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17-letter words containing c, e, n, g

  • counterchallenges — Plural form of counterchallenge.
  • counterinsurgency — action taken by a government to counter the activities of rebels, guerrillas, etc
  • counterpropaganda — propaganda to offset or nullify unfriendly or enemy propaganda.
  • countersignatures — Plural form of countersignature.
  • country gentleman — a rich man with an estate in the country
  • cracking severity — Cracking severity is the temperature used in a cracking process to yield a product, higher temperatures being used to produce ethane and benzene, and lower temperatures to produce propene and liquid products.
  • creeping elegance — Describes a tendency for parts of a design to become elegant past the point of diminishing return, something which often happens at the expense of the less interesting parts of the design, the schedule, and other things deemed important in the Real World. See also creeping featurism, second-system effect, tense.
  • creeping eruption — a skin eruption with intense itching, caused by the burrowing of various larvae under the skin
  • crisis management — People use crisis management to refer to a management style that concentrates on solving the immediate problems occurring in a business rather than looking for long-term solutions.
  • cruciate ligament — A cruciate ligament is either of a pair of ligaments that cross at the knee.
  • cultural exchange — an exchange of students, artists, athletes, etc., between two countries to promote mutual understanding.
  • cumulative voting — a system of voting in which each elector has as many votes as there are candidates in his constituency. Votes may all be cast for one candidate or distributed among several
  • cushing's disease — a rare condition caused by excess corticosteroid hormones in the body, characterized chiefly by obesity of the trunk and face, high blood pressure, fatigue, and loss of calcium from the bones
  • cyanogen chloride — a colorless, volatile, poisonous liquid, CNCl, used chiefly in the synthesis of compounds containing the cyano group.
  • cytotechnologists — the study of human cells to detect signs of cancer or other abnormalities.
  • dagestan republic — a constituent republic of S Russia, on the Caspian Sea: annexed from Persia in 1813; rich mineral resources. Capital: Makhachkala. Pop: 2 584 200 (2002). Area: 50 278 sq km (19 416 sq miles)
  • debt rescheduling — the process of changing the time frame or deadline for the repayment of debt, usually to ease the burden on the debtor
  • decontextualizing — to remove (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) from a context: decontextualized works of art displayed in museums.
  • defending counsel — a barrister who defends a client in a trial
  • deficit financing — Deficit financing is the financing of government spending through borrowing rather than revenue.
  • dendroarchaeology — (archaeology) the science that uses dendrochronology to date wooden material from archaeological sites.
  • dendroclimatology — The science that uses dendrochronology to reconstruct historical climate conditions.
  • dephlogisticating — Present participle of dephlogisticate.
  • descending rhythm — a rhythmic pattern created by the succession of metrical feet each of which is composed of one accented syllable followed by one or more unaccented syllables.
  • designer clothing — Designer clothing is fashionable or luxury clothing made by, or carrying the label of, a well-known fashion designer.
  • dictating machine — a device that records spoken words, as on audiocassettes, for playing back later to prepare a transcript
  • diethylene glycol — a syrupy colorless liquid, C 4 H 10 O 3 , used as a solvent for cellulose nitrate and as a fabric softener.
  • difference engine — (computer, history)   Charles Babbage's design for the first automatic mechanical calculator. The Difference Engine was a special purpose device intended for the production of mathematical tables. Babbage started work on the Difference Engine in 1823 with funding from the British Government. Only one-seventh of the complete engine, about 2000 parts, was built in 1832 by Babbage's engineer, Joseph Clement. This was demonstrated successfully by Babbage and still works perfectly. The engine was never completed and most of the 12,000 parts manufactured were later melted for scrap. It was left to Georg and Edvard Schuetz to construct the first working devices to the same design which were successful in limited applications. The Difference Engine No. 2 was finally completed in 1991 at the Science Museum, London, UK and is on display there. The engine used gears to compute cumulative sums in a series of registers: r[i] := r[i] + r[i+1]. However, the addition had the side effect of zeroing r[i+1]. Babbage overcame this by simultaneously copying r[i+1] to a temporary register during the addition and then copying it back to r[i+1] at the end of each cycle (each turn of a handle).
  • digital recording — a method of sound recording in which an input audio waveform is sampled at regular intervals, usually between 40,000 and 50,000 times per second, and each sample is assigned a numerical value, usually expressed in binary notation.
  • distance learning — education in which students receive instruction over the Internet, from a video, etc., instead of going to school.
  • distance teaching — teaching via correspondence or the internet, where students are not physically present in a classroom
  • early closing day — a day on which most shops in a town or area close after lunch
  • echoencephalogram — a graphic record produced by an echoencephalograph.
  • ectopic pregnancy — the development of a fertilized ovum outside the uterus, as in a Fallopian tube.
  • egg on one's face — embarrassment due to an obvious blunder
  • egyptian brackets — (programming, humour)   A humourous term for K&R indent style, referring to the "one hand up in front, one down behind" pose which popular culture inexplicably associates with Egypt.
  • elastic stockings — something made of elastic which you wear on your legs to aid circulation
  • election campaign — efforts to promote party or candidate to voters
  • electric strength — the maximum voltage sustainable by an insulating material, after which it loses its insulating properties
  • electronegativity — The tendency, or a measure of the ability, of an atom or molecule to attract electrons and thus form bonds.
  • electroretinogram — A record of the electrical activity of the retina, used in medical diagnosis and research.
  • electrotechnology — the technological use of electric power
  • elliptical spring — An elliptical spring is a spring that is made from two springs in the shape of elongated ovals laid cut in half and back-to-back.
  • emergency landing — an occasion when a place is forced to land: for example, because of a mechanical fault, bad weather, terrorism, etc.
  • emergency rations — food and drink that is designated for use in an emergency: for example, in a famine, after a plane crash, when hill-walkers or mountaineers are stranded, etc.
  • emergency service — a department within a bigger organization that deals with emergencies
  • emergency session — an urgent meeting held by parliament, ministers, etc. to discuss what measures should be taken to deal with an emergency
  • employment agency — company: finds jobs
  • energy conversion — the process of changing one form of energy into another, such as nuclear energy into heat or solar energy into electrical energy
  • energy efficiency — a measure of how efficiently an appliance, building, organization or country uses energy
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