13-letter words containing g, o, s
- cheesemongers — Plural form of cheesemonger.
- 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
- chromatograms — Plural form of chromatogram.
- 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
- colostomy bag — a bag that is attached to the surgical opening from the colon onto the surface of the body and into which faecal matter passes
- 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.
- compsognathus — any bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Compsognathus, of late Jurassic age, having a slender body that reached a length of 30 inches (76 cm).
- 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.
- conglomerates — anything composed of heterogeneous materials or elements.
- congratulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of congratulate.
- congregations — Plural form of congregation.
- congress boot — a high shoe with an elastic insert in each side
- congressional — A congressional policy, action, or person relates to the United States Congress.
- congresswoman — A Congresswoman is a female member of the US Congress, especially of the House of Representatives.
- congresswomen — Plural form of congresswoman.
- congruousness — The state or quality of being congruous.
- conjugateness — The quality of being conjugate.
- consanguineal — having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood.
- consanguinity — relationship by blood; kinship
- consideringly — in a considering manner
- consolidating — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
- consternating — Present participle of consternate.