14-letter words containing g, o, u, r, n
- commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
- compound sugar — any sugar that when hydrolyzed yields two or more monosaccharides.
- concert tuning — the standard tuning for a guitar: E A D G B E
- configuraholic — (jargon) A luser who twiddles with computer settings until it no longer works and must be fixed by the system administror.
- configurations — Plural form of configuration.
- conglomerateur — a person who forms or leads a business conglomerate
- congratulating — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
- congratulation — the act of congratulating
- congratulatory — A congratulatory message expresses congratulations.
- 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
- contour flying — the technique of flying at a constant altitude of less than 22.8 metres (75 feet) above the ground.
- cornucopia leg — a leg used on pieces in the Directoire and Empire styles, curving downward from the piece and curving upward again to a point and having a foot or caster at the lowest part of the curve.
- counter-gambit — a countermove
- counterchanged — Exchanged.
- countercharged — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharge.
- countercharges — Plural form of countercharge.
- counterfeiting — the making of fraudulent copies; forgery
- countermanding — Present participle of countermand.
- counterpoising — Present participle of counterpoise.
- counterprogram — to schedule (a broadcast on radio or television) to compete with one on another station.
- 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.
- countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
- counterweighed — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweigh.
- counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
- country singer — a singer of country and western music
- county borough — (in England and Wales from 1888 to 1974 and in Wales from 1996) a borough administered independently of any higher tier of local government
- courageousness — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
- courting chair — a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.
- crossing guard — school (crossing) guard
- cuprotungstite — (mineral) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
- deconstructing — Present participle of deconstruct.
- dental surgeon — dentist who carries out surgery
- deuteragonists — Plural form of deuteragonist.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
- double marking — a method of assessment in which two individuals independently mark a test or evaluate a performance
- double parking — the activity or offence of parking a vehicle in a traffic lane
- downregulating — Present participle of downregulate.
- downregulation — (genetics) The process, in the regulation of gene expression, in which the number, or activity of receptors decreases in order to decrease sensitivity.
- dragon's mouth — arethusa (def 1).
- draughtsperson — Alternative spelling of draftsperson.
- drifting cloud — Japanese Uki Gumo. a novel (1887–89) by Shimei Futabatei.
- drug addiction — dependence on a chemical substance
- drummond light — calcium light.
- dry rot fungus — a fungus, Merulius lacrymans, that causes a common type of dry rot.