14-letter words containing c, a, l, g, r
- climbing frame — A climbing frame is a structure that has been made for children to climb and play on. It consists of metal or wooden bars joined together.
- cloister garth — garth (def 1).
- clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
- cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
- color sergeant — a sergeant who has charge of battalion or regimental colors.
- common grackle — a large songbird, Quiscalus quiscula, of the family Icteridae, of central and eastern North America, having iridescent black plumage varying in color.
- complete graph — A graph which has a link between every pair of nodes. A complete bipartite graph can be partitioned into two subsets of nodes such that each node is joined to every node in the other subset.
- configuraholic — (jargon) A luser who twiddles with computer settings until it no longer works and must be fixed by the system administror.
- conflagrations — Plural form of conflagration.
- conglomerateur — a person who forms or leads a business conglomerate
- conglomerating — Present participle of conglomerate.
- conglomeration — A conglomeration of things is a group of many different things, gathered together.
- conglomerative — of, relating to, or resembling a conglomerate
- congratulating — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
- congratulation — the act of congratulating
- congratulatory — A congratulatory message expresses congratulations.
- congregational — of or relating to a congregation
- consul general — a consul of the highest grade, usually stationed in a city of considerable commercial importance
- consular agent — a consul of one of the lower grades
- 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.
- cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
- cowper's gland — either of two small glands with ducts opening into the male urethra: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous substance
- credentialling — the practice of analysing the credentials of an individual or organization
- creme anglaise — a custardlike cream sauce, often flavored with vanilla, served with fresh fruit, rich chocolate desserts, etc.
- criminological — the study of crime and criminals: a branch of sociology.
- critical angle — the smallest possible angle of incidence for which light rays are totally reflected at an interface between substances of different refractive index
- cryobiological — of or relating to cryobiology
- crystal gazing — the act of staring into a crystal globe (crystal ball) supposedly in order to arouse visual perceptions of the future, etc
- crystal growth — Crystal growth is the process of making a crystal grow by continuing to remove a component from a solution.
- cumberland gap — pass in the Cumberland Plateau, at the juncture of the Va., Ky., & Tenn. borders: c. 1,700 ft (518 m) high
- cylinder glass — a sheet of glass formed originally in the shape of a cylinder and then divided lengthwise and flattened.
- dactyliography — the art of engraving or writing on gems
- dactylographer — the study of fingerprints for purposes of identification.
- damage control — Damage control is action that is taken to make the bad results of something as small as possible, when it is impossible to avoid bad results completely.
- decentralising — Present participle of decentralise.
- decentralizing — Present participle of decentralize.
- denuclearizing — Present participle of denuclearize.
- depreciatingly — So as to disparage or belittle.
- dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
- dermatological — the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases.
- diagrammatical — in the form of a diagram; graphic; outlined.
- digital camera — a camera that records images in digital form by means of a device that converts the optical image to an electrical signal.
- directed angle — See at directed (def 3).
- discharge lamp — a lamp in which light is produced by an electric discharge in a gas-filled glass enclosure.
- discographical — Of or pertaining to discography.
- discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
- discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
- dongle cracker — (security) Someone who enables software that has been written to require a dongle to run without it.
- dragline crane — an excavating crane having a bucket that is dropped from a boom and dragged toward the crane base by a cable.