13-letter words containing c, a, g, n
- antioncogenes — Plural form of antioncogene.
- apprenticeage — (obsolete) Apprenticeship.
- arc cotangent — the angle, measured in radians, that has a cotangent equal to a given number. Symbol: cot −1. Abbreviation: arc cot.
- archaeologian — (archaic) An archaeologist.
- as much again — twice as much
- aschaffenburg — a city in Germany, on the River Main in Bavaria: seat of the Imperial Diet (1447); ceded to Bavaria in 1814. Pop: 68 607 (2003 est)
- atomic energy — nuclear energy
- auctioneering — Present participle of auctioneer.
- back clipping — a word formed by omitting the last part of the form from which it is derived.
- back-breaking — Back-breaking work involves a lot of hard physical effort.
- back-slapping — Back-slapping is noisy, cheerful behaviour which people use in order to show affection or appreciation to each other.
- back-stabbing — Back-stabbing consists of unkind and disloyal actions or remarks that are likely to harm someone such as a friend or colleague.
- backgrounders — Plural form of backgrounder.
- backgrounding — Present participle of background.
- backing group — a group of musicians providing an instrumental or vocal accompaniment for a pop singer
- backing light — Also called backing striplight, backing strip. Theater. a striplight providing diffused illumination for the background of a stage set.
- backing store — a computer storage device, usually a disk, that provides additional storage space for information so that it can be accessed and referred to when required and may be copied into the processor if needed
- backing track — a recorded instrumental or vocal accompaniment for a pop singer or pop number
- backpedalling — to retard the forward motion by pressing backward on the pedal, especially of a bicycle with coaster brakes.
- backstitching — Present participle of backstitch.
- bacteriogenic — Caused by bacteria.
- bag-snatching — theft that involves snatching women's handbags
- balancing act — If you perform a balancing act, you try to deal successfully with two or more people, groups, or situations that are in opposition to each other.
- balch springs — a town in NE Texas.
- bargain price — a low price
- base exchange — a nonprofit general store at a military base, for the sale of merchandise for personal use, refreshments, etc.
- basic english — a simplified form of English, proposed by C. K. Ogden and I. A. Richards, containing a vocabulary of approximately 850 of the commonest English words, intended as an international language
- bcg (vaccine) — a vaccine prepared from an attenuated strain of the tubercle bacillus, used for immunization against tuberculosis
- beanbag chair — a chair like a large beanbag covered with vinyl, fabric, etc. and filled with foam pellets, as of polystyrene, that shift about to fit one's body
- belgian congo — former Belgian colony (1908-60) in central Africa: now the country of Democratic Republic of the Congo
- bengal quince — bael.
- benthopelagic — relating to species living at the bottom of the sea
- berchtesgaden — a town in Germany, in SE Bavaria: site of the fortified mountain retreat of Adolf Hitler. Pop: 7667 (2003 est)
- beta-blocking — acting to inhibit the activity of the nerves that are stimulated by adrenaline
- big enchilada — enchilada (def 2).
- bignoniaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Bignoniaceae, a chiefly tropical family of trees, shrubs, and lianas, including jacaranda, bignonia, and catalpa
- bird-watching — Bird-watching is the activity of watching and studying wild birds in their natural surroundings.
- birectangular — having two right angles.
- black english — the group of related dialects of American English spoken variously by many black people in the U.S.
- black pudding — Black pudding is a thick sausage which has a black skin and is made from pork fat and pig's blood.
- blacksmithing — the work of a blacksmith.
- boarding card — A boarding card is a card which a passenger must have when boarding a plane or a boat.
- boolean logic — (logic) A logic based on Boolean algebra.
- boraginaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Boraginaceae, a family of temperate and tropical typically hairy-leaved flowering plants that includes forget-me-not, lungwort, borage, comfrey, and heliotrope
- bowling match — a game of bowls
- brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
- brain-picking — the act of obtaining information or ideas by questioning another person.
- break dancing — a style of dance engaged in by youths, involving acrobatic movements, spinning about on the head or shoulders, etc.
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- bronchography — radiography of the bronchial tubes after the introduction of a radiopaque medium into the bronchi