15-letter words containing c, g
- analogous color — Art. any one of a group of related colors that are near each other on the color wheel, a circular chart that shows gradations of color: Red, orange, and yellow are analogous colors. Compare complementary color (def 1a).
- anchorage point — a point to which something such as the straps securing a childseat can be safely attached
- andrew carnegie — Andrew, 1835–1919, U.S. steel manufacturer and philanthropist, born in Scotland.
- angel food cake — a light, spongy, white cake made with egg whites and no shortening
- angina pectoris — a sudden intense pain in the chest, often accompanied by feelings of suffocation, caused by momentary lack of adequate blood supply to the heart muscle
- angle of attack — the acute angle between the chord line of an aerofoil and the undisturbed relative airflow
- anglican church — any Church of the Anglican Communion or the Anglican Communion itself
- anthropological — the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.
- anti-allergenic — not aggravating an allergy; intended or prepared for those suffering from an allergy: antiallergenic cosmetics.
- anti-pathogenic — Pathology. capable of producing disease: pathogenic bacteria.
- anti-technology — the branch of knowledge that deals with the creation and use of technical means and their interrelation with life, society, and the environment, drawing upon such subjects as industrial arts, engineering, applied science, and pure science.
- anticancer drug — a drug used to treat cancer
- anticarcinogens — Plural form of anticarcinogen.
- anticholinergic — blocking nerve impulses through the parasympathetic nerves
- anticoagulation — (medicine) Acting to combat or prevent coagulation of blood.
- antihemorrhagic — That stops or reduces hemorrhage.
- antimony glance — stibnite
- approach lights — lights on the runway that guide planes coming in to land
- archeologically — In a archeological manner or fashion.
- armour-piercing — capable of penetrating armour plate
- artificial gene — a duplicate gene synthesized in the laboratory by combining nucleotides in a sequence characteristic of the copied gene.
- ascending colon — the first portion of the colon, beginning at the cecum in the lower right abdominal cavity and continuing upward along the right posterior abdominal wall to approximately the lower ribs.
- ascending scale — a scale that is rising in pitch
- asiago (cheese) — a hard, dry, sharply flavored cheese originally of N Italy
- assign a policy — If you assign a policy, you transfer legal ownership of an insurance policy to another person.
- at first glance — If you say that something is true or seems to be true at first glance, you mean that it seems to be true when you first see it or think about it, but that your first impression may be wrong.
- audience rating — a figure based on statistical sampling indicating what proportion of the total listening and viewing audience tune in to a specific programme or network
- audio recording — an electronic recording of sound
- augustus caesar — Also called Octavian (before 27 b.c.)(Gaius Julius Caesar Octavianus; Augustus Caesar) 63 b.c.–a.d. 14, first Roman emperor 27 b.c.–a.d. 14: reformer, patron of arts and literature; heir and successor to Julius Caesar.
- away-going crop — a crop planted by a tenant that matures after the expiration of the tenancy and is rightfully the tenant's to harvest.
- back plastering — the introduction of partitions of lath and plaster between the inner and outer surfaces of a stud wall in order to improve the insulating properties of the wall.
- back-scratching — a reciprocal exchange of favors, aid, or compliments
- bacterial ghost — a bacterial cell that is emptied and filled artificially with another substance
- bacteriological — Of or relating to bacteriology or bacteria.
- bacteriophagous — Pertaining to the predation and consumption of bacterium.
- baggage reclaim — the process of passengers' getting back the baggage that they have checked in for a flight
- baltic exchange — a group of companies, based in London, which engages in trading activities, esp chartering cargo vessels
- banking product — one of the various services offered by a bank to its customers: mortgages, loans, insurance etc
- bargain counter — a store counter on which goods are displayed for sale at reduced prices
- bargaining chip — In negotiations with other people, a bargaining chip is something that you are prepared to give up in order to obtain what you want.
- base technology — (company) The company which developed and distributes Liana. E-mail: Jack Krupansky <[email protected]> (owner). Address: Base Technology, Attn: Jack Krupansky, 1500 Mass. Ave. NW #114 Washington, DC 2005, USA. 800-786-9505 Telephone: +1 800 876 9505.
- bathing costume — A bathing costume is a piece of clothing that is worn for swimming, especially by women and girls.
- bathing machine — a small hut, on wheels so that it could be pulled to the sea, used in the 18th and 19th centuries for bathers to change their clothes
- bathing-machine — a small bathhouse on wheels formerly used as a dressing room and in which bathers could also be transported from the beach to the water.
- battery charger — a device that can restore the charge to a battery, usually by means of electricity
- beach goldenrod — a composite plant, Solidago sempervirens, of eastern and southern North America, having a thick stem and large, branched, one-sided terminal clusters of yellow flowers, flourishing on sea beaches or salt marshes.
- beginner's luck — the initial good fortune or success commonly supposed to come to a person who has recently taken up a new pursuit, as a sport or game: Catching a large trout the first time you go fishing is simply beginner's luck.
- benefits agency — an agency that handles the payment of benefits
- bergius process — a method of hydrogenation formerly used with coal to produce an oil similar to petroleum.
- beta-adrenergic — pertaining to or involving beta receptors