16-letter words containing c, g, s
- corona discharge — an electrical discharge appearing on and around the surface of a charged conductor, caused by ionization of the surrounding gas
- corporal's guard — a squad commanded by a corporal
- cosmetic surgery — Cosmetic surgery is surgery done to make a person look more attractive.
- costume designer — a person who designs costumes for plays and films
- cottage hospital — a small rural hospital
- cottage industry — A cottage industry is a small business that is run from someone's home, especially one that involves a craft such as knitting or pottery.
- counter-strategy — Also, strategics. the science or art of combining and employing the means of war in planning and directing large military movements and operations.
- counterarguments — Plural form of counterargument.
- counterespionage — Counterespionage is the same as counterintelligence.
- counterinsurgent — of or relating to counterinsurgency
- countersignature — second signature
- creeping thistle — a weedy Eurasian thistle, Cirsium arvense, common as a fast-spreading weed in the US
- crossopterygians — Plural form of crossopterygian.
- cryptozoologists — Plural form of cryptozoologist.
- crystallographer — A person skilled in crystallography.
- crystallographic — of, relating to, or dealing with crystals or crystallography.
- curmudgeonliness — The state or condition of being curmudgeonly.
- cygnus tcl tools — (tool) A rebundling of Tcl and Tk into the Cygnus GNU build framework with "configure" by david d 'zoo' zuhn <[email protected]>.
- cytotechnologist — a technician who specializes in identifying cells and cellular abnormalities.
- dagwood sandwich — a thick sandwich filled with a variety of meats, cheeses, dressings, and condiments.
- debating society — a club, e.g. at a school or university, which regularly holds debates
- dechristianizing — Present participle of dechristianize.
- deficit spending — Deficit spending is an economic policy in which a government spends more money raised by borrowing than it receives in revenue.
- delaying tactics — techniques used to delay sth
- dephlogisticated — Simple past tense and past participle of dephlogisticate.
- depth psychology — the study of unconscious motives and attitudes
- descending colon — the last portion of the colon, beginning at the upper left abdomen in the region of the spleen and continuing downward along the left posterior wall to the sigmoid flexure.
- diagonal process — a form of argument in which a new member of a set is constructed from a list of its known members by making the nth term of the new member differ from the nth term of the nth member. The new member is thus different from every member of the list
- digestive juices — fluids secreted in the stomach or intestines that assist in the digestion of food
- digital research — (company) The company which developed CP/M, the operating system used on many of the first generation 8-bit microprocessor-based personal computers. Digital Research also produced DR-DOS. Address: Santa Cruz, CA, USA.
- disappearing act — magic trick
- discharging arch — an arch for taking some of the weight from a structural member beneath it.
- disclosing agent — a vegetable dye, administered as a liquid or in tablet form (disclosing tablet), that stains plaque, making it readily apparent on the teeth
- discographically — In terms of discography.
- discombobulating — Present participle of discombobulate.
- discountenancing — Present participle of discountenance.
- discriminatingly — With discrimination.
- discussion group — group assembled to discuss sth
- disenfranchising — Present participle of disenfranchise.
- disincentivising — Present participle of disincentivise.
- district heating — a heating system in which centrally generated heat is distributed via ducts and pipes to multiple buildings or locations
- doctor's surgery — A doctor's surgery is the same as a doctor's office.
- drugstore cowboy — a young man who loafs around drugstores or on street corners.
- dynamic markings — directions and symbols used to indicate degrees of loudness
- ebenezer scrooge — Ebenezer [eb-uh-nee-zer] /ˌɛb əˈni zər/ (Show IPA) a miserly curmudgeon in Dickens' Christmas Carol.
- echocardiographs — Plural form of echocardiograph.
- eclipsing binary — a variable star whose changes in brightness are caused by periodic eclipses of two stars in a binary system.
- eigenfrequencies — Plural form of eigenfrequency.
- elective surgery — when someone chooses to have an operation which is not absolutely medically necessary
- electrolytic gas — a mixture of two parts of hydrogen and one part of oxygen by volume, formed by the electrolysis of water