14-letter words containing c, g, s
- cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- cosmologically — In a cosmological way.
- cost of living — The cost of living is the average amount of money that people in a particular place need in order to be able to afford basic food, housing, and clothing.
- costume change — a change of costume by an actor
- cottage cheese — Cottage cheese is a soft, white, lumpy cheese made from sour milk.
- countercharges — Plural form of countercharge.
- counterpoising — Present participle of counterpoise.
- countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
- countersigning — Present participle of countersign.
- countersinking — Present participle of countersink.
- counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
- counting house — a room or building used by the accountants of a business
- country singer — a singer of country and western music
- courageousness — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
- courtesy light — the interior light in a motor vehicle
- cowper's gland — either of two small glands with ducts opening into the male urethra: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous substance
- credit charges — the charges applied by credit card companies to customers buying goods on credit
- creeping jesus — an obsequious or servile person
- creme anglaise — a custardlike cream sauce, often flavored with vanilla, served with fresh fruit, rich chocolate desserts, etc.
- criminologists — Plural form of criminologist.
- cross bridging — bridging composed of crisscross pieces of wood.
- cross holdings — the holding of shares by one company in another company
- cross matching — the testing for compatibility of a donor's and a recipient's blood prior to transfusion, in which serum of each is mixed with red blood cells of the other and observed for hemagglutination.
- cross training — training in two or more sports to improve performance, esp on one's main sport
- cross-breeding — the process of causing animals to mate with another species, or of causing plants to reproduce with another species
- cross-dressing — the wearing of clothes normally associated with the opposite sex
- cross-gartered — (in Elizabethan and other costumes) wearing garters crisscrossed on the leg.
- cross-hatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- cross-indexing — to provide with cross references or with a cross-referenced index.
- crossing guard — school (crossing) guard
- crossing point — a place where people cross a road, border, or river
- cruiserweights — Plural form of cruiserweight.
- cruising range — the distance an aircraft can fly before it needs to refuel
- cruising speed — the speed at which a ship, car, or aircraft travels most efficiently
- cruising yacht — a yacht which is used for holiday trips
- cryopreserving — Present participle of cryopreserve.
- cryptographers — Plural form of cryptographer.
- cryptographist — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
- crystal gazing — the act of staring into a crystal globe (crystal ball) supposedly in order to arouse visual perceptions of the future, etc
- crystal growth — Crystal growth is the process of making a crystal grow by continuing to remove a component from a solution.
- cuprotungstite — (mineral) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
- cutting stylus — stylus (def 4a).
- cutting-stylus — stylus (def 4a).
- cuyahoga falls — a city in NE Ohio, near Akron.
- cybersquatting — Cybersquatting involves buying an Internet domain name that might be wanted by another person, business, or organization with the intention of selling it to them and making a profit.
- cycling shorts — tight-fitting shorts reaching partway to the knee for cycling, sport, etc
- cyclooxygenase — (enzyme) Any of several enzymes that catalyze the conversion of arachidonic acid into prostaglandins; their inhibition is the mode of action of aspirin and ibuprofen.
- cylinder glass — a sheet of glass formed originally in the shape of a cylinder and then divided lengthwise and flattened.
- cypress spurge — a perennial herb, Euphorbia cyparissias, of Eurasia, having small, greenish-yellow flowers in dense clusters.
- cytogeneticist — One who studies cytogenetics.