14-letter words containing c, g, s
- sacred college — the collective body of the cardinals of the Roman Catholic Church
- sacrilegiously — pertaining to or involving sacrilege: sacrilegious practices.
- sacrococcygeal — relating to the sacrum and the coccyx
- sales campaign — product promotion and publicity
- sandwich glass — any of various forms of glassware manufactured at Sandwich, Mass., from 1825 to c1890.
- sanguification — hematopoiesis.
- saxifragaceous — belonging to the plant family Saxifragaceae.
- scaling ladder — a ladder for climbing high walls.
- scaremongering — a person who creates or spreads alarming news.
- scavenger hunt — a game in which individuals or teams are sent out to accumulate, without purchasing, a series of common, outlandish, or humorous objects, the winner being the person or team returning first with all the items.
- scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
- schiff reagent — a solution of rosaniline and sulfurous acid in water, used to test for the presence of aldehydes.
- schizognathous — (of birds) having a separation in the vomer and maxillo-palatine bones, having a cleft-palate
- schoolteaching — the profession of a schoolteacher.
- scorpion grass — either of two small Old World plants, Myosotis sylvatica or M. scorpioides, of the borage family, having a light-blue flower commonly regarded as an emblem of constancy and friendship.
- scrambled eggs — scrambled eggs are eggs that are mixed together and then cooked in butter.
- scrape through — only just succeed
- screen editing — the act or process of editing text on screen
- screen goddess — a film actress who is adored or idealized, esp by men
- screen popping — (communications) The use of CTI to make customer data appear on a call centre terminal at the same time as the customer call is transferred.
- screen sharing — audiographic teleconferencing
- screen trading — a form of trading on a market or exchange in which the visual display unit of a computer replaces personal contact as in floor trading
- screening room — a room where films are screened for a private audience
- screening test — a simple test performed on a large number of people to identify those who have or are likely to develop a specified disease
- scribbling pad — a notebook or sketchbook
- scrimmage line — line of scrimmage.
- scrutinizingly — in a scrutinizing manner
- second reading — the stage in the consideration of a legislative bill that provides an opportunity for debate and amendment.
- second sitting — A second sitting is the second period when a meal is served if there is not enough space for everyone to eat at the same time.
- second thought — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
- secondary gain — any advantage, as increased attention, disability benefits, or release from unpleasant responsibilities, obtained as a result of having an illness (distinguished from primary gain).
- security guard — a uniformed guard employed by a bank, airport, office building, etc., to maintain security.
- sedimentologic — of or relating to sedimentology
- segmental arch — a shallow arch not including a complete semicircle
- self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- self-confining — to enclose within bounds; limit or restrict: She confined her remarks to errors in the report. Confine your efforts to finishing the book.
- self-consoling — to alleviate or lessen the grief, sorrow, or disappointment of; give solace or comfort: Only his children could console him when his wife died.
- self-deceiving — subject to self-deception; tending to deceive or fool oneself: a self-deceiving person.
- self-directing — to manage or guide by advice, helpful information, instruction, etc.: He directed the company through a difficult time.
- self-enforcing — of or having the capability of enforcement within oneself or itself; self-regulating.
- self-enriching — to supply with riches, wealth, abundant or valuable possessions, etc.: Commerce enriches a nation.
- self-executing — going into effect immediately without the need of supplementary legislation: a self-executing treaty.
- self-financing — the management of revenues; the conduct or transaction of money matters generally, especially those affecting the public, as in the fields of banking and investment.
- self-mockingly — in a self-mocking manner
- self-reckoning — count; computation; calculation.
- self-recording — recording automatically, as an instrument.
- self-searching — examining carefully or thoroughly: a searching inspection.
- selling climax — a brief, abrupt decline in stock prices that is succeeded by a rally.
- semiconducting — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a semiconductor.
- semiologically — in a semiological manner; in a way that pertains to semiology