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14-letter words containing i, n, c, o, g, t

  • sorting tracks — the part of a railroad yard used for the final sorting of cars from a classification yard.
  • spitting cobra — any cobra or cobralike snake, especially the ringhals, that sprays venom at the eyes of approaching animals.
  • starting block — a device used by runners, especially sprinters, for increasing their speed off the mark, consisting of a metal or wooden frame, usually secured to the ground at both ends, with adjustable, triangular-shaped blocks on each side for bracing the feet.
  • steganographic — of, or pertaining to, steganography
  • stegocephalian — an extinct, pre-Jurassic amphibian
  • sticking point — a point, detail, or circumstance causing or likely to cause a stalemate or impasse: The bill would have gone through the Senate quickly but for one sticking point.
  • stock watering — the creation of more new shares in a company than is justified by its assets
  • stocking frame — a type of knitting machine
  • stopping place — a place where vehicles may stop temporarily
  • strip cropping — the growing of different crops on alternate strips of ground that usually follow the contour of the land, a recourse to minimize erosion.
  • subcontracting — outsourcing of contract work
  • tablet coating — A tablet coating is a covering over a tablet, used to mask the taste, make it easier to swallow, or protect the active medication inside.
  • tape recording — sound reproduction on cassette
  • tax-collecting — the collection of taxes owed by individuals
  • teleprocessing — computerized processing and transmission of data over the telephone or other long-distance communications systems.
  • teratogenicity — the production or induction of malformations or monstrosities, especially of a developing embryo or fetus.
  • terminological — the system of terms belonging or peculiar to a science, art, or specialized subject; nomenclature: the terminology of botany.
  • thanatological — relating to thanatology, the study of death and dying
  • thermomagnetic — of or relating to the effect of heat on the magnetic properties of a substance.
  • throwing stick — a short, straight or curved stick, flat or cylindrical in form, often having a hand grip, and used generally in preliterate societies as a hunting weapon to throw at birds and small game.
  • time-consuming — (of an action) requiring or wasting much time.
  • to give notice — If an employer gives an employee notice, the employer tells the employee that he or she must leave his or her job within a fixed period of time.
  • tumorigenicity — (of cells or a substance) capable of producing tumors.
  • unconditioning — a particular mode of being of a person or thing; existing state; situation with respect to circumstances.
  • uncongeniality — the condition of being uncongenial
  • undogmatically — in an undogmatic manner
  • unegoistically — pertaining to or of the nature of egoism.
  • unequivocating — to use ambiguous or unclear expressions, usually to avoid commitment or in order to mislead; prevaricate or hedge: When asked directly for his position on disarmament, the candidate only equivocated.
  • unintoxicating — (of a drink, wine, substance, etc) not intoxicating
  • victory garden — a vegetable garden, especially a home garden, cultivated to increase food production during a war or period of shortages.
  • virginia stock — a plant, Malcolmia maritima, of the mustard family, native to the Mediterranean region, having oblong leaves on a weak, often reclining stem and reddish or white flowers.
  • voice training — the process of training and improving vocal ability
  • voting machine — a mechanical apparatus used in a polling place to register and count the votes.
  • warning notice — official notification of a danger or threat
  • xenodiagnostic — of or relating to xenodiagnosis
  • zygobranchiate — of or relating to zygobranchs or the Zygobranchia genus
  • zygomatic bone — a bone on each side of the face below the eye, forming the prominence of the cheek; cheekbone.
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