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15-letter words containing g, e, n, t, i, c

  • categorisations — Plural form of categorisation.
  • categorizations — Plural form of categorization.
  • cattle breeding — the science or business of breeding and raising cattle
  • celo-navigation — celestial navigation.
  • centipede grass — a slow-growing grass, Eremochloa ophiuroides, introduced into the U.S. from China and used for lawns in warm areas.
  • central casting — a nominal casting agency that delivers stereotypes to films or, figuratively, to real life situations
  • central heating — Central heating is a heating system for buildings. Air or water is heated in one place and travels round a building through pipes and radiators.
  • central locking — a system by which all the doors of a motor vehicle can be locked simultaneously when the driver's door is locked
  • centrifugal box — a revolving chamber, used in the spinning of manufactured filaments, in which the plastic fibers, subjected to centrifugal force, are slightly twisted and emerge in the form of yarn wound into the shape of a hollow cylinder.
  • chelating agent — a chemical compound that coordinates with a metal to form a chelate, often used to trap or remove heavy metal ions
  • chestnut blight — a disease of chestnut trees, caused by a fungus (Endothia parasitica), that has virtually destroyed the American chestnut
  • chewing tobacco — tobacco, in the form of a plug, usually flavored, for chewing rather than smoking.
  • chicken nuggets — small pieces of chicken fried in batter
  • child battering — child abuse in the form of battering
  • child-battering — the physical abuse of a child by a parent or guardian, as by beating.
  • chilling effect — a discouraging or deterring effect, especially one resulting from a restrictive law or regulation.
  • chinese gelatin — agar (def 1).
  • cholangiectasis — Dilation of the bile ducts.
  • cinematographed — a motion-picture projector.
  • cinematographer — A cinematographer is a person who decides what filming techniques should be used during the shooting of a film.
  • cinematographic — a motion-picture projector.
  • circumnavigated — Simple past tense and past participle of circumnavigate.
  • circumnavigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate.
  • cocktail lounge — A cocktail lounge is a room in a hotel, restaurant, or club where you can buy alcoholic drinks.
  • cognitive radio — a radio that can automatically alter frequency, power, modulation, etc, according to where it is located
  • collecting bank — a bank that collects money from the account of the writer of a cheque on behalf of the person who has deposited the cheque into the bank
  • college station — a city in E central Texas.
  • come to nothing — plan, idea: fail
  • come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
  • coming bet ween — to approach or move toward a particular person or place: Come here. Don't come any closer!
  • commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
  • computer dating — the use of computers by dating agencies to match their clients
  • conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
  • conceptualizing — Present participle of conceptualize.
  • congelifraction — the shattering or splitting of rock or frozen soil due to the action of frost.
  • conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.
  • contextualising — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
  • contextualizing — Present participle of contextualize.
  • contingency fee — a lawyer's fee that only becomes payable if the case is successful
  • contingency tax — any new tax that would be necessary in case of a shortfall in revenues.
  • contract bridge — the most common variety of bridge, in which the declarer receives points counting towards game and rubber only for tricks he bids as well as makes, any overtricks receiving bonus points
  • controller gain — In a control loop, the controller gain is the strength of action a controller will take at a particular point below or above the setpoint.
  • correcting lens — a thin lens used to correct spherical aberration introduced by the spherical mirror in certain optical systems
  • corrugated iron — a thin structural sheet made of iron or steel, formed with alternating ridges and troughs
  • cosignificative — having the same meaning or sense
  • cottage pudding — plain cake covered with a sweet sauce
  • counter-sinking — to enlarge the upper part of (a cavity), especially by chamfering, to receive the cone-shaped head of a screw, bolt, etc.
  • counteractingly — In a way that counteracts.
  • countercampaign — a campaign responding to another campaign
  • countercharging — Present participle of countercharge.
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