13-letter words containing g, u, t
- congratulated — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
- congratulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of congratulate.
- conjugateness — The quality of being conjugate.
- conjugational — Of or pertaining to conjugation.
- consanguinity — relationship by blood; kinship
- control group — any group used as a control in a statistical experiment, esp a group of patients who receive either a placebo or a standard drug during an investigation of the effects of another drug on other patients
- coolidge tube — a cathode ray tube, used for x-ray production, in which a beam of thermoelectrons is produced by heating a wire cathode.
- cottage tulip — a late-flowering type of tulip, usually having pointed or elongated flowers.
- cough mixture — Cough mixture is the same as cough medicine.
- count against — If something counts against you, it may cause you to be rejected or punished, or cause people to have a lower opinion of you.
- countenancing — appearance, especially the look or expression of the face: a sad countenance.
- counter image — the point or set of points in the domain of a function corresponding to a given point or set of points in the range of the function.
- counter-argue — to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment.
- counteracting — Present participle of counteract.
- counterboring — a tool for enlarging a drilled hole for a portion of its length, as to permit sinking a screw head.
- counterchange — to change parts, qualities, etc
- countercharge — a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser
- countermining — Present participle of countermine.
- countermoving — Present participle of countermove.
- countersigned — a sign used in reply to another sign.
- counterspying — the activities of a counterspy
- counterweighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterweigh.
- counterweight — A counterweight is an action or proposal that is intended to balance or counter other actions or proposals.
- counting room — counting house.
- countinghouse — a building, room, or office used for keeping books and transacting business
- court hearing — an official meeting held in court
- court packing — an unsuccessful attempt by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 to appoint up to six additional justices to the Supreme Court, which had invalidated a number of his New Deal laws.
- cross-cutting — linking traditionally separate or independent parties or interests
- cruiserweight — A cruiserweight is another name for a light heavyweight.
- crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
- cucking stool — stool in which suspected witches were tested
- cummingtonite — an amphibole mineral, magnesium iron silicate hydroxide, found in metamorphic rocks
- cunnilinguist — One who gives cunnilingus.
- curling stone — a large, heavy, ellipsoidal stone or a similar object made of iron, usually having one rough side and one smooth side with a hole in the center of each for screwing in a handle by which the stone is released, for use in the game of curling.
- curling tongs — a metal scissor-like device that is heated, so that strands of hair may be twined around it in order to form curls
- curve fitting — the determination of a curve that fits a specified set of points: The method of least squares is commonly used for curve fitting.
- cutter-rigged — fore-and-aft-rigged on one mast in the manner of a cutter.
- cutting board — A cutting board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
- cutting fluid — a liquid or gas for cooling or lubricating a cutting tool and a piece of work at their point of contact.
- cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
- cycle drought — A scarcity of cycles. It may be due to a cycle crunch, but it could also occur because part of the computer is temporarily not working, leaving fewer cycles to go around. "The high moby is down, so we're running with only half the usual amount of memory. There will be a cycle drought until it's fixed."
- daguerreotype — one of the earliest photographic processes, in which the image was produced on iodine-sensitized silver and developed in mercury vapour
- daguerreotypy — The art or technique of producing daguerreotypes.
- daguerrotypes — Plural form of daguerrotype, a misspelling of daguerreotype.
- daughter cell — either of the two cells that result from the division of a cell, as in mitosis
- daughterboard — a small circuit board that can be attached to the motherboard of a computer
- deer's-tongue — green gentian.
- deglutination — to extract the gluten from.
- degranulation — a cellular process in which cytoplasmic granules within certain cells secrete their contents, often to the outside of the cell
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery