14-letter words containing g, a, e
- cisalpine gaul — (in the ancient world) that part of Gaul between the Alps and the Apennines
- ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
- civil marriage — a marriage performed by some official other than a clergyman
- clapper bridge — a primitive type of bridge in which planks or slabs of stone rest on piles of stones
- clapperclawing — Present participle of clapperclaw.
- class struggle — in Marxism, the constant economic and political struggle held to exist between social classes regarded as exploiting and those regarded as exploited; specif., in capitalist countries, the struggle between capitalists (bourgeoisie) and workers (proletariat)
- cleaning fluid — a solvent or other solution for removing stains or cleaning particular objects
- cleaning woman — A cleaning woman is the same as a cleaning lady.
- clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
- clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
- climate change — change occurring in the Earth's overall climate and in particular climates, now regarded as a result of human activity and resulting generally in global warming
- 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.
- clingmans dome — mountain on the Tenn.-N.C. border; highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains: 6,642 ft (2,024 m)
- cloister garth — garth (def 1).
- closed gentian — any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers
- clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
- clouded magpie — a geometrid moth, Abraxas sylvata, that is paler than the magpie moth
- coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- cocarcinogenic — of or relating to a cocarcinogen
- coelanaglyphic — (of pottery) decorated with sunken relief
- cognate object — a noun functioning as the object of a verb to which it is etymologically related, as in think a thought or sing a song
- cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
- coinage bronze — an alloy of 95 percent copper, 4 percent tin, and 1 percent zinc.
- coinvestigator — a fellow investigator
- colonial goose — an old-fashioned name for stuffed roast mutton
- color sergeant — a sergeant who has charge of battalion or regimental colors.
- combat fatigue — a psychoneurotic condition characterized by anxiety, irritability, depression, etc., often occurring after prolonged combat in warfare
- 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
- congregational — of or relating to a congregation
- conjugate axis — the axis of a hyperbola perpendicular to the transverse axis at a point equidistant from the foci.
- consanguineous — having the same ancestor; closely related
- consul general — a consul of the highest grade, usually stationed in a city of considerable commercial importance
- consular agent — a consul of one of the lower grades
- contagiousness — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
- containerizing — Present participle of containerize.
- cornucopia leg — a leg used on pieces in the Directoire and Empire styles, curving downward from the piece and curving upward again to a point and having a foot or caster at the lowest part of the curve.
- cosmetological — the art or profession of applying cosmetics.
- costume change — a change of costume by an actor
- cottage cheese — Cottage cheese is a soft, white, lumpy cheese made from sour milk.
- cottage garden — an informal style of garden which has beds planted with a great variety of traditional flowers