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14-letter words containing c, g, s

  • bowling crease — a line marked at the wicket, over which a bowler must not advance fully before delivering the ball
  • bracket fungus — any saprotroph or parasitic fungus of the basidiomycetous family Polyporaceae, growing as a shelflike mass (bracket) from tree trunks and producing spores in vertical tubes in the bracket
  • branchiostegal — of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fish
  • braunschweiger — a smoked liver sausage, named after the city of Braunschweig
  • breeding stock — animals specifically kept to breed from
  • cable's length — a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet)
  • cairngormstone — (mineral, rare) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of w Cairngorm in Scotland.
  • call screening — a facility that plays an announcement and records messages, enabling the person called to decide whether or not to answer the call
  • cambridge lisp — A flavour of Lisp using BCPL. Sources owned by Fitznorman partners.
  • cambridgeshire — a county of E England, in East Anglia: includes the former counties of the Isle of Ely and Huntingdon and lies largely in the Fens: Peterborough became an independent unitary authority in 1998. Administrative centre: Cambridge. Pop (excluding Peterborough): 571 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Peterborough): 3068 sq km (184 sq miles)
  • campaign chest — money collected and set aside for use in a campaign, especially a political one; a campaign fund.
  • cancer-causing — having the ability to induce the growth of a malignant tumour
  • canons regular — one of a body of dignitaries or prebendaries attached to a cathedral or a collegiate church; a member of the chapter of a cathedral or a collegiate church.
  • carcinogenesis — the development of cancerous cells from normal ones
  • carnival glass — a colorful iridescent pressed glassware popular in the U.S. in the early 20th century.
  • carriage horse — a horse trained and groomed to draw carriages.
  • carriage house — coach house.
  • 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.
  • cartridge case — a cylindrical, usually metal casing capable of being loaded with an explosive charge and often also a bullet
  • casinghead gas — natural gas obtained from an oil well.
  • casino banking — an approach to banking which risks losing investors' money in the quest for maximizing profits
  • catch sight of — to make out by means of the eyes; discern; see
  • categorisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of categorization.
  • changeableness — The condition of being changeable.
  • changelessness — The state or quality of being changeless.
  • characterising — Present participle of characterise.
  • charge density — the electric charge per unit volume of a medium or body or per unit area of a surface
  • charles wright — Charles, born 1935, U.S. poet.
  • chauvinist pig — a sexist man
  • check register — A check register is a record of transactions in a checking account.
  • chest register — the lower register of the voice, in which the lower range of tones is produced
  • chest-thumping — the act or practice of boasting.
  • chicago school — a group of Chicago architects active between c1880 and c1910 and known for major developments in skyscraper design and for experiments in a modern architectural style appropriate especially to business and industrial buildings: two of the best-known members were Louis Sullivan and John Wellborn Root.
  • 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.
  • chondrogenesis — the growth of cartilage
  • choreographers — Plural form of choreographer.
  • choreographies — Plural form of choreography.
  • christiansburg — a town in SW Virginia.
  • chromatic sign — Music. accidental (def 5).
  • cigarette case — a case of a suitable size and shape to hold cigarettes
  • cilician gates — a pass in S Turkey, over the Taurus Mountains
  • cinnamon sedge — an angler's name for a small caddis fly, Limnephilus lunatus, having pale hind wings, that frequents sluggish water
  • circumscribing — Present participle of circumscribe.
  • circumstancing — Present participle of circumstance.
  • cisalpine gaul — (in the ancient world) that part of Gaul between the Alps and the Apennines
  • citrus heights — a city in central California, near Sacramento.
  • civil rightist — a person who actively supports or works for safeguarding or obtaining civil rights.
  • 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.
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