15-letter words containing n, e, g, o
- 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
- courting couple — a pair of lovers
- covering letter — A covering letter is a letter that you send with a parcel or with another letter in order to provide extra information.
- cowper's glands — two small yellowish glands near the prostate that secrete a mucous substance into the urethra during sexual stimulation in males
- cranberry gourd — a South American vine, Abobra tenuifolia, of the gourd family, having deeply lobed, ovate leaves and bearing a berrylike scarlet fruit.
- cricopharyngeal — of, relating to, or involving the cricoid cartilage and the pharynx.
- cricopharyngeus — (anatomy) Part of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor, arising from the cricoid cartilage.
- critical region — that part of a statistical distribution in which the probability of a given hypothesis is less than the chosen significance level, so that the hypothesis would be rejected
- crossopterygian — any bony fish of the subclass Crossopterygii, having fleshy limblike pectoral fins. The group, now mostly extinct, contains the ancestors of the amphibians
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- cybertechnology — Computer technology, especially that which involves the Internet or cyberspace.
- cycling clothes — special clothes, such as lycra shorts, suitable for cycling in
- cycloneolignane — (organic chemistry) Any neolignane having an additional ring.
- cytogenetically — (medicine, biology) By means or in terms of cytogenetics, the genetics of the cell.
- daguerreotyping — Present participle of daguerreotype.
- data processing — Data processing is the series of operations that are carried out on data, especially by computers, in order to present, interpret, or obtain information.
- day of judgment — Judgment Day
- deagglomeration — Deagglomeration is the process of breaking up agglomerates.
- decision-making — the act or process of making decisions
- decommissioning — the act of decommissioning something
- deconcentrating — Present participle of deconcentrate.
- decontaminating — Present participle of decontaminate.
- defining moment — a point at which the essential nature or character of a person, group, etc., is revealed or identified.
- defragmentation — (computing) The action of defragmenting, particularly with respect to a computer disk or drive.
- degenerationist — a person who believes in the evolutionary decline of a species
- deglamorization — the act or process of making less glamorous
- degree ceremony — a ceremony at which university degrees are awarded
- dehydrogenating — Present participle of dehydrogenate.
- dehydrogenation — to remove hydrogen from (a compound).
- delaware jargon — a jargon based on Unami Delaware, now extinct but formerly used as a lingua franca in Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and New York.
- delayed opening — the automatic opening of a parachute after a predetermined delay to allow the parachutist to reach a particular height
- delaying action — a measure or measures taken to gain time, as when weaker military forces harass the advance of a superior enemy without coming to a pitched battle
- demagnetisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of demagnetization.
- demagnetization — The process of removing the magnetic field from an object.
- demythologizing — Present participle of demythologize.
- denationalizing — Present participle of denationalize.
- dendrohydrology — The science that uses dendrochronology to investigate and reconstruct hydrologic processes, such as river flow and past lake levels.
- deoxyhemoglobin — the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) in arterial blood. Symbol: Hb.
- depersonalizing — Present participle of depersonalize.
- descending node — the node through which an orbiting body passes as it moves to the south (opposed to ascending node).