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14-letter words containing g, u, n, c

  • courageousness — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
  • courting chair — a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.
  • creeping jesus — an obsequious or servile person
  • crossing guard — school (crossing) guard
  • cruising range — the distance an aircraft can fly before it needs to refuel
  • cruising speed — the speed at which a ship, car, or aircraft travels most efficiently
  • cruising yacht — a yacht which is used for holiday trips
  • cult following — the admiration that is felt by a particular group for a film, book, band, etc
  • cumberland gap — pass in the Cumberland Plateau, at the juncture of the Va., Ky., & Tenn. borders: c. 1,700 ft (518 m) high
  • cuprotungstite — (mineral) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
  • 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.
  • cutting stylus — stylus (def 4a).
  • cutting-stylus — stylus (def 4a).
  • cyanoguanidine — dicyandiamide.
  • 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.
  • de-icing fluid — a liquid that removes or discourages the formation of ice
  • deconstructing — Present participle of deconstruct.
  • denuclearizing — Present participle of denuclearize.
  • discouragement — an act or instance of discouraging.
  • discouragingly — In a discouraging manner.
  • disencumbering — Present participle of disencumber.
  • dna sequencing — the procedure of determining the order of base pairs in a section of DNA
  • double spacing — text layout: extra space between lines
  • drifting cloud — Japanese Uki Gumo. a novel (1887–89) by Shimei Futabatei.
  • drug addiction — dependence on a chemical substance
  • ductless gland — endocrine gland.
  • dungeness crab — an edible crab, Cancer magister, of shallow Pacific coastal waters from northern California to Alaska.
  • dutchman's log — a method of gauging a ship's speed, in which the distance between two shipboard observation stations is divided by the time elapsing between the throwing overboard of an object by the first station and the sighting of it by the second.
  • eau de cologne — cologne.
  • education page — a page in a newspaper devoted to news relating to education or teaching
  • eigenfrequency — One of the natural resonant frequencies of a system.
  • emergency fund — a sum of money set aside by a country, group, or organization for use in an emergency
  • encouragements — Plural form of encouragement.
  • eugeosynclinal — of or relating to a eugeosyncline
  • excruciatingly — In an excruciating manner or to an excruciating degree; in a manner causing great pain or anguish.
  • faculty lounge — a staffroom
  • fancy geranium — a geranium, Pelargonium domesticum, of southern Africa, having roundish clusters of large white, pink, or red flowers.
  • field guidance — a method of guiding a missile to a point within a gravitational or radio field by means of the properties of the field
  • floating cloud — Drifting Cloud, The.
  • fluid coupling — Machinery. an apparatus in which a fluid, usually oil, transmits torque from one shaft to another, producing an equal torque in the other shaft.
  • flying colours — conspicuous success; triumph
  • focusing cloth — an opaque cloth surrounding the ground glass of a camera so as to shield the eyes of the photographer from light that would otherwise prevent seeing the image in the ground glass.
  • food colouring — substances used to impart colour to food
  • fragrant sumac — a sprawling shrub, Rhus aromatica, of the cashew family, native to eastern North America, having aromatic foliage and greenish-yellow flowers in small spikes.
  • francois guise — François de Lorraine [frahn-swa duh law-ren] /frɑ̃ˈswa də lɔˈrɛn/ (Show IPA), 2nd Duc de, 1519–63, French general and statesman.
  • french bulldog — one of a French breed of small, bat-eared dogs having a large, square head, a short tail, and a short, sleek coat.
  • galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
  • gamine haircut — a boyish or elfish hairstyle, esp on a woman
  • gamma function — a function defined by Γ(x) = ∫0∞tx–1e–tdt, where x is real and greater than zero
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