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13-letter words containing g, o, s, i

  • burglariously — in the manner of a burglar or buglary
  • campanologist — the principles or art of making bells, bell ringing, etc.
  • camping stool — a stool which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
  • camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
  • capital goods — Capital goods are used to make other products. Compare consumer goods.
  • carcinologist — a person who specializes in carcinology
  • cardiologists — Plural form of cardiologist.
  • cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
  • cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
  • cash holdings — the assets that you hold in ready cash, as opposed to property, shares, bonds, etc
  • casting couch — a couch on which a casting director is said to seduce women seeking a part in a film or play
  • categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
  • chaise longue — A chaise longue is a kind of sofa with only one arm and usually a back along half its length.
  • chaise lounge — A chaise lounge is the same as a chaise longue.
  • chang tso-lin — 1873–1928, Chinese general: military ruler of Manchuria 1918–28.
  • charing cross — a district of London, in the city of Westminster: the modern cross (1863) in front of Charing Cross railway station replaces the one erected by Edward I (1290), the last of twelve marking the route of the funeral procession of his queen, Eleanor
  • chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
  • chewing louse — See under louse (def 2).
  • chicago steak — a strip steak or, sometimes, a shell steak.
  • chicago style — a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble.
  • chirographist — a person who studies or who is knowledgeable about handwriting styles
  • cinema goers' — filmgoer.
  • clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • cleistogamous — having small, unopened, self-pollinating flowers, usually in addition to the showier flowers
  • climatologist — A climatologist is someone who studies climates.
  • climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
  • close-fitting — Close-fitting clothes fit tightly and show the shape of your body.
  • close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
  • closing costs — fees paid when buying a house
  • closing error — the amount by which a closed traverse fails to satisfy the requirements of a true mathematical figure, as the length of line joining the true and computed position of the same point.
  • closing price — On the stock exchange, the closing price of a share is its price at the end of a day's business.
  • cloud seeding — any technique of adding material to a cloud to alter its natural development, usually to increase or obtain precipitation.
  • coarsegrained — having a coarse texture
  • coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
  • cobol fingers — (jargon)   /koh'bol fing'grz/ Reported from Sweden, a hypothetical disease one might get from coding in COBOL. The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see candygrammar); thus it is alleged that programming too much in COBOL causes one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless typing.
  • cocarcinogens — Plural form of cocarcinogen.
  • codeswitching — Alternative form of code-switching.
  • colleagueship — workplace companionship
  • collieshangie — a quarrel
  • come to grips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
  • commiserating — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
  • commissioning — the act of committing or entrusting a person, group, etc., with supervisory power or authority.
  • commoditising — Present participle of commoditise.
  • computerising — Present participle of computerise.
  • condescending — If you say that someone is condescending, you are showing your disapproval of the fact that they talk or behave in a way which shows that they think they are superior to other people.
  • confidingness — The state or quality of being confiding.
  • confusingness — causing or tending to cause confusion: a confusing attempt at explanation.
  • congenialness — The state or quality of being congenial.
  • congregations — Plural form of congregation.
  • congressional — A congressional policy, action, or person relates to the United States Congress.
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