14-letter words containing n, e, g, o, t
- botanic garden — a place in which plants are grown, studied, and exhibited
- bottle gentian — closed gentian.
- bottle turning — the turning of the legs of chairs, tables, etc., in manufacturing to give certain sections an ornamental, bottlelike form.
- bottom-feeding — the activities of a bottom feeder.
- bowstring hemp — a hemplike fibre obtained from the sansevieria
- branchiostegal — of or relating to the operculum covering the gill slits of fish
- breaking point — If something or someone has reached breaking point, they have so many problems or difficulties that they can no longer cope with them, and may soon collapse or be unable to continue.
- breeding stock — animals specifically kept to breed from
- bring onstream — To bring onstream a plant, mine, oilfield, etc. is to start production there.
- bring sth home — To bring something home to someone means to make them understand how important or serious it is.
- bring to terms — to reduce to submission; force to agree
- british legion — (in Britain) a national social club for veterans of the armed forces.
- budget account — an account with a department store, etc, enabling a customer to make monthly payments to cover his or her past and future purchases
- burnt offering — a sacrificial offering burnt, usually on an altar, to honour, propitiate, or supplicate a deity
- butylene group — any of four bivalent isomeric groups having the formula –C 4 H 8 –.
- cadogan teapot — a lidless teapot that is made from or in imitation of an inverted Chinese wine pot and is filled through the bottom.
- cairngormstone — (mineral, rare) A yellow or smoky brown variety of rock crystal, found especially in the mountains of w Cairngorm in Scotland.
- carcinogenetic — Of or pertaining to carcinogenesis; forming cancer cells.
- carpet bombing — Carpet bombing is heavy bombing from aircraft, with the intention of hitting as many places as possible in a particular area.
- carpet bowling — a form of bowls played indoors on a strip of carpet, at the centre of which lies an obstacle round which the bowl has to pass
- cartilage bone — any bone that develops within cartilage rather than in a fibrous tissue membrane
- categorisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of categorization.
- categorization — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- celto-germanic — having the characteristics of both the Celtic and Germanic peoples.
- central region — a former local government region in central Scotland, formed in 1975 from Clackmannanshire, most of Stirlingshire, and parts of Perthshire, West Lothian, Fife, and Kinross-shire; in 1996 it was replaced by the council areas of Stirling, Clackmannanshire, and Falkirk
- centrifugation — a being subjected to centrifugal action, esp. in a centrifuge
- charge account — a business arrangement by which a customer may buy goods or services and pay for them within a specified future period
- charlottenburg — a district of Berlin (of West Berlin until 1990), formerly an independent city. Pop: 315 473 (2005 est)
- cinametography — Misspelling of cinematography.
- cinematography — Cinematography is the technique of making films for the cinema.
- closed gentian — any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers
- clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
- co-religionist — A person's co-religionists are people who have the same religion.
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
- code-switching — Linguistics. the alternating or mixed use of two or more languages, especially within the same discourse: My grandma’s code-switching when we cook together reminds me of my family's origins. Bilingual students are discouraged from code-switching during class.
- cognate object — a noun functioning as the object of a verb to which it is etymologically related, as in think a thought or sing a song
- coherent light — light in which the electromagnetic waves maintain a fixed and predictable phase relationship with each other over a period of time.
- coinvestigator — a fellow investigator
- collecting box — a box for the temporary storage of examples or specimens
- collecting tin — a tin for donations of money for charity or another particular purpose
- collectivizing — Present participle of collectivize.
- color sergeant — a sergeant who has charge of battalion or regimental colors.
- come on strong — If someone comes on strong, they make their intentions or feelings clear in an excessive or aggressive way.
- come to nought — If you try to do something but your efforts are not successful, you can say that your efforts come to nought.
- comfort eating — the practice of eating to make oneself feel happier
- commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
- concert tuning — the standard tuning for a guitar: E A D G B E
- conglomerateur — a person who forms or leads a business conglomerate
- conglomerating — Present participle of conglomerate.