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15-letter words containing g, u, t

  • configurational — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
  • congratulations — You say 'Congratulations' to someone in order to congratulate them on something nice that has happened to them or something good that they have done.
  • conjuring trick — A conjuring trick is a trick in which something is made to appear or disappear as if by magic.
  • consulting room — A doctor's or therapist's consulting room is the room in which they see their patients.
  • contadora group — a group of four Latin American nations, Colombia, Mexico, Panama, and Venezuela, formed in January, 1983, to help solve the problems of the region.
  • contextualising — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
  • contextualizing — Present participle of contextualize.
  • continuity girl — a woman or man whose job is to ensure continuity and consistency, esp in matters of dress, make-up, etc, in successive shots of a film, esp when these shots are filmed on different days
  • controlled drug — a drug whose sale is illegal except through prescribed medical channels
  • corrugated iron — a thin structural sheet made of iron or steel, formed with alternating ridges and troughs
  • cost accounting — Cost accounting is the recording and analysis of all the various costs of running a business.
  • cottage country — any lakeside region where many country cottages are located
  • cottage pudding — plain cake covered with a sweet sauce
  • counter-sinking — to enlarge the upper part of (a cavity), especially by chamfering, to receive the cone-shaped head of a screw, bolt, etc.
  • counteractingly — In a way that counteracts.
  • counterargument — A counterargument is an argument that makes an opposing point to another argument.
  • countercampaign — a campaign responding to another campaign
  • countercharging — Present participle of countercharge.
  • countercharming — Present participle of countercharm.
  • counterchecking — Present participle of countercheck.
  • counterclaiming — Present participle of counterclaim.
  • counterflashing — (construction) Formed metal or elastomeric sheeting secured on or into a wall, curb, pipe or other surface, to cover and protect the upper edge of a base flashing and its associated fasteners.
  • countermarching — Present participle of countermarch.
  • counterplotting — Present participle of counterplot.
  • counterpointing — Present participle of counterpoint.
  • counterpunching — Present participle of counterpunch.
  • counterrotating — (of two corresponding or similar moving parts) rotating in opposite directions: counterrotating propellers.
  • counterstrategy — a strategy designed to counter the effectiveness of another strategy or action
  • counterweighted — Simple past tense and past participle of counterweight.
  • counting number — natural number
  • country cottage — a small house in the country, esp one used for holidays
  • country dancing — Country dancing is traditional dancing in which people dance in rows or circles.
  • courting couple — a pair of lovers
  • courting mirror — a small mirror of c1800 having a border and cresting of glass painted with leaves and flowers in imitation of a Chinese style.
  • crosslinguistic — relating to different languages
  • crustaceologist — One who studies crustaceology.
  • cultural cringe — the perception that one's own culture is inferior to that of another group or country
  • culture jamming — a form of political and social activism which, by means of fake adverts, hoax news stories, pastiches of company logos and product labels, computer hacking, etc, draws attention to and at the same time subverts the power of the media, governments, and large corporations to control and distort the information that they give to the public in order to promote consumerism, militarism, etc
  • curate's-eggish — good in parts
  • customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
  • cyber-squatting — (jargon, networking)   The practice of registering famous brand names as Internet domain names, e.g. harrods.com, ibm.firm or sears.shop, in the hope of later selling them to the appropriate owner at a profit.
  • cytomegalovirus — a virus of the herpes virus family that may cause serious disease in patients whose immune systems are compromised
  • daguerreotyping — Present participle of daguerreotype.
  • daguerreotypist — an obsolete photographic process, invented in 1839, in which a picture made on a silver surface sensitized with iodine was developed by exposure to mercury vapor.
  • daughter-in-law — Someone's daughter-in-law is the wife of their son.
  • day of judgment — Judgment Day
  • deculturalizing — to expose or subject to the influence of culture.
  • diamond cutting — the art or work of cutting and shaping rough diamonds to make them suitable for use by the jewellery trade
  • die standing up — to cease to live; undergo the complete and permanent cessation of all vital functions; become dead.
  • direct coupling — conductive coupling between electronic circuits, as opposed to inductive or capacitative coupling
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