14-letter words containing g, e, n, r
- 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
- clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
- clustergeeking — (jargon) /kluh'st*r-gee"king/ (CMU) Spending more time at a computer cluster doing CS homework than most people spend breathing.
- co-religionist — A person's co-religionists are people who have the same religion.
- coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
- cocarcinogenic — of or relating to a cocarcinogen
- coffee grinder — A coffee grinder is a machine for grinding coffee beans.
- coffee grounds — the used ground beans that remain in a pot or coffee-maker
- 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.
- coherent light — light in which the electromagnetic waves maintain a fixed and predictable phase relationship with each other over a period of time.
- coinage bronze — an alloy of 95 percent copper, 4 percent tin, and 1 percent zinc.
- coinvestigator — a fellow investigator
- color sergeant — a sergeant who has charge of battalion or regimental colors.
- 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
- concert tuning — the standard tuning for a guitar: E A D G B E
- 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
- congressmember — a member of a congress, especially of the U.S. House of Representatives.
- congresspeople — congressmen or congresswomen
- congressperson — A Congressperson is a member of the US Congress, especially of the House of Representatives.
- connecting rod — a rod or bar for transmitting motion, esp one that connects a rotating part to a reciprocating part
- 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
- 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
- containerizing — Present participle of containerize.
- contemporising — to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
- conventiongoer — A person attending a convention.
- copolymerizing — Present participle of copolymerize.
- coppersmithing — The work of a coppersmith; the forging of copper.
- coreligionists — Plural form of coreligionist.
- 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.
- cottage garden — an informal style of garden which has beds planted with a great variety of traditional flowers
- counter-gambit — a countermove
- counterchanged — Exchanged.
- countercharged — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharge.
- countercharges — Plural form of countercharge.
- counterfeiting — the making of fraudulent copies; forgery
- countermanding — Present participle of countermand.
- counterpoising — Present participle of counterpoise.
- counterprogram — to schedule (a broadcast on radio or television) to compete with one on another station.