19-letter words containing c, o, g
- captains courageous — a novel (1897) by Rudyard Kipling.
- carbon steel piping — Carbon steel piping is pipes made of steel with carbon as the main alloying component, used for transporting fluids.
- carnot refrigerator — a device operating on the Carnot cycle in which the first temperature is higher than the second.
- cartilaginification — The formation of cartilage.
- catalytic reforming — Catalytic reforming is a process that converts petroleum refinery naphthas to high-octane blending components.
- category management — the management of a range of related products in a way designed to increase sales of all of the products
- catherine of aragon — 1485–1536, first wife of Henry VIII of England and mother of Mary I. The annulment of Henry's marriage to her (1533) against papal authority marked an initial stage in the English Reformation
- celestial longitude — the angular distance measured eastwards from the vernal equinox to the intersection of the ecliptic with the great circle passing through a celestial body and the poles of the ecliptic
- cerebral hemorrhage — hemorrhage from a blood vessel into the cerebrum, often followed by neurologic damage; a type of stroke.
- champagne corks pop — If you say that champagne corks are popping, you mean that people are celebrating something.
- champagne socialist — a professed socialist who enjoys an extravagant lifestyle
- champion of england — a hereditary official at British coronations, representing the king (King's Champion) or the queen (Queen's Champion) who is being crowned, and having originally the function of challenging to mortal combat any person disputing the right of the new sovereign to rule.
- character generator — a device used in television studios to incorporate text or other symbols into the television screen image.
- chemical processing — Chemical processing is a way of making changes to chemical compounds.
- chromatographically — With regard to, or by by using chromatography.
- chronological order — the arrangement of things following one after another in time: Put these documents in chronological order.
- cinematographically — a motion-picture projector.
- circulation manager — the senior manager responsible for the distribution of a newspaper
- claims investigator — A claims investigator is a person who is employed by an insurance company to obtain information necessary to evaluate a claim.
- clinical governance — a systematic approach to raising standards of health care and tackling poor performance in hospitals
- clinical psychology — the branch of psychology that studies and treats mental illness and mental retardation
- clinicopathological — of or relating to the combined study of disease symptoms and pathology.
- cobalt violet light — a pigment used in painting consisting mainly of arsenate of cobalt, characterized chiefly by its violet color, permanence, and poisonous properties.
- coefficient of drag — the ratio of the drag on a body moving through air to the product of the velocity and surface area of the body.
- college-preparatory — preparing a student for academic work at the college level.
- common area charges — (in the US) charges paid by tenants for the maintenance of the common areas of a block of flats
- common-law marriage — a marriage deemed to exist after a couple have cohabited for several years
- community programme — (in Britain) a former government scheme to provide temporary work for people unemployed for over a year
- comparison shopping — Comparison shopping is comparing similar products from different stores or suppliers. Comparison shopping services are popular on the Internet.
- competitive bidding — a system by which a contract is awarded to the lowest bidder
- complementary angle — either of two angles whose sum is 90°
- complete quadrangle — a plane figure consisting of four points connected by six lines
- compression molding — a method of molding thermosetting plastic by closing a mold on it, forming the material by heat and pressure.
- comptroller general — the director of the General Accounting Office
- computed tomography — computerized axial tomography. Abbreviation: CT.
- computer programmer — a person whose job is to write computer programs
- concours d'elegance — a parade of cars or other vehicles, prizes being awarded to the most elegant, best designed, or best turned-out
- congestion charging — the practice of charging motorists for the right to drive on busy roads, esp at busy times
- consultant engineer — an engineer who works as a consultant to a project or company
- contagious abortion — brucellosis of domestic cattle, an infectious disease characterized by spontaneous abortion and caused by the bacterium Brucella abortus; Bang's disease.
- continental glacier — a glacier that spreads out from a central mass
- continental seating — a theater seating plan in which there is no center aisle, but with wide spacing between each row of seats to allow for ease of passage.
- contingency reserve — a sum of money set aside for use in an emergency or to cover unforeseen expenses
- contour integration — integration in the complex plane about a closed curve of finite length.
- contra-guide rudder — a rudder having a horizontal offset of its upper and lower halves to improve the flow characteristics of the propeller race.
- contract programmer — (job, programming) A programmer who works on a fixed-length or temporary contract, and is often employed to write certain types of code or to work on a specific project. Despite the fact that contractors usually cost more than hiring a permanent employee with the same skills, it is common for organisations to employ them for extended periods, sometimes renewing their contracts for many years, due to lack of certainty about the future or simple lack of planning. A contract programmer may be independent or they may work in a supplier's professional services department, providing consultancy and programming services for the supplier's products.
- contradistinguished — Simple past tense and past participle of contradistinguish.
- contradistinguishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of contradistinguish.
- contributing factor — something that is partly responsible for a development or phenomenon
- convergent boundary — a major geologic discontinuity or suture marking the juncture of lithospheric plates that have been joined by plate tectonics.