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16-letter words containing c, o, u, g

  • absolute ceiling — the maximum height above sea level, usually measured in feet or metres, at which an aircraft can maintain horizontal flight
  • agreed procedure — an official set of guidelines of the steps that should be followed in the event of a dispute between two parties, esp in arbitration between employee and employer
  • amerigo vespucci — Amerigo [uh-mer-i-goh;; Italian ah-me-ree-gaw] /əˈmɛr ɪˌgoʊ;; Italian ˌɑ mɛˈri gɔ/ (Show IPA), (Americus Vespucius) 1451–1512, Italian merchant, adventurer, and explorer after whom America was named.
  • angular velocity — the velocity of a body rotating about a specified axis measured as the rate of change of the angle subtended at that axis by the path of the body
  • assigned counsel — any private lawyer designated by a city or county court to represent indigent defendants in criminal cases at public expense.
  • autobiographical — An autobiographical piece of writing relates to events in the life of the person who has written it.
  • autoethnographic — Using ethnographic techniques to describe one's own life, or events in which one is a participant.
  • autoradiographic — Of or pertaining to an autoradiograph, a radiographic image produced by the decay of a radioactive substance.
  • background check — an investigation into a person's origins and previous history
  • background music — music of any kind that is played while some other activity is going on, so that people do not actively attend to it
  • background noise — any type of noise that is not the sound that you are specifically listening to or monitoring
  • background paper — a report or other piece of writing that is intended to provide contextual and historical information that will help people understand a particular topic or situation
  • biological value — the nutritional effectiveness of the protein in a given food, expressed as the percentage used by the body of either the total protein consumed or the digestible protein available.
  • blue mockingbird — any of several gray, black, and white songbirds of the genus Mimus, especially M. polyglottos, of the U.S. and Mexico, noted for their ability to mimic the songs of other birds.
  • bring to justice — to capture, try, and usually punish (a criminal, an outlaw, etc)
  • building society — In Britain, a building society is a business which will lend you money when you want to buy a house. You can also invest money in a building society, where it will earn interest. Compare savings and loan association.
  • business college — a college providing courses in secretarial studies, business management, accounting, commerce, etc
  • carry-on luggage — luggage that is taken inside an aircraft by hand personally by a passenger
  • cassius longinus — Gaius (ˈɡaɪəs). died 42 bc, Roman general: led the conspiracy against Julius Caesar (44); defeated at Philippi by Antony (42)
  • charles coughlinCharles Edward ("Father Coughlin") 1891–1979, U.S. Roman Catholic priest, activist, radio broadcaster, and editor, born in Canada.
  • checking account — A checking account is a personal bank account which you can take money out of at any time using your cheque book or cash card.
  • chequing account — (in Canada) account against which cheques can be drawn
  • chiang ching-kuo — 1910–88, Chinese statesman; the son of Chiang Kai-shek. He was prime minister of Taiwan (1971–78); president (1978–88)
  • chromium plating — plating, often for decorative effect, made of chromium
  • chronic glaucoma — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
  • circumnavigation — to sail or fly around; make the circuit of by navigation: to circumnavigate the earth.
  • circumnavigatory — Pertaining to circumnavigation.
  • class background — a person's background with reference to social class
  • cleaning product — a detergent or other household cleaner
  • clootie dumpling — a boiled suet pudding containing dried fruits
  • closing argument — In a court case, a lawyer's closing argument is their final speech, in which they give a summary of their case.
  • cocktail sausage — a small sausage served with drinks
  • cogito, ergo sum — I think, therefore I am; the basis of Descartes' philosophy
  • college graduate — a student who has recently graduated from college
  • columbia heights — a city in SE Minnesota, near Minneapolis.
  • combination drug — a medication comprised of set dosages of two or more separate drugs.
  • command guidance — a method of controlling a missile during flight by transmitting information to it
  • command language — the language used to access a computer system
  • community charge — (formerly in Britain) a flat-rate charge paid by each adult in a community to his or her local authority in place of rates
  • commutator group — the subgroup of a given group, which consists of all the commutators in the group.
  • computer program — a set of instructions for a computer to perform some task
  • configurationism — Gestalt psychology
  • congeliturbation — the churning, heaving, and thrusting of soil material due to the action of frost.
  • consanguineously — In a consanguineous fashion; by blood relationship.
  • consent judgment — a judgment settled and agreed to by the parties to the action. Compare consent decree (def 2).
  • consenting adult — a male person over the age of sixteen, who may legally engage in homosexual behaviour in private
  • consulting hours — the hours during which health practitioners are available for consultation
  • contagious magic — magic that attempts to affect a person through something once connected with him or her, as a shirt once worn by the person or a footprint left in the sand; a branch of sympathetic magic based on the belief that things once in contact are in some way permanently so, however separated physically they may subsequently become.
  • contingency fund — a sum of money allocated for use in an emergency or to cover unforeseen expenses
  • continuous hinge — a long narrow hinge that runs the full length of the two surfaces to which its leaves are joined.

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