14-letter words containing g, n, u, s
- cisalpine gaul — (in the ancient world) that part of Gaul between the Alps and the Apennines
- clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
- clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
- clustergeeking — (jargon) /kluh'st*r-gee"king/ (CMU) Spending more time at a computer cluster doing CS homework than most people spend breathing.
- coastguardsman — Coast Guard (def 3).
- coffee grounds — the used ground beans that remain in a pot or coffee-maker
- commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
- compound sugar — any sugar that when hydrolyzed yields two or more monosaccharides.
- configurations — Plural form of configuration.
- conjugate axis — the axis of a hyperbola perpendicular to the transverse axis at a point equidistant from the foci.
- consanguineous — having the same ancestor; closely related
- 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
- contagiousness — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
- contiguousness — The state or quality of being contiguous.
- costume change — a change of costume by an actor
- countercharges — Plural form of countercharge.
- counterpoising — Present participle of counterpoise.
- 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
- countersigning — Present participle of countersign.
- countersinking — Present participle of countersink.
- counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
- counting house — a room or building used by the accountants of a business
- country singer — a singer of country and western music
- courageousness — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
- creeping jesus — an obsequious or servile person
- crossing guard — school (crossing) guard
- cruising range — the distance an aircraft can fly before it needs to refuel
- cruising speed — the speed at which a ship, car, or aircraft travels most efficiently
- cruising yacht — a yacht which is used for holiday trips
- cuprotungstite — (mineral) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
- cutting stylus — stylus (def 4a).
- cutting-stylus — stylus (def 4a).
- cybersquatting — Cybersquatting involves buying an Internet domain name that might be wanted by another person, business, or organization with the intention of selling it to them and making a profit.
- daughterliness — The quality of being daughterly.
- deconstructing — Present participle of deconstruct.
- delightfulness — The state or quality of being delightful.
- dental surgeon — dentist who carries out surgery
- dental surgery — a place where a dentist can be consulted
- deoxyguanosine — (biochemistry) A deoxyribonucleoside related to guanosine.
- depressurizing — Present participle of depressurize.
- deuteragonists — Plural form of deuteragonist.
- devil's-tongue — a foul-smelling, fleshy plant, Amorphophallus rivieri, of the Old World tropics, having flowers on a spike surrounded by a dark-red spathe.
- disambiguating — Present participle of disambiguate.
- disambiguation — to remove the ambiguity from; make unambiguous: In order to disambiguate the sentence “She lectured on the famous passenger ship,” you'll have to write either “lectured on board” or “lectured about.”.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.