17-letter words containing c, o, n, g, s
- consensus gentium — agreement of the people.
- consignment store — a retail store that sells secondhand items on behalf of others and receives a percentage of the sales price.
- constance garnett — Constance Black, 1862–1946, English translator from Russian.
- consulate general — the office or residence of a consul general
- consumer sampling — a research technique in which targeted consumers are polled or tested for their receptiveness to a product or service
- consumer spending — the percentage of an economy that is accounted for by what consumers spend
- consumer watchdog — an organization or government agency that campaigns for consumers
- contradistinguish — to differentiate by means of contrasting or opposing qualities
- contrasuggestible — responding or tending to respond to a suggestion by doing or believing the opposite
- convenience goods — goods which make people's lives easier
- corpus spongiosum — a mass of tissue that, with the corpora cavernosa, forms the erectile tissue of the penis of mammals
- cost-plus pricing — the setting of prices at the cost price plus a percentage
- counter-espionage — Counter-espionage is the same as counter-intelligence.
- counter-signature — a signature added by way of countersigning.
- counterchallenges — Plural form of counterchallenge.
- counterinsurgency — action taken by a government to counter the activities of rebels, guerrillas, etc
- countersignatures — Plural form of countersignature.
- cross-lot bracing — bracing extending from one side of an excavation to the opposite to retain the earth on both sides.
- cytotechnologists — the study of human cells to detect signs of cancer or other abnormalities.
- defending counsel — a barrister who defends a client in a trial
- dephlogisticating — Present participle of dephlogisticate.
- designer clothing — Designer clothing is fashionable or luxury clothing made by, or carrying the label of, a well-known fashion designer.
- discomgoogolation — a feeling of anxiety felt by someone who is unable to access the internet
- early closing day — a day on which most shops in a town or area close after lunch
- egg on one's face — embarrassment due to an obvious blunder
- elastic stockings — something made of elastic which you wear on your legs to aid circulation
- emergency rations — food and drink that is designated for use in an emergency: for example, in a famine, after a plane crash, when hill-walkers or mountaineers are stranded, etc.
- emergency session — an urgent meeting held by parliament, ministers, etc. to discuss what measures should be taken to deal with an emergency
- energy conversion — the process of changing one form of energy into another, such as nuclear energy into heat or solar energy into electrical energy
- english shellcode — (security) A kind of malware that is embedded in ordinary English sentences. English shellcode attempts to avoid detection by antivirus software by making the code resemble, e.g. e-mail text or Wikipedia entries. It was first revealed by researchers at Johns Hopkins.
- ethnomusicologist — A researcher in the field of ethnomusicology.
- fee-paying school — a school which charges fees to parents of pupils
- fishnet stockings — leg coverings for women, made from an open mesh fabric resembling netting
- fluorescent light — a fluorescent lamp in domestic or commercial use; a fluorescent strip
- foreign secretary — foreign minister.
- fulgencio batista — Fulgencio [fool-hen-syaw] /fulˈhɛn syɔ/ (Show IPA), (Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar) 1901–73, Cuban military leader: dictator of Cuba 1934–40; president 1940–44, 1952–59.
- garlic mayonnaise — mayonnaise flavoured with garlic
- geomagnetic storm — magnetic storm.
- get one's back up — the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine.
- give satisfaction — to satisfy
- glastonbury chair — a folding chair having legs crossed front-to-back and having arms connected to the back and to the front seat rail.
- glycosaminoglycan — any of a class of polysaccharides derived from hexosamine that form mucins when complexed with proteins: formerly called mucopolysaccharide.
- glycosphingolipid — (biochemistry) a lipid that contains at least one monosaccharide unit and either a sphingoid or a ceramide.
- greenhouse effect — an atmospheric heating phenomenon, caused by short-wave solar radiation being readily transmitted inward through the earth's atmosphere but longer-wavelength heat radiation less readily transmitted outward, owing to its absorption by atmospheric carbon dioxide, water vapor, methane, and other gases; thus, the rising level of carbon dioxide is viewed with concern.
- greensand process — a process for casting iron with sand not previously heated.
- guilty conscience — Your conscience is the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is right or wrong. If you have a guilty conscience, you feel guilty about something because you know it was wrong. If you have a clear conscience, you do not feel guilty because you know you have done nothing wrong.
- high commissioner — a representative of one sovereign member of the Commonwealth of Nations in the country of another, having a rank and responsibilities generally similar to those of an ambassador.
- high-carbon steel — steel containing between 0.5 and 1.5 per cent carbon
- homogentisic acid — an intermediate compound in the metabolism of tyrosine and of phenylalanine, found in excess in the blood and urine of persons affected with alkaptonuria.
- housekeeping cart — A housekeeping cart is a large metal basket on wheels which is used by a cleaner in a hotel to move clean bed linen, towels, and cleaning equipment.