16-letter words containing g, u, n, c
- recording studio — place where music is recorded
- regional council — the governing body in certain countries of a particular region or administrative division
- reporting clause — A reporting clause is a clause which indicates that you are talking about what someone said or thought. For example, in 'She said that she was hungry', 'She said' is a reporting clause.
- ring-necked duck — a North American scauplike duck, Aythya collaris, having a chestnut ring around the neck.
- rooting compound — a substance, usually a powder, containing auxins in which plant cuttings are dipped in order to promote root growth
- santiago de cuba — a region in Ecuador, E of the Andes: the border long disputed by Peru.
- sculpture garden — a garden that showcases sculptures in landscaped surroundings
- sebaceous glands — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
- security manager — The security manager of a store is the person responsible for organizing all security in the store and to whom security guards report.
- security vetting — the process of investigating somebody to establish their trustworthiness
- self-lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- self-pronouncing — having the pronunciation indicated, especially by diacritical marks added on original spellings rather than by phonetic symbols: a self-pronouncing dictionary.
- self-reproducing — to make a copy, representation, duplicate, or close imitation of: to reproduce a picture.
- self-vulcanizing — to treat (rubber) with sulfur and heat, thereby imparting strength, greater elasticity, durability, etc.
- single occupancy — a type of travel accommodation, as at a hotel, for one person in a room.
- smelting furnace — an industrial oven used to heat ore in order to extract metal
- sociolinguistics — the study of language as it functions in society; the study of the interaction between linguistic and social variables.
- sounding machine — any of various machines for taking and recording soundings.
- stage production — a play or show which is performed on stage
- statutory change — a change in the law
- stinging capsule — a nematocyst.
- stocking stuffer — a small, usually inexpensive gift that is placed with others in a Christmas stocking.
- stomach-churning — causing nausea.
- student teaching — the act of teaching in a school for a limited period under supervision as part of a course to qualify as a teacher
- subcartilaginous — partially or incompletely cartilaginous.
- subsistence wage — the lowest wage upon which a worker and his or her family can survive
- supporting actor — performer: not lead
- surface integral — the limit, as the norm of the partition of a given surface into sections of area approaches zero, of the sum of the product of the areas times the value of a given function of three variables at some point on each section.
- surface-printing — planography.
- swimming costume — A swimming costume is the same as a swimsuit.
- the high country — sheep pastures in the foothills of the Southern Alps, New Zealand
- the king country — an area in the centre of North Island, New Zealand: home of the King Movement, a nineteenth-century Māori separatist movement
- trailing fuchsia — a shrub, Fuchsia procumbens, of the evening primrose family, native to New Zealand, having long-stalked leaves and drooping, orange-and-purple flowers, used in hanging baskets.
- trucking company — a company that transports goods by lorry
- tungsten carbide — a very hard, black or gray compound of tungsten and carbon, used in the manufacture of cutting and abrasion tools, dies, and wear-resistant machine parts.
- unapologetically — containing an apology or excuse for a fault, failure, insult, injury, etc.: An apologetic letter to his creditors explained the delay.
- uncompromisingly — not admitting of compromise or adjustment of differences; making no concessions; inaccessible to flexible bargaining; unyielding: an uncompromising attitude.
- undiscriminating — differentiating; analytical.
- ventriculography — radiography of the ventricles of the heart after injection of a contrast medium
- viewing audience — the audience reached by television
- well-functioning — the kind of action or activity proper to a person, thing, or institution; the purpose for which something is designed or exists; role.