14-letter words containing g, a, t, s
- bremsstrahlung — the radiation produced when an electrically charged particle, esp an electron, is slowed down by the electric field of an atomic nucleus or an atomic ion
- bring onstream — To bring onstream a plant, mine, oilfield, etc. is to start production there.
- british guiana — Guyana
- bush telegraph — a means of communication between primitive peoples over large areas, as by drum beats
- business agent — a representative of a labor union local, who investigates working conditions, negotiates contracts, etc.
- by a long shot — People sometimes use the expression by a long shot to emphasize the opinion they are giving.
- by easy stages — not hurriedly
- cable's length — a unit of length in nautical use that has various values, including 100 fathoms (600 feet)
- cairngormstone — (mineral, rare) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of w Cairngorm in Scotland.
- campaign chest — money collected and set aside for use in a campaign, especially a political one; a campaign fund.
- cartridge case — a cylindrical, usually metal casing capable of being loaded with an explosive charge and often also a bullet
- catch sight of — to make out by means of the eyes; discern; see
- categorisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of categorization.
- characterising — Present participle of characterise.
- charge density — the electric charge per unit volume of a medium or body or per unit area of a surface
- charles wright — Charles, born 1935, U.S. poet.
- chauvinist pig — a sexist man
- cholecystogram — the production of x-ray photographs of the gallbladder following administration of a radiopaque substance that is secreted by the liver into the gallbladder.
- christiansburg — a town in SW Virginia.
- chromatic sign — Music. accidental (def 5).
- cigarette case — a case of a suitable size and shape to hold cigarettes
- cilician gates — a pass in S Turkey, over the Taurus Mountains
- circumstancing — Present participle of circumstance.
- 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)
- climatologists — Plural form of climatologist.
- 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
- coastguardsman — Coast Guard (def 3).
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- coasting wagon — a toy wagon for children, often used for coasting down hills.
- cocktail glass — a glass for serving cocktails, typically bell-shaped and having a foot and a stem.
- coinvestigator — a fellow investigator
- color sergeant — a sergeant who has charge of battalion or regimental colors.
- commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
- configurations — Plural form of configuration.
- conflagrations — Plural form of conflagration.
- conjugate axis — the axis of a hyperbola perpendicular to the transverse axis at a point equidistant from the foci.
- 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.
- 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.
- countercharges — Plural form of countercharge.
- 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
- credit charges — the charges applied by credit card companies to customers buying goods on credit
- cross matching — the testing for compatibility of a donor's and a recipient's blood prior to transfusion, in which serum of each is mixed with red blood cells of the other and observed for hemagglutination.
- cross training — training in two or more sports to improve performance, esp on one's main sport
- cross-gartered — (in Elizabethan and other costumes) wearing garters crisscrossed on the leg.
- cross-hatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.