13-letter words containing g, c, s
- swashbuckling — characteristic of or behaving in the manner of a swashbuckler.
- swimming crab — any of numerous, chiefly marine crabs, especially of the family Portunidae, having the legs adapted for swimming.
- switch engine — a locomotive for switching rolling stock in a yard.
- syllogistical — relating to a syllogism
- synallagmatic — relating to a reciprocally binding contract
- synchronizing — to cause to indicate the same time, as one timepiece with another: Synchronize your watches.
- synchronology — combined chronology
- technologised — to make technological; to modernize or modify with technology.
- testing bench — a piece of equipment for testing if a machine or device is working properly
- thumb-sucking — a person who habitually sucks a thumb.
- tilting chest — a medieval chest decorated with a representation of a tournament.
- toggle switch — a switch in which a projecting knob or arm, moving through a small arc, causes the contacts to open or close an electric circuit suddenly, as commonly used in most homes.
- toxicophagous — poison-eating
- tracking shot — dolly shot.
- triglycerides — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of three hydroxyl groups with fatty acids, naturally occurring in animal and vegetable tissues: an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body.
- tungstic acid — a hydrate of tungsten trioxide, H 2 WO 4 ⋅H 2 O, used in the manufacture of tungsten-lamp filaments.
- tussock grass — any of various grasses that grow in tuftlike clumps.
- ugly customer — a hostile or dangerous person.
- unconsidering — not reflective or thoughtful
- understocking — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- undiscouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- undistracting — not distracting; not showy or ostentatious
- unfascinating — of great interest or attraction; enchanting; charming; captivating: a fascinating story; fascinating jewelry.
- unscavengered — lacking the qualities of having been scavenged
- unsignificant — important; of consequence.
- vaccinologist — the science of vaccine development.
- vaginomycosis — a fungous infection of the vagina.
- vanishing act — a vanishing act is when someone is impossible to contact, or disappears from public view
- vasco da gama — Vasco da [vas-koh duh;; Portuguese vahsh-koo duh] /ˈvæs koʊ də;; Portuguese ˈvɑʃ kʊ də/ (Show IPA), c1460–1524, Portuguese navigator: discovered the sea route from Portugal around the continent of Africa to India.
- victimologist — the study of crime victims and the psychological effects of being a victim.
- virgo cluster — a cluster of about 2500 galaxies in the constellation Virgo, the nearest cluster to our galaxy.
- visiting card — calling card (def 1).
- volcanologist — the scientific study of volcanoes and volcanic phenomena.
- wage increase — the amount by which a salary is increased
- wages council — (formerly, in Britain) a statutory body empowered to fix minimum wages in an industry; abolished in 1994
- walking stick — a stick held in the hand and used to help support oneself while walking.
- wallcoverings — Plural form of wallcovering.
- wasatch range — a mountain range in N Utah and SE Idaho. Highest peak, Mt. Timpanogos, 12,008 feet (3660 meters).
- wedding chest — an ornamented chest for a trousseau.
- weights bench — a piece of equipment for use by someone who is weight-training
- west germanic — a subbranch of Germanic that includes English, Frisian, Flemish, Dutch, Plattdeutsch, Yiddish, and German. Abbreviation: WGmc.
- whipstitching — Present participle of whipstitch.
- wool classing — the grading and grouping together of similar types of wool
- working class — those persons working for wages, especially in manual labor.
- zoopsychology — the psychology of animals
- zygodactylous — Also, zygodactylous. (of a bird) having the toes of each foot arranged in pairs, with two toes in front and two behind.