15-letter words containing g, a, s, t
- chicago heights — a city in NE Illinois, S of Chicago.
- chinese gelatin — agar (def 1).
- cholangiectasis — Dilation of the bile ducts.
- cigarette smoke — the acrid smoke produced by cigarettes being smoked
- circumnavigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate.
- city of glasgow — a council area in W central Scotland. Pop: 593 000 (2010 est). Area: 175 sq km (68 sq miles)
- cleistogamously — in a cleistogamous manner
- coaling station — a port at which vessels can take on coal
- college station — a city in E central Texas.
- colour sergeant — a sergeant who carries the regimental, battalion, or national colours, as in a colour guard
- combat fatigues — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
- come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
- commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
- committee stage — (in British parliamentary procedure) the detailed examination by MPs of proposed legislation
- compassionating — Present participle of compassionate.
- conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
- conestoga wagon — a large heavy horse-drawn covered wagon used in the 19th century
- conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.
- congratulations — You say 'Congratulations' to someone in order to congratulate them on something nice that has happened to them or something good that they have done.
- constable glass — a drinking glass of the 18th century, having a heavy foot, a tall body, and a capacity of 1 quart (0.946 liters).
- contextualising — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- cosignificative — having the same meaning or sense
- cost accounting — Cost accounting is the recording and analysis of all the various costs of running a business.
- counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
- counterstrategy — a strategy designed to counter the effectiveness of another strategy or action
- credit standing — reputation for discharging financial obligations
- crossing patrol — a person who holds up the traffic so that school children can cross the road safely
- crossopterygian — any bony fish of the subclass Crossopterygii, having fleshy limblike pectoral fins. The group, now mostly extinct, contains the ancestors of the amphibians
- crustaceologist — One who studies crustaceology.
- crystal healing — (in alternative therapy) the use of the supposed power of crystals to affect the human energy field
- crystallography — the science concerned with the formation, properties, and structure of crystals
- curate's-eggish — good in parts
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- cyber-squatting — (jargon, networking) The practice of registering famous brand names as Internet domain names, e.g. harrods.com, ibm.firm or sears.shop, in the hope of later selling them to the appropriate owner at a profit.
- cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
- daguerreotypist — an obsolete photographic process, invented in 1839, in which a picture made on a silver surface sensitized with iodine was developed by exposure to mercury vapor.
- data processing — Data processing is the series of operations that are carried out on data, especially by computers, in order to present, interpret, or obtain information.
- daylight saving — the practice of advancing standard time by one hour in the spring of each year and of setting it back by one hour in the fall in order to gain an extra period of daylight during the early evening.
- degenerationist — a person who believes in the evolutionary decline of a species
- demagnetisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of demagnetization.
- dephlogisticate — to reduce or remove inflammation from
- dermatoglyphics — the lines forming a skin pattern, esp on the palms of the hands and soles of the feet
- dermatographism — a condition in which touching or lightly scratching the skin causes raised, reddish marks.
- descaling agent — something intended for use removing limescale from something such as a tap, kettle or coffee machine.
- designated area — specified
- desktop manager — A user interface to system services, usually icon and menu based like the Macintosh Finder, enabling the user to run application programs and use a file system without directly using the command language of the operating system.
- diagonalisation — (UK) In matrix algebra, the process of converting a square matrix into a diagonal matrix, usually to find the eigenvalues of the matrix.
- die standing up — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
- digestive gland — any gland having ducts that pour secretions into the digestive tract, as the salivary glands, liver, and pancreas.
- digestive tract — alimentary canal