14-letter words containing g, r, a, n, c
- cowper's gland — either of two small glands with ducts opening into the male urethra: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous substance
- credentialling — the practice of analysing the credentials of an individual or organization
- credit manager — a person employed in a business firm to administer credit service to its customers, especially to evaluate the extension and amount of credit to be granted.
- creme anglaise — a custardlike cream sauce, often flavored with vanilla, served with fresh fruit, rich chocolate desserts, etc.
- crimean gothic — a form of the Gothic language that survived in the Crimea after the extinction of Gothic elsewhere in Europe, known only from a list of words and phrases recorded in the 16th century.
- criminological — the study of crime and criminals: a branch of sociology.
- critical angle — the smallest possible angle of incidence for which light rays are totally reflected at an interface between substances of different refractive index
- cro-magnon man — an early type of modern man, Homo sapiens, who lived in Europe during late Palaeolithic times, having tall stature, long head, and a relatively large cranial capacity
- cross matching — the testing for compatibility of a donor's and a recipient's blood prior to transfusion, in which serum of each is mixed with red blood cells of the other and observed for hemagglutination.
- cross training — training in two or more sports to improve performance, esp on one's main sport
- cross-hatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- crossing guard — school (crossing) guard
- cruising range — the distance an aircraft can fly before it needs to refuel
- cruising yacht — a yacht which is used for holiday trips
- crystal gazing — the act of staring into a crystal globe (crystal ball) supposedly in order to arouse visual perceptions of the future, etc
- cumberland gap — pass in the Cumberland Plateau, at the juncture of the Va., Ky., & Tenn. borders: c. 1,700 ft (518 m) high
- current rating — Current rating is the maximum current that a fuse will carry for an indefinite period without too much deterioration of the fuse element.
- cutting garden — a household flower garden planted solely for growing flowers that are to be cut and displayed indoors.
- 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.
- cylinder glass — a sheet of glass formed originally in the shape of a cylinder and then divided lengthwise and flattened.
- damage control — Damage control is action that is taken to make the bad results of something as small as possible, when it is impossible to avoid bad results completely.
- darning stitch — a stitch used in darning that imitates the texture of the fabric that is to be mended
- dating service — a service that provides introductions to people seeking a companion with similar interests
- dead reckoning — a method of establishing one's position using the distance and direction travelled rather than astronomical observations
- decentralising — Present participle of decentralise.
- decentralizing — Present participle of decentralize.
- deconsecrating — Present participle of deconsecrate.
- denuclearizing — Present participle of denuclearize.
- depreciatingly — So as to disparage or belittle.
- device manager — (operating system) The Microsoft Windows control panel applet used to enable, disable and configure the hardware on which Windows is running. You can launch Device Manager via the Control Panel/System or directly with: rundll32.exe devmgr.dll DeviceManager_Execute (2008-04-16)
- direct-reading — (of an instrument) calibrated so that a given quantity to be measured can be read directly off the scale without the need of a multiplying constant
- directed angle — See at directed (def 3).
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
- discriminating — to make or constitute a distinction in or between; differentiate: a mark that discriminates the original from the copy.
- disfranchising — Present participle of disfranchise.
- dongle cracker — (security) Someone who enables software that has been written to require a dongle to run without it.
- dragging piece — (in a hipped roof) a short beam holding the foot of a hip rafter to counteract its thrust.
- dragline crane — an excavating crane having a bucket that is dropped from a boom and dragged toward the crane base by a cable.
- drainage ditch — a ditch that excess water drains into
- drawing chisel — an obliquely edged wood chisel for working across grain, as in forming the ends of tenons.
- drawing office — an office where drawings are made
- drop a clanger — If you say that you have dropped a clanger, you mean that you have done or said something stupid or embarrassing.
- drug addiction — dependence on a chemical substance
- dungeness crab — an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
- east greenwich — a town in central Rhode Island.
- egocentrically — In an egocentric manner.
- electric organ — a pipe organ operated by electrical means
- electromagnets — Plural form of electromagnet.
- electroplating — Coat (a metal object) by electrolytic deposition with chromium, silver, or another metal.