13-letter words containing c, y, g, n
- peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
- pharmacognosy — materia medica (def 2).
- pharyngectomy — excision of part or all of the pharynx.
- pharyngoscope — an instrument for inspecting the pharynx.
- pharyngoscopy — an examination by means of a pharyngoscope.
- phyllogenetic — of or relating to the development of leaves.
- playing cards — cards used in playing various games, arranged in decks of four suits (spades, hearts, diamonds, and clubs): a standard deck has 52 cards
- playing trick — a card in a hand considered as likely to take a trick, assuming that the player who holds the hand or that player's partner is the declarer.
- policy-making — Policy-making is the making of policies.
- polygonaceous — belonging to the Polygonaceae, the buckwheat family of plants.
- postemergency — of, relating to, or occurring in the period after an emergency
- psychogenesis — genesis of the psyche.
- psychogenetic — genesis of the psyche.
- psychosurgeon — a surgeon who specializes in psychosurgery
- psychotogenic — a substance that causes a psychotic reaction.
- relief agency — an organization that provides aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
- retromingency — urinating backward because of bodily configuration: The lion is a retromingent animal.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- sanctifyingly — in a sanctifying manner
- sand-yachting — the sport of riding in a sand yacht
- scoping study — a preliminary study to define the scope of a project
- screaming tty — [Unix] A terminal line which spews an infinite number of random characters at the operating system. This can happen if the terminal is either disconnected or connected to a powered-off terminal but still enabled for login; misconfiguration, misimplementation, or simple bad luck can start such a terminal screaming. A screaming tty or two can seriously degrade the performance of a vanilla Unix system; the arriving "characters" are treated as userid/password pairs and tested as such. The Unix password encryption algorithm is designed to be computationally intensive in order to foil brute-force crack attacks, so although none of the logins succeeds; the overhead of rejecting them all can be substantial.
- siege economy — an economy in which the export of capital is limited and import controls are imposed
- significantly — important; of consequence.
- significatory — serving to signify
- splanchnology — the visceral system
- spying charge — an accusation of having taken part in espionage
- subjectifying — to make subjective.
- suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- synallagmatic — relating to a reciprocally binding contract
- synchronizing — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- synchronology — combined chronology
- telegenically — having physical qualities or characteristics that televise well; videogenic.
- ticket agency — an agency dealing in the sale of tickets, especially theater tickets.
- tiger economy — an economy that maintains a high growth rate, originally referring to the relatively small economies of South Korea, Singapore, Hong Kong, and Taiwan in East Asia.
- travel agency — a business that accommodates travelers, as by securing tickets, arranging for reservations, and giving information.
- tumorgenicity — the state of being tumorgenic, giving rise to tumours
- ugly american — An Ugly American is an American who travels to a foreign country and gives the United States a bad reputation by acting in an offensive way.
- ugly duckling — an unattractive or unpromising child who becomes a beautiful or much-admired adult.
- unflinchingly — not flinching; unshrinking: unflinching courage.
- vacuum drying — the removal of liquid from a solution or mixture at reduced air pressure so that it dries at a lower temperature than would be required at full pressure.
- vaginomycosis — a fungous infection of the vagina.
- virginia city — a mining town in W Nevada: famous for the discovery of the rich Comstock silver lode 1859.
- virginiamycin — any of various antibacterial substances derived from the bacterium Streptomyces virginiae, used in antibiotics and in animal feed as a growth stimulant.
- waygoing crop — away-going crop.
- yachting trip — a pleasure trip on a yacht