15-letter words containing c, o, g, s
- crystallography — the science concerned with the formation, properties, and structure of crystals
- cum grano salis — with a grain of salt; not too literally
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- cycling clothes — special clothes, such as lycra shorts, suitable for cycling in
- cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
- data processing — Data processing is the series of operations that are carried out on data, especially by computers, in order to present, interpret, or obtain information.
- decision-making — the act or process of making decisions
- decommissioning — the act of decommissioning something
- dephlogisticate — to reduce or remove inflammation from
- dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
- descending node — the node through which an orbiting body passes as it moves to the south (opposed to ascending node).
- design recovery — (process) A subtask of reverse engineering in which domain knowledge, external information, and deduction of fuzzy reasoning are added to the observations of the subject system to identify meaningful higher level abstractions beyond those obtained directly by examining the system itself. In other words, design recovery aims to work out what a system or component was designed to do rather than just examining its subcomponents and their interrelationships.
- desynchronizing — Present participle of desynchronize.
- disconcertingly — disturbing to one's composure or self-possession; upsetting, discomfiting.
- dishcloth gourd — loofah (def 1).
- docking station — device: charger
- doctor's degree — any of several academic degrees of the highest rank, as the Ph.D. or Ed.D., awarded by universities and some colleges for completing advanced work in graduate school or a professional school.
- dynamic scoping — dynamic scope
- dysteleological — Of or pertaining to dysteleology.
- ecclesiological — Of or pertaining to ecclesiology.
- echocardiograms — Plural form of echocardiogram.
- ecotoxicologist — One who studies ecotoxicology.
- elections judge — someone who oversees an election
- electromyograms — Plural form of electromyogram.
- electrosurgical — Relating to electrosurgery.
- endocrinologist — A person who is skilled at, or practices endocrinology.
- epistemological — Of or pertaining to epistemology or theory of knowledge, as a field of study.
- ethnolinguistic — Of or pertaining to ethnolinguistics.
- ethnomusicology — The study of the music of different cultures, especially non-Western ones.
- ethnopsychology — The scientific study of psychological concepts as they exist across different ethnic groups.
- ewing's sarcoma — a form of malignant bone tumour most commonly found in children and young people
- fantasmagorical — Alternative form of phantasmagorical.
- fibrocartilages — Plural form of fibrocartilage.
- finishing touch — a final additional or detail that completes and perfects something
- floating screed — Building Trades. screed (def 3).
- focusing screen — a camera in which the image appears on a ground-glass viewer (focusing screen) after being reflected by a mirror or after passing through a prism or semitransparent glass; in one type (single-lens reflex camera) light passes through the same lens to both the ground glass and the film, while in another type (twin-lens reflex camera) light passes through one lens (viewing lens) to the ground glass and through a second lens (taking lens) to the film, the lenses being mechanically coupled for focusing.
- food processing — transforming raw materials into food
- foreign service — a division of the U.S. Department of State or of a foreign office that maintains diplomatic and consular posts and personnel in other countries.
- forthcomingness — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
- gas oil contact — In a reservoir, gas oil contact is the area containing a mix of gas and oil, below which there is mainly oil and above which there is mainly gas.
- gastric balloon — an inflatable rubber bag placed in the stomach to reduce its capacity as an aid to losing weight
- gastronomically — the art or science of good eating.
- gender politics — debate about the roles and relations of men and women
- geochronologist — A geologist whose speciality is geochronology.
- geodemographics — the study and grouping of the people in a geographical area according to socioeconomic criteria, esp for market research
- geodetic survey — a land area survey in which the curvature of the surface of the earth is taken into account.
- geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
- get one's cards — to be told to leave one's employment
- gigantopithecus — a genus of extinct ape of southern Asia existing during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, known only from very large fossil jaws and teeth and believed to be perhaps the biggest hominoid that ever lived.
- glass harmonica — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated, revolving glass bowls, the rims of which are moistened and set in vibration by friction from the fingertips.