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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
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