14-letter words containing c, a, t, r, o, g
- rigidification — the state or process of stiffening or rigidifying
- rock partridge — the Greek partridge; Alectoris graeca
- rotating stock — Rotating stock is a system used especially in food stores and to reduce wastage, in which the oldest stock is moved to the front of shelves and new stock is added at the back.
- scrape through — only just succeed
- sorting tracks — the part of a railroad yard used for the final sorting of cars from a classification yard.
- spectrological — relating to spectres or spectrology
- spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
- stage director — a person who directs a theatrical production.
- staghorn coral — staghorn coral.
- staghorn sumac — a sumac, Rhus typhina, of eastern North America, having leaves that turn scarlet, orange, and purple in the autumn.
- starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
- state of grace — grace (def 8d).
- steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
- stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
- stockbrokerage — a stockbroker's work or business
- stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
- stomatogastric — relating to the mouth and stomach or the connections between the mouth and stomach
- storage device — a device used to store digital data or information, as a hard disk or CD.
- subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
- sync-generator — an electronic generator that supplies synchronizing pulses to television scanning and transmitting equipment.
- tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
- teratogenicity — the production or induction of malformations or monstrosities, especially of a developing embryo or fetus.
- terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
- the long march — a journey of about 10 000 km (6000 miles) undertaken (1934–35) by some 100 000 Chinese Communists when they were forced out of their base in Kiangsi in SE China. They made their way to Shensi in NW China; only about 8000 survived the rigours of the journey
- thermomagnetic — of or relating to the effect of heat on the magnetic properties of a substance.
- thorough brace — either of two strong braces or bands of leather supporting the body of a coach or other vehicle and connecting the front and back springs.
- tropologically — in a way which uses figurative language
- vector graphic — a computer image that is stored in memory as lines rather than a series of dots, allowing it to be rotated or proportionally scaled.
- victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
- virginia stock — a plant, Malcolmia maritima, of the mustard family, native to the Mediterranean region, having oblong leaves on a weak, often reclining stem and reddish or white flowers.
- voice training — the process of training and improving vocal ability
- voyage charter — the hire of a ship or aircraft for a specified number of voyages
- warning notice — official notification of a danger or threat
- zygobranchiate — of or relating to zygobranchs or the Zygobranchia genus
- zygomatic arch — the bony arch at the outer border of the eye socket, formed by the union of the cheekbone and the zygomatic process of the temporal bone.