15-letter words containing c, a, o, g, s
- colour sergeant — a sergeant who carries the regimental, battalion, or national colours, as in a colour guard
- combat fatigues — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
- come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
- commercialising — Present participle of commercialise.
- commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
- committee stage — (in British parliamentary procedure) the detailed examination by MPs of proposed legislation
- compassionating — Present participle of compassionate.
- conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
- conestoga wagon — a large heavy horse-drawn covered wagon used in the 19th century
- congealableness — the quality of being congealable
- congealed salad — a molded gelatin salad containing chopped fruit or vegetables.
- conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.
- congratulations — You say 'Congratulations' to someone in order to congratulate them on something nice that has happened to them or something good that they have done.
- congressionally — of or relating to a congress.
- constable glass — a drinking glass of the 18th century, having a heavy foot, a tall body, and a capacity of 1 quart (0.946 liters).
- contextualising — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- coolgardie safe — a cupboard with wetted hessian walls for keeping food cool: used esp in Australia
- corkscrew grass — a variety of spear grass, Austrostipa scabra, native to Australia, having very fine foliage, an erect seed head, and awns that twist up the seed head: family Poaceae
- cosignificative — having the same meaning or sense
- cost accounting — Cost accounting is the recording and analysis of all the various costs of running a business.
- counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
- counterstrategy — a strategy designed to counter the effectiveness of another strategy or action
- cowper's glands — two small yellowish glands near the prostate that secrete a mucous substance into the urethra during sexual stimulation in males
- cracked gas oil — Cracked gas oil is a gas oil which is formed as one of the products of a gas reaction.
- crash programme — a short intensive programme to learn a skill, language, etc
- cricopharyngeus — (anatomy) Part of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor, arising from the cricoid cartilage.
- crossing patrol — a person who holds up the traffic so that school children can cross the road safely
- crossopterygian — any bony fish of the subclass Crossopterygii, having fleshy limblike pectoral fins. The group, now mostly extinct, contains the ancestors of the amphibians
- crustaceologist — One who studies crustaceology.
- crystallography — the science concerned with the formation, properties, and structure of crystals
- cum grano salis — with a grain of salt; not too literally
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
- data processing — Data processing is the series of operations that are carried out on data, especially by computers, in order to present, interpret, or obtain information.
- decision-making — the act or process of making decisions
- dephlogisticate — to reduce or remove inflammation from
- dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
- docking station — device: charger
- dynamic scoping — dynamic scope
- dysteleological — Of or pertaining to dysteleology.
- ecclesiological — Of or pertaining to ecclesiology.
- echocardiograms — Plural form of echocardiogram.
- electromyograms — Plural form of electromyogram.
- electrosurgical — Relating to electrosurgery.
- epistemological — Of or pertaining to epistemology or theory of knowledge, as a field of study.
- ewing's sarcoma — a form of malignant bone tumour most commonly found in children and young people
- fantasmagorical — Alternative form of phantasmagorical.
- fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
- floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
- gas oil contact — In a reservoir, gas oil contact is the area containing a mix of gas and oil, below which there is mainly oil and above which there is mainly gas.