15-letter words containing g, o, t, e
- category killer — a person, product, or business that dominates a particular market
- celestial globe — a spherical model of the celestial sphere showing the relative positions of stars, constellations, etc
- celo-navigation — celestial navigation.
- 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.
- change of heart — a profound change of outlook, opinion, etc
- charles doughty — Charles Montagu [mon-tuh-gyoo] /ˈmɒn təˌgyu/ (Show IPA), 1843–1926, English traveler and writer.
- chewing tobacco — tobacco, in the form of a plug, usually flavored, for chewing rather than smoking.
- chicago heights — a city in NE Illinois, S of Chicago.
- cholangiectasis — Dilation of the bile ducts.
- chromatographer — A person skilled in chromatography or who operates a chromatograph.
- cigarette smoke — the acrid smoke produced by cigarettes being smoked
- 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.
- cleistogamously — in a cleistogamous manner
- cluster college — a small residential college affiliated with a university but semi-independent and specializing in one field of study.
- cobble together — If you say that someone has cobbled something together, you mean that they have made or produced it roughly or quickly.
- cocktail lounge — A cocktail lounge is a room in a hotel, restaurant, or club where you can buy alcoholic drinks.
- code management — source code management
- 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.
- college student — a student at a university or college
- colour sergeant — a sergeant who carries the regimental, battalion, or national colours, as in a colour guard
- combat fatigues — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
- come to no good — to come to a bad end; end in failure, trouble, etc.
- 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
- committee stage — (in British parliamentary procedure) the detailed examination by MPs of proposed legislation
- compleat angler — a book on fishing (1653) by Izaak Walton.
- compound magnet — a magnet consisting of two or more separate magnets placed together with like poles pointing in the same direction.
- computer dating — the use of computers by dating agencies to match their clients
- conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
- conceptualizing — Present participle of conceptualize.
- concerto grosso — a composition for an orchestra and a group of soloists, chiefly of the baroque period
- concrete jungle — If you refer to a city or area as a concrete jungle, you mean that it has a lot of modern buildings and you think it is ugly or unpleasant to live in.
- conestoga wagon — a large heavy horse-drawn covered wagon used in the 19th century
- congelifraction — the shattering or splitting of rock or frozen soil due to the action of frost.
- conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.
- connected graph — (mathematics) A graph such that there is a path between any pair of nodes (via zero or more other nodes). Thus if we start from any node and visit all nodes connected to it by a single edge, then all nodes connected to any of them, and so on, then we will eventually have visited every node in the connected graph.
- constable glass — a drinking glass of the 18th century, having a heavy foot, a tall body, and a capacity of 1 quart (0.946 liters).
- 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
- controlled drug — a drug whose sale is illegal except through prescribed medical channels