, esp young people, decide on a career and also teaches them how to pursue their chosen career
- carry-on luggage — luggage that is taken inside an aircraft by hand personally by a passenger
- centrifugal pump — a pump having a high-speed rotating impeller whose blades throw the water outwards
- champagne bucket — A champagne bucket is a container that holds ice cubes or cold water and ice. You can use it to put bottles of champagne in and keep the champagne cool.
- charles coughlin — Charles Edward ("Father Coughlin") 1891–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic priest, activist, radio broadcaster, and editor, born in Canada.
- checking account — A checking account is a personal bank account which you can take money out of at any time using your cheque book or cash card.
- chequing account — (in Canada) account against which cheques can be drawn
- clausal language — (language) (CL) A programming language and proof system developed by Paul Voda and a colleague since 1997, written in Trilogy II.
- cleaning product — a detergent or other household cleaner
- cleansing tissue — a small piece of absorbent paper, used especially for removing cleansing cream and cosmetics and also serving as a disposable handkerchief.
- cleanup campaign — an organized programme to clean up a place, typically organized at a local or regional level
- closing argument — In a court case, a lawyer's closing argument is their final speech, in which they give a summary of their case.
- cocktail sausage — a small sausage served with drinks
- college graduate — a student who has recently graduated from college
- columbia heights — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
- command guidance — a method of controlling a missile during flight by transmitting information to it
- command language — the language used to access a computer system
- community charge — (formerly in Britain) a flat-rate charge paid by each adult in a community to his or her local authority in place of rates
- computer program — a set of instructions for a computer to perform some task
- congeliturbation — the churning, heaving, and thrusting of soil material due to the action of frost.
- consanguineously — In a consanguineous fashion; by blood relationship.
- consenting adult — a male person over the age of sixteen, who may legally engage in homosexual behaviour in private
- control language — (language) (CL) The batch language for IBM RPG/38, used in conjunction with RPG III. See also OCL.
- corrugated paper — a packaging material made from layers of heavy paper, the top layer of which is grooved and ridged
- cottage industry — A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery.
- counter-argument — A counter-argument is an argument that makes an opposing point to another argument.
- counter-strategy — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
- counterarguments — Plural form of counterargument.
- counterattacking — Present participle of counterattack.
- counterbalancing — Present participle of counterbalance.
- counterchallenge — A challenge made in response to another challenge.
- counterespionage — Counterespionage is the same as counterintelligence.
- counterguerrilla — (of operations, conflicts, etc) conducted against guerrillas
- countermigration — a migration in the opposite direction.
- countersignature — second signature
- currency trading — the business of trading in different currencies in order to profit from exchange rate differentials
- data warehousing — the use of large amounts of data taken from multiple sources to create reports and for data analysis
- demerara (sugar) — a coarse, light-brown sugar
- departure lounge — In an airport, the departure lounge is the place where passengers wait before they get onto their plane.
- departure signal — a piece of equipment beside a railway which indicates to train drivers whether they should depart or not
- digital computer — a computer that processes information in digital form.
- discountenancing — Present participle of discountenance.
- document imaging — the process of converting paper documents into an electronic or digital format
- double-breasting — the practice of employing nonunion workers, especially in a separate division, to supplement the work of higher-paid union workers.
- draught excluder — a device (such as a strip of wood, or a long cylindrical cushion) placed at the bottom of a door to keep out draughts
- drogue parachute — Also called drogue. a small parachute that deploys first in order to pull a larger parachute from its pack.