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14-letter words containing c, e, l, a, r, g

  • carriage clock — a portable clock, usually in a rectangular case with a handle on the top, of a type originally used by travellers
  • carrier signal — (communications)   A continuous signal of a single frequency capable of being modulated by a second, data-carrying signal. In radio communication, the two common kinds of modulation are amplitude modulation and frequency modulation.
  • carrying place — portage (def 3).
  • cartilage bone — any bone that develops within cartilage rather than in a fibrous tissue membrane
  • cartridge belt — a belt with pockets for cartridge clips or loops for cartridges
  • cartridge clip — a metallic container holding cartridges for an automatic firearm
  • cavalry charge — a charge by mounted troops
  • celery cabbage — Chinese cabbage.
  • celto-germanic — having the characteristics of both the Celtic and Germanic peoples.
  • central region — a former local government region in central Scotland, formed in 1975 from Clackmannanshire, most of Stirlingshire, and parts of Perthshire, West Lothian, Fife, and Kinross-shire; in 1996 it was replaced by the council areas of Stirling, Clackmannanshire, and Falkirk
  • centrifugalize — to subject (something) to centrifugal motion
  • characterology — the academic study of character
  • charge-a-plate — charge plate.
  • charles wright — Charles, born 1935, U.S. poet.
  • charlottenburg — a district of Berlin (of West Berlin until 1990), formerly an independent city. Pop: 315 473 (2005 est)
  • charter flight — a flight booked by a holiday company to transport their customers
  • checkered flag — a flag having a pattern of black and white squares, used to signal that a car has crossed the finish line and completed its race.
  • chequered flag — the black-and-white checked flag traditionally shown to the winner and all finishers at the end of a motor race by a senior race official
  • chladni figure — a pattern formed by fine powder placed on a vibrating surface, used to display the positions of nodes and antinodes
  • chloroargyrite — a greyish-yellow or colourless soft secondary mineral consisting of silver chloride in cubic crystalline form: a source of silver. Formula: AgCl
  • cholecystogram — the production of x-ray photographs of the gallbladder following administration of a radiopaque substance that is secreted by the liver into the gallbladder.
  • cigarette girl — a woman who sells cigars and cigarettes, usually from a tray displaying various brands, to customers in a restaurant or nightclub.
  • civil marriage — a marriage performed by some official other than a clergyman
  • clapper bridge — a primitive type of bridge in which planks or slabs of stone rest on piles of stones
  • clapperclawing — Present participle of clapperclaw.
  • class struggle — in Marxism, the constant economic and political struggle held to exist between social classes regarded as exploiting and those regarded as exploited; specif., in capitalist countries, the struggle between capitalists (bourgeoisie) and workers (proletariat)
  • clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
  • clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • critical angle — the smallest possible angle of incidence for which light rays are totally reflected at an interface between substances of different refractive index
  • cumberland gap — pass in the Cumberland Plateau, at the juncture of the Va., Ky., & Tenn. borders: c. 1,700 ft (518 m) high
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