14-letter words containing g, r, o, s, c
- congressperson — A Congressperson is a member of the US Congress, especially of the House of Representatives.
- 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
- contemporising — to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
- coppersmithing — The work of a coppersmith; the forging of copper.
- coreligionists — Plural form of coreligionist.
- cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- countercharges — Plural form of countercharge.
- counterpoising — Present participle of counterpoise.
- 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.
- counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
- country singer — a singer of country and western music
- courageousness — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
- courtesy light — the interior light in a motor vehicle
- cowper's gland — either of two small glands with ducts opening into the male urethra: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous substance
- criminologists — Plural form of criminologist.
- cross bridging — bridging composed of crisscross pieces of wood.
- cross holdings — the holding of shares by one company in another company
- 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-breeding — the process of causing animals to mate with another species, or of causing plants to reproduce with another species
- cross-dressing — the wearing of clothes normally associated with the opposite sex
- cross-gartered — (in Elizabethan and other costumes) wearing garters crisscrossed on the leg.
- cross-hatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- cross-indexing — to provide with cross references or with a cross-referenced index.
- crossing guard — school (crossing) guard
- crossing point — a place where people cross a road, border, or river
- cryopreserving — Present participle of cryopreserve.
- cryptographers — Plural form of cryptographer.
- cryptographist — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
- crystal growth — Crystal growth is the process of making a crystal grow by continuing to remove a component from a solution.
- cuprotungstite — (mineral) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
- cycling shorts — tight-fitting shorts reaching partway to the knee for cycling, sport, etc
- deconsecrating — Present participle of deconsecrate.
- deconstructing — Present participle of deconstruct.
- discographical — Of or pertaining to discography.
- discourageable — Capable of being discouraged; easily disheartened.
- discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
- discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
- driving school — vehicle operation lessons
- electrofishing — the practice of catching fish by stunning them with electric current or by attracting them through the use of electricity
- electrogenesis — (biochemistry, physics) The production of electricity in the tissues of a living organism.
- electrologists — Plural form of electrologist.
- electromagnets — Plural form of electromagnet.
- electrosurgery — Surgery using a high-frequency electric current to heat and so cut tissue with great precision.
- emergency stop — a sudden application of the brakes in a car, such as the driver would need to carry out in an emergency