14-letter words containing i, s, a, g, o
- bioregionalism — the conviction that environmental and social policies should be determined by the bioregion rather than economics or politics
- bioregionalist — someone who believes in bioregionalism
- block sampling — the selection of a corpus for statistical literary analysis by random selection of a starting point and consideration of the continuous passage following it
- boarding house — A boarding house is a house which people pay to stay in for a short time.
- body snatching — the act or practice of robbing a grave to obtain a cadaver for dissection.
- bowling crease — a line marked at the wicket, over which a bowler must not advance fully before delivering the ball
- branchiostegal — of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fish
- brazing solder — an alloy of copper and zinc for joining two metal surfaces by melting the alloy so that it forms a thin layer between the surfaces
- bring onstream — To bring onstream a plant, mine, oilfield, etc. is to start production there.
- cairngormstone — (mineral, rare) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of w Cairngorm in Scotland.
- carcinogenesis — the development of cancerous cells from normal ones
- carriage horse — a horse trained and groomed to draw carriages.
- carriage house — coach house.
- casino banking — an approach to banking which risks losing investors' money in the quest for maximizing profits
- catch sight of — to make out by means of the eyes; discern; see
- categorisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of categorization.
- chicago school — a group of Chicago architects active between c1880 and c1910 and known for major developments in skyscraper design and for experiments in a modern architectural style appropriate especially to business and industrial buildings: two of the best-known members were Louis Sullivan and John Wellborn Root.
- choreographies — Plural form of choreography.
- chromatic sign — Music. accidental (def 5).
- cinnamon sedge — an angler's name for a small caddis fly, Limnephilus lunatus, having pale hind wings, that frequents sluggish water
- clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
- clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
- climatologists — Plural form of climatologist.
- clingmans dome — mountain on the Tenn.-N.C. border; highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains: 6,642 ft (2,024 m)
- cloister garth — garth (def 1).
- closed gentian — any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers
- coaching glass — a small drinking glass of the early 19th century having no foot.
- coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- coasting wagon — a toy wagon for children, often used for coasting down hills.
- cocktail glass — a glass for serving cocktails, typically bell-shaped and having a foot and a stem.
- cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
- coinvestigator — a fellow investigator
- colonial goose — an old-fashioned name for stuffed roast mutton
- commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
- configurations — Plural form of configuration.
- conflagrations — Plural form of conflagration.
- conjugate axis — the axis of a hyperbola perpendicular to the transverse axis at a point equidistant from the foci.
- consanguineous — having the same ancestor; closely related
- contagiousness — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
- cosmetological — the art or profession of applying cosmetics.
- cosmogonically — In a cosmogonic manner.
- cosmographical — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- cosmologically — In a cosmological way.
- countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
- cross matching — the testing for compatibility of a donor's and a recipient's blood prior to transfusion, in which serum of each is mixed with red blood cells of the other and observed for hemagglutination.
- cross training — training in two or more sports to improve performance, esp on one's main sport
- cross-hatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- crossing guard — school (crossing) guard