14-letter words containing d, g
- cartridge belt — a belt with pockets for cartridge clips or loops for cartridges
- cartridge case — a cylindrical, usually metal casing capable of being loaded with an explosive charge and often also a bullet
- cartridge clip — a metallic container holding cartridges for an automatic firearm
- casinghead gas — natural gas obtained from an oil well.
- cathodographer — a person trained in taking cathodographs
- charge density — the electric charge per unit volume of a medium or body or per unit area of a surface
- checkered flag — a flag having a pattern of black and white squares, used to signal that a car has crossed the finish line and completed its race.
- chequered flag — the black-and-white checked flag traditionally shown to the winner and all finishers at the end of a motor race by a senior race official
- chicago window — a composite window, horizontal in character, consisting of a large, fixed sheet of glass between two vertical windows with sash for ventilation, first popularized in commercial buildings in Chicago in the 1880s and 1890s.
- child guidance — the counselling of emotionally disturbed children
- chladni figure — a pattern formed by fine powder placed on a vibrating surface, used to display the positions of nodes and antinodes
- chondrogenesis — the growth of cartilage
- chopping board — A chopping board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
- church wedding — a wedding ceremony performed in a church and having a religious rather than civil content
- cigarette card — a small picture card, formerly given away with cigarettes, now collected as a hobby
- cinnamon sedge — an angler's name for a small caddis fly, Limnephilus lunatus, having pale hind wings, that frequents sluggish water
- circumagitated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumagitate.
- ciudad guayana — an industrial conurbation in E Venezuela, on the River Orinoco: iron and steel processing, gold mining. Pop: 807 000 (2005 est)
- ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
- clapper bridge — a primitive type of bridge in which planks or slabs of stone rest on piles of stones
- cleaning fluid — a solvent or other solution for removing stains or cleaning particular objects
- clingmans dome — mountain on the Tenn.-N.C. border; highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains: 6,642 ft (2,024 m)
- closed gentian — any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers
- clouded magpie — a geometrid moth, Abraxas sylvata, that is paler than the magpie moth
- coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
- coastguardsman — Coast Guard (def 3).
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- code-switching — Linguistics. the alternating or mixed use of two or more languages, especially within the same discourse: My grandma’s code-switching when we cook together reminds me of my family's origins. Bilingual students are discouraged from code-switching during class.
- coffee grinder — A coffee grinder is a machine for grinding coffee beans.
- coffee grounds — the used ground beans that remain in a pot or coffee-maker
- colombian gold — a potent marijuana grown in South America.
- common ragweed — a plant, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, of a chiefly North American genus: family Asteraceae (composites). Its green tassel-like flowers produce large amounts of pollen, which causes hay fever
- compound sugar — any sugar that when hydrolyzed yields two or more monosaccharides.
- connecting rod — a rod or bar for transmitting motion, esp one that connects a rotating part to a reciprocating part
- consumer goods — Consumer goods are items bought by people for their own use, rather than by businesses. Compare capital goods.
- cottage garden — an informal style of garden which has beds planted with a great variety of traditional flowers
- cottage window — a double-hung window with an upper sash smaller than the lower.
- cough medicine — Cough medicine is liquid medicine that you take when you have a cough.
- counterchanged — Exchanged.
- countercharged — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharge.
- 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
- counterweighed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh.
- covered bridge — a bridge that is enclosed by a roof and walls.
- cowper's gland — either of two small glands with ducts opening into the male urethra: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous substance
- credentialling — the practice of analysing the credentials of an individual or organization
- credit charges — the charges applied by credit card companies to customers buying goods on credit
- credit manager — a person employed in a business firm to administer credit service to its customers, especially to evaluate the extension and amount of credit to be granted.
- cribbage board — a board, with pegs and holes, used for scoring at cribbage
- cross bridging — bridging composed of crisscross pieces of wood.