13-letter words containing c, a, g, o, u
- congratulated — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
- congratulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of congratulate.
- conjugateness — The quality of being conjugate.
- conjugational — Of or pertaining to conjugation.
- consanguineal — having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood.
- consanguinity — relationship by blood; kinship
- coralligenous — producing coral
- cottage tulip — a late-flowering type of tulip, usually having pointed or elongated flowers.
- cough and die — (jargon) barf. Connotes that the program is throwing its hands up by design rather than because of a bug or oversight. "The parser saw a control-A in its input where it was looking for a printable, so it coughed and died." Compare die, die horribly, scream and die.
- count against — If something counts against you, it may cause you to be rejected or punished, or cause people to have a lower opinion of you.
- countenancing — appearance, especially the look or expression of the face: a sad countenance.
- counter image — the point or set of points in the domain of a function corresponding to a given point or set of points in the range of the function.
- counter-argue — to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment.
- counteracting — Present participle of counteract.
- counterchange — to change parts, qualities, etc
- countercharge — a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser
- coup de grace — A coup de grace is an action or event which finally destroys something, for example an institution, which has been gradually growing weaker.
- court hearing — an official meeting held in court
- court packing — an unsuccessful attempt by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 to appoint up to six additional justices to the Supreme Court, which had invalidated a number of his New Deal laws.
- cousin-german — the child of one's aunt or uncle
- crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
- cutting board — A cutting board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- dna computing — (architecture) The use of DNA molecules to encode computational problems. Standard operations of molecular biology can then be used to solve some NP-hard search problems in parallel using a very large number of molecules. The exponential scaling of NP-hard problems still remains, so this method will require a huge amount of DNA to solve large problems.
- double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
- douglas scale — an international scale of sea disturbance and swell ranging from 0 to 9 with one figure for disturbance and one for swell
- dutch courage — courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking liquor.
- encourageable — Able to be encouraged; suggestible.
- encouragement — The action of giving someone support, confidence, or hope.
- encouragingly — In an encouraging manner.
- flag of truce — a white flag displayed as an invitation to the enemy to confer, or carried as a sign of peaceful intention by one sent to deal with the enemy.
- fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
- fugaciousness — (obsolete) fugacity.
- futurological — Pertaining to futurology.
- galactagogues — Plural form of galactagogue.
- gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
- general court — the state legislature of Massachusetts or New Hampshire.
- gentianaceous — belonging to the plant family Gentianaceae.
- gesticulation — the act of gesticulating.
- gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
- glamour stock — a popular stock that rises quickly or continuously in price and attracts large numbers of investors.
- glaucous gull — a large white and pale-gray gull, Latus hyperboreus, of Arctic regions.
- gluconic acid — a colorless, water-soluble acid, C 6 H 12 O 7 , obtained by the oxidation of glucose, used commercially in a 50-percent solution for cleaning metals.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- good gracious — Some people say good gracious or goodness gracious in order to express surprise or annoyance.
- gram molecule — that quantity of a substance whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the molecular weight of the substance.
- graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
- graticulation — the division of a design, plan, etc into squares in order to improve the accuracy of enlargement or reduction
- great council — (in Norman England) an assembly composed of the king's tenants in chief that served as the principal council of the realm and replaced the witenagemot.
- ground attack — an attack using ground forces, as opposed to air or naval forces