14-letter words containing e, m, r, g
- circumnavigate — If someone circumnavigates the world or an island, they sail all the way around it.
- civil marriage — a marriage performed by some official other than a clergyman
- climbing frame — A climbing frame is a structure that has been made for children to climb and play on. It consists of metal or wooden bars joined together.
- climbing perch — any of a genus (Anabas) of freshwater gouramies of Southeast Asia and Africa that can live out of water briefly and travel short distances over land
- coffee morning — A coffee morning is a social event at which coffee and tea are served. It takes place in the morning, and is usually intended to raise money for charity.
- come on strong — If someone comes on strong, they make their intentions or feelings clear in an excessive or aggressive way.
- comfort eating — the practice of eating to make oneself feel happier
- commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
- common grackle — a large songbird, Quiscalus quiscula, of the family Icteridae, of central and eastern North America, having iridescent black plumage varying in color.
- 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
- complete graph — A graph which has a link between every pair of nodes. A complete bipartite graph can be partitioned into two subsets of nodes such that each node is joined to every node in the other subset.
- conglomerateur — a person who forms or leads a business conglomerate
- conglomerating — Present participle of conglomerate.
- conglomeration — A conglomeration of things is a group of many different things, gathered together.
- conglomerative — of, relating to, or resembling a conglomerate
- congressmember — a member of a congress, especially of the U.S. House of Representatives.
- consumer goods — Consumer goods are items bought by people for their own use, rather than by businesses. Compare capital goods.
- consumer group — an organization that campaigns for the rights of consumers
- contemporising — to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
- copolymerizing — Present participle of copolymerize.
- coppersmithing — The work of a coppersmith; the forging of copper.
- counter-gambit — a countermove
- countermanding — Present participle of countermand.
- counterprogram — to schedule (a broadcast on radio or television) to compete with one on another station.
- 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.
- creme anglaise — a custardlike cream sauce, often flavored with vanilla, served with fresh fruit, rich chocolate desserts, etc.
- crime fighting — the series of measures and actions taken by the forces of the law to combat crime
- crimean gothic — a form of the Gothic language that survived in the Crimea after the extinction of Gothic elsewhere in Europe, known only from a list of words and phrases recorded in the 16th century.
- cumberland gap — pass in the Cumberland Plateau, at the juncture of the Va., Ky., & Tenn. borders: c. 1,700 ft (518 m) high
- damage control — Damage control is action that is taken to make the bad results of something as small as possible, when it is impossible to avoid bad results completely.
- demerara sugar — Demerara sugar is a type of brown sugar. It is made from sugar cane that is grown in the West Indies.
- demilitarising — Present participle of demilitarise.
- demilitarizing — Present participle of demilitarize.
- demineralizing — Present participle of demineralize.
- demoralizingly — in a demoralizing manner
- demythologizer — a person who removes mythical elements from something
- dermatoglyphic — relating to skin markings (such as fingerprints) or the study thereof
- dermatographia — a common medical condition in which lightly rubbing the skin produces red, often raised, temporary marks
- dermatographic — relating to dermatography
- dermatological — the branch of medicine dealing with the skin and its diseases.
- dermatologists — Plural form of dermatologist.
- device manager — (operating system) The Microsoft Windows control panel applet used to enable, disable and configure the hardware on which Windows is running. You can launch Device Manager via the Control Panel/System or directly with: rundll32.exe devmgr.dll DeviceManager_Execute (2008-04-16)
- diamond geezer — a very nice or good man
- digital camera — a camera that records images in digital form by means of a device that converts the optical image to an electrical signal.
- disarrangement — Upset of the normal order.
- discharge lamp — a lamp in which light is produced by an electric discharge in a gas-filled glass enclosure.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- disencumbering — Present participle of disencumber.
- disfigurements — Plural form of disfigurement.
- disgruntlement — to put into a state of sulky dissatisfaction; make discontent.