15-letter words containing c, a, n, t, g
- sporting chance — an even or fair opportunity for a favorable outcome in an enterprise, as winning in a game of chance or in any kind of contest: They gave the less experienced players a sporting chance by handicapping the experts.
- stacking swivel — a metal swivel attached to the stock of a military rifle for use in hooking three rifles together to form a stack.
- stage direction — an instruction written into the script of a play, indicating stage actions, movements of performers, or production requirements.
- standing charge — fixed energy costs
- starting blocks — the rigid blocks adjustable at an angle and mounted on a track against which a runner's shoes are placed to aid in starting
- straight-acting — (of a gay person) having the mannerisms of a heterosexual person: used esp by gay people of other gay people
- straining piece — (in a queen-post roof) a horizontal beam uniting the tops of the two queen posts, and resisting the thrust of the roof.
- structural gene — cistron.
- subject heading — a title or heading of a category, esp in a bibliography or index
- subject-raising — a rule that moves the subject of a complement clause into the clause in which it is embedded, as in the derivation of He is likely to be late from It is likely that he will be late
- synergistically — pertaining to, characteristic of, or resembling synergy: a synergistic effect.
- syngeneic graft — a tissue or organ transplanted from one member of a species to another, genetically identical member of the species, as a kidney transplanted from one identical twin to the other.
- tactical voting — Tactical voting is the act of voting for a particular person or political party in order to prevent someone else from winning, rather than because you support that person or party.
- talking machine — Older Use. a phonograph.
- talking picture — Older Use. a motion picture with accompanying synchronized speech, singing, etc.
- target audience — the target audience of a programme is the group of people that the programme-makers are trying to persuade to watch or listen to it
- teaching fellow — a holder of a teaching fellowship.
- technologically — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
- terra incognita — an unknown or unexplored land, region, or subject.
- thanatognomonic — signalling the nearness of death
- the wrong track — the incorrect line of investigation, inquiry, etc
- the-night-watch — a painting (1642) by Rembrandt.
- thraco-phrygian — a hypothetical branch of Indo-European implying a special genetic affinity between the meagerly attested Thracian and Phrygian languages.
- tintagel castle — a ruined castle on a promontory in SW England on the W coast of Cornwall, which is the legendary birthplace of King Arthur
- tissue-matching — identification of specific genetically linked antigens in tissue in order to minimize antigenic differences between donor and recipient tissue in organ transplantation.
- to change hands — When something changes hands, its ownership changes, usually because it is sold to someone else.
- toucan crossing — a place where people who are walking and cyclists can both cross a busy road together. They press a button at the side of the road, which operates traffic lights to stop the traffic
- tracking device — an electronic security device which allows you to monitor the location of a person or object, esp a vehicle
- traction engine — a locomotive operating on surfaces other than tracks and pulling heavy loads, as fallen logs.
- trading account — an account similar to a traditional bank account, holding cash and securities, and administered by an investment dealer
- trading capital — the total amount of money available for buying assets
- trading company — a company that is owned by the people who have bought shares in that company
- traffic calming — Traffic calming consists of measures designed to make roads safer, for example making them narrower or placing obstacles in them, so that drivers are forced to slow down.
- traffic manager — a person who supervises the transportation of goods for an employer.
- training agency — (in Britain, formerly) an organization providing training and retraining for adult workers
- training centre — a place where people undergo skills training for work
- training course — practical programme of study
- training scheme — a scheme for teaching people skills in a particular field or profession
- training school — a school that provides training in some art, profession, or vocation.
- traveling block — (in a hoisting tackle) the block hooked to and moving with the load.
- treacle pudding — a sponge cake with syrup on top
- tubal pregnancy — pregnancy that grows in fallopian tube
- twitching trail — a logging road sufficiently developed to allow the hauling of logs along it by horse or tractor.
- ultracentrifuge — a high-speed centrifuge for subjecting sols or solutions to forces many times that of gravity and producing concentration differences depending on the weight of the micelle or molecule.
- unaccommodating — easy to deal with; eager to help or please; obliging.
- uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
- uncommunicating — to impart knowledge of; make known: to communicate information; to communicate one's happiness.
- uncopyrightable — not able to be copyrighted
- ungrammatically — in an ungrammatical manner
- union catalogue — a catalogue listing every publication held at cooperating libraries