19-letter words containing g, n, c
- single-cell protein — a protein produced or derived from the culture of a single-celled organism, used as a food supplement or substitute. Abbreviation: SCP.
- sissinghurst castle — a restored Elizabethan mansion near Cranbrook in Kent: noted for the gardens laid out in the 1930s by Victoria Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson
- slugging percentage — a number expressing a player's average effectiveness in making extra-base hits, calculated by dividing the total number of bases (from all singles, doubles, triples, and home runs) by the number of official at bats
- smoking compartment — a compartment of a train where smoking is permitted
- social anthropology — study of human culture
- social intelligence — the ability to form rewarding relationships with other people
- social organization — the structure of social relations within a group, usually the relations between its subgroups and institutions.
- speeding conviction — a conviction for breaking the speed limit while driving a vehicle
- split-second timing — timing that depends on minute precision
- stick to one's guns — a weapon consisting of a metal tube, with mechanical attachments, from which projectiles are shot by the force of an explosive; a piece of ordnance.
- structural engineer — A structural engineer is an engineer who works on large structures such as roads, bridges, and large buildings.
- subsistence farming — farming whose products are intended to provide for the basic needs of the farmer, with little surplus for marketing.
- superhigh frequency — any frequency between 3000 and 30,000 megahertz. Abbreviation: SHF.
- swimming instructor — sb who teaches people to swim
- synchromesh gearbox — A synchromesh gearbox is a usually manually operated transmission in which a change of gears takes place between gears that are already revolving at the same speed.
- synthetic detergent — any synthetic substance, other than soap, that is an effective cleanser and functions equally well as a surface-active agent in hard or soft water.
- tangential-velocity — the component of the linear motion of a star with respect to the sun, measured along a line perpendicular to its line of sight and expressed in miles or kilometers per second.
- teaching fellowship — a fellowship providing a student in a graduate school with free tuition and expenses and stipulating that the student assume some teaching duties in return.
- terminating decimal — a decimal numeral in which, after a finite number of decimal places, all succeeding place values are 0, as ⅛ = 0.125 (contrasted with nonterminating decimal).
- the cultural cringe — subservience to overseas cultural standards
- the finishing touch — If you add the finishing touches to something, you add or do the last things that are necessary to complete it.
- the genuine article — If you describe something as the genuine article, you are emphasizing that it is genuine, and often that it is very good.
- the oceanic feeling — a term coined by Sigmund Freud to describe the feeling experienced by people who have religious faith
- therapeutic cloning — the permitted creation of cloned human tissues for surgical transplant
- to change your mind — If you change your mind, or if someone or something changes your mind, you change a decision you have made or an opinion that you had.
- to change your tune — If you say that someone has changed their tune, you are criticizing them because they have changed their opinion or way of doing things.
- to go blackberrying — to go on an outing to collect blackberries
- to ring the changes — If you say that someone rings the changes, you mean that they make changes or improvements to the way something is organized or done.
- traffic engineering — a branch of civil engineering concerned with the design and construction of streets and roads that will best facilitate traffic movement.
- traffic regulations — rules designed to expedite the flow of traffic and prevent collisions
- training instructor — a person who teaches people the skills they need for a particular field or profession
- trifacial neuralgia — tic douloureux.
- trooping the colour — a military ceremony, performed by regiments of the British army and the Commonwealth, in which the regimental colour or flag is marched past ranks of troops
- ultrahigh frequency — any frequency between 300 and 3000 megahertz. Abbreviation: UHF, uhf.
- ultrasonic cleaning — the use of ultrasound to vibrate a piece to be cleaned while the piece is immersed in a cleaning fluid. The process produces a very high degree of cleanliness, and is used for jewellery and ornately shaped items
- unclassified degree — a degree that has not been given a grade because it is of a low standard
- vaginal intercourse — intercourse involving insertion of the penis into the vagina
- very high frequency — any frequency between 30 and 300 megahertz. Abbreviation: VHF.
- vigilance committee — an unauthorized committee of citizens organized for the maintenance of order and the summary punishment of crime in the absence of regular or efficient courts.
- virginia-rail-fence — snake fence.
- vocational guidance — the process of assisting a student to choose, prepare for, and enter an occupation for which he or she shows aptitude.
- watch night service — a service held on the night of December 24, or of December 31
- wearable technology — a small computer or advanced electronic device that is worn or carried on the body: the trendiest wearable technologies.
- whispering campaign — the organized spreading of insinuations or rumors to destroy the reputation of a person, organization, etc.
- white-winged scoter — a blackish North American duck, Melanitta deglandi, having a white patch on each wing.
- wide-angle glaucoma — open-angle glaucoma. See under glaucoma.
- with flying colours — If you pass a test with flying colours, you have done very well in the test.
- within rocket range — able to be reached by rockets
- yellow-dog contract — a contract between a worker and an employer in which, as a condition of employment, the worker agrees not to remain in or join a union.
- young conservatives — the youth section of the United Kingdom Conservative Party until 1998