14-letter words containing c, o, n, g, a, i
- contact flying — flying an airplane in conditions of good visibility so that the course and altitude can be determined by observing points or objects on the ground; VFR
- contagiousness — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
- containerizing — Present participle of containerize.
- cornucopia leg — a leg used on pieces in the Directoire and Empire styles, curving downward from the piece and curving upward again to a point and having a foot or caster at the lowest part of the curve.
- cosmogonically — In a cosmogonic manner.
- cottage window — a double-hung window with an upper sash smaller than the lower.
- cotton batting — cotton wadding, as used in quilt making
- counter-gambit — a countermove
- countermanding — Present participle of countermand.
- countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
- countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
- courting chair — a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.
- crimean gothic — a form of the Gothic language that survived in the Crimea after the extinction of Gothic elsewhere in Europe, known only from a list of words and phrases recorded in the 16th century.
- criminological — the study of crime and criminals: a branch of sociology.
- cross matching — the testing for compatibility of a donor's and a recipient's blood prior to transfusion, in which serum of each is mixed with red blood cells of the other and observed for hemagglutination.
- cross training — training in two or more sports to improve performance, esp on one's main sport
- cross-hatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- crossing guard — school (crossing) guard
- cyanoguanidine — dicyandiamide.
- cytopathogenic — causing cytopathy
- dead reckoning — a method of establishing one's position using the distance and direction travelled rather than astronomical observations
- decisionmaking — Alternative form of decision making.
- decompensating — Psychology. to lose the ability to maintain normal or appropriate psychological defenses, sometimes resulting in depression, anxiety, or delusions.
- deconsecrating — Present participle of deconsecrate.
- diagnostically — of, relating to, or used in diagnosis.
- diagonal cloth — a twilled fabric woven with distinctly diagonal lines.
- disacknowledge — (transitive) To refuse to acknowledge or recognize something; to disavow or deny.
- disassociating — to dissociate.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
- dogmaticalness — The quality of being dogmatical.
- double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
- drawing office — an office where drawings are made
- drug addiction — dependence on a chemical substance
- education page — a page in a newspaper devoted to news relating to education or teaching
- egocentrically — In an egocentric manner.
- electric organ — a pipe organ operated by electrical means
- electroplating — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.
- encephalitogen — an agent that is able to produce encephalitis
- encompassingly — So as to encompass.
- ethnographical — Ethnographic.
- ethnologically — In an ethnological manner or fashion.
- etiopathogenic — Of or pertaining to etiopathogenesis.
- eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
- exocrine gland — any gland, such as a salivary or sweat gland, that secretes its products through a duct onto an epithelial surface
- falling action — the part of a literary plot that occurs after the climax has been reached and the conflict has been resolved.
- fictionalizing — Present participle of fictionalize.
- flagellomaniac — a person who is enthusiastic about or derives (sexual) pleasure from whipping or being whipped
- floating cloud — Drifting Cloud, The.
- floating stock — stock not held for permanent investment and hence available for speculation; stock held by brokers and speculators rather than investors.