19-letter words containing c, l, o, g
- salvage archaeology — the collection of archaeological data and materials from a site in danger of imminent destruction, as from new construction or flooding.
- screen actors guild — a labor union for motion-picture performers, founded in 1933. Abbreviation: SAG.
- secretarial college — a college where people are trained to be secretaries
- self-congratulating — the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
- self-congratulation — the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
- self-congratulatory — the expression or feeling of uncritical satisfaction with oneself or one's own accomplishment, good fortune, etc.; complacency.
- shopping facilities — shops or other retail services
- single edge contact — (hardware) (SEC) The type of cartridge in which a Pentium II is packaged.
- single-cell protein — a protein produced or derived from the culture of a single-celled organism, used as a food supplement or substitute. Abbreviation: SCP.
- social anthropology — study of human culture
- social intelligence — the ability to form rewarding relationships with other people
- social organization — the structure of social relations within a group, usually the relations between its subgroups and institutions.
- split-second timing — timing that depends on minute precision
- tangential-velocity — the component of the linear motion of a star with respect to the sun, measured along a line perpendicular to its line of sight and expressed in miles or kilometers per second.
- teaching fellowship — a fellowship providing a student in a graduate school with free tuition and expenses and stipulating that the student assume some teaching duties in return.
- the oceanic feeling — a term coined by Sigmund Freud to describe the feeling experienced by people who have religious faith
- the social register — a directory, now published annually, of the families who are considered to form the country's social élite
- theological virtues — one of the three graces: faith, hope, or charity, infused into the human intellect and will by a special grace of God.
- therapeutic cloning — the permitted creation of cloned human tissues for surgical transplant
- to go blackberrying — to go on an outing to collect blackberries
- traffic regulations — rules designed to expedite the flow of traffic and prevent collisions
- trooping the colour — a military ceremony, performed by regiments of the British army and the Commonwealth, in which the regimental colour or flag is marched past ranks of troops
- tuamotu archipelago — a group of about 80 coral islands in the S Pacific, in French Polynesia. Pop: 15 973 (2002; including the Gambier Islands). Area: 860 sq km (332 sq miles)
- typographical error — an error in printed or typewritten matter resulting from striking the improper key of a keyboard, from mechanical failure, or the like.
- ultrasonic cleaning — the use of ultrasound to vibrate a piece to be cleaned while the piece is immersed in a cleaning fluid. The process produces a very high degree of cleanliness, and is used for jewellery and ornately shaped items
- vaginal intercourse — intercourse involving insertion of the penis into the vagina
- vigilance committee — an unauthorized committee of citizens organized for the maintenance of order and the summary punishment of crime in the absence of regular or efficient courts.
- vocational guidance — the process of assisting a student to choose, prepare for, and enter an occupation for which he or she shows aptitude.
- wearable technology — a small computer or advanced electronic device that is worn or carried on the body: the trendiest wearable technologies.
- wide-angle glaucoma — open-angle glaucoma. See under glaucoma.
- with flying colours — If you pass a test with flying colours, you have done very well in the test.
- yellow-dog contract — a contract between a worker and an employer in which, as a condition of employment, the worker agrees not to remain in or join a union.