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15-letter words containing c, o, g

  • graviperception — the perception of gravity by plants
  • great attractor — a vast concentration of matter whose gravitational pull alters the direction and speed of the Milky Way and other galaxies as they spread apart in the expanding universe posited by the big bang theory.
  • great recession — the protracted worldwide economic recession following the financial crisis of 2007–08
  • grecian profile — a profile distinguished by the absence of the hollow between the upper ridge of the nose and the forehead, thereby forming a straight line.
  • greenham common — a village in West Berkshire unitary authority, Berkshire; site of a US cruise missile base, and, from 1981, a camp of women protesters against nuclear weapons; although the base had closed by 1991 a small number of women remained until 2000
  • gregorian chant — the plain song or cantus firmus used in the ritual of the Roman Catholic Church.
  • gross indecency — sexual offence
  • group insurance — life, accident, or health insurance available to a group of persons, as the employees of a company, under a single contract, usually without regard to physical condition or age of the individuals.
  • groutlock brick — a brick chamfered on its inner angles to allow space for vertical and horizontal reinforcing rods sealed in grout.
  • guild socialism — a form of socialism developed in England in the 20th century, emphasizing decentralization of industry and services with control to be vested in autonomous guilds of workers.
  • gulf of corinth — an inlet of the Ionian Sea between the Peloponnese and central Greece
  • gulf of fonseca — an inlet of the Pacific Ocean in W Central America
  • gunnery officer — an officer in charge of heavy guns
  • gynandromorphic — (of an organism) Having male and female characteristics.
  • hacking x for y — [ITS] Ritual phrasing of part of the information which ITS made publicly available about each user. This information (the INQUIR record) was a sort of form in which the user could fill out various fields. On display, two of these fields were always combined into a project description of the form "Hacking X for Y" (e.g. ""Hacking perceptrons for Minsky""). This form of description became traditional and has since been carried over to other systems with more general facilities for self-advertisement (such as Unix plan files).
  • haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
  • hanging offence — a crime that is punishable by hanging
  • haulage company — a firm that transports goods by lorry
  • heat-conducting — able to conduct heat or whose function is to conduct heat
  • hedgehog cactus — any of various rounded, usually spiny cacti of the genus Echinocereus, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico, having bell-shaped flowers that close at night.
  • hedonic damages — compensation based on what the victim of a crime might have earned in the future
  • hemangiosarcoma — A fast-growing, highly invasive variety of cancer, a sarcoma arising from the lining of blood vessels, occurring almost exclusively in dogs and rarely in cats.
  • hemiglossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a portion of the tongue.
  • hepaticological — of or relating to hepaticology
  • high commission — A High Commission is the office where a High Commissioner and his or her staff work, or the group of officials who work there.
  • high technology — any technology requiring the most sophisticated scientific equipment and advanced engineering techniques, as microelectronics, data processing, genetic engineering, or telecommunications (opposed to low technology).
  • histopathologic — the science dealing with the histological structure of abnormal or diseased tissue; pathological histology.
  • historiographic — the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
  • holding company — a company that controls other companies through stock ownership but that usually does not engage directly in their productive operations (distinguished from parent company).
  • holding furnace — a small furnace for holding molten metal produced in a larger melting furnace at a desired temperature for casting.
  • holding paddock — a paddock in which cattle or sheep are kept temporarily, as before shearing, etc
  • holiday cottage — a cottage used for accommodation for a family, couple, etc, on holiday
  • holographically — In a holographic way.
  • homing guidance — a method of missile guidance in which internal equipment enables it to steer itself onto the target, as by sensing the target's heat radiation
  • homing instinct — an instinct that enables an animal to return home after travelling great distances
  • hot-dip coating — the process of coating sheets of iron or steel with molten zinc.
  • housing project — a publicly built and operated housing development, usually intended for low- or moderate-income tenants, senior citizens, etc.
  • hovering accent — indeterminacy as to which of two consecutive syllables in a line of verse bears the metrical stress, as in any of the first three feet of Slow, slow, / fresh fount, / keep time / with my / salt tears.
  • hydrobiological — of or relating to hydrobiology
  • hydrofracturing — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
  • hygroscopically — In a hygroscopic way.
  • hypercoagulable — related to excessive coagulation of the blood or blood clots
  • hypergalactosis — an abnormally large secretion of milk.
  • ideographically — an ideogram.
  • ignition source — An ignition source is a process or event which can cause a fire or explosion.
  • ignition switch — (on a vehicle) the part that sets the process of ignition in motion once the ignition key is turned; also a button used for the same purpose
  • image converter — a device for producing a visual image formed by other electromagnetic radiation such as infrared or ultraviolet radiation or X-rays
  • image-conscious — concerned about the way one comes across to other people and the impression one creates
  • immunologically — the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.
  • inconveniencing — the quality or state of being inconvenient.
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