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15-letter words containing n, o, c, g, r

  • change of heart — a profound change of outlook, opinion, etc
  • children of god — a highly disciplined, fundamentalist Christian sect, active especially in the early 1970s, whose mostly young converts live in communes.
  • cholangiography — radiographic examination of the bile ducts after the introduction into them of a contrast medium
  • cholinergically — in a cholinergic manner
  • choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
  • chronobiologist — A person who is involved in chronobiology.
  • chronologically — arranged in the order of time: a chronological list of events.
  • cineangiography — the use of motion-picture recording to trace the passage of dye through blood vessels, for the diagnosis of heart and blood vessel disease
  • cinematographed — a motion-picture projector.
  • cinematographer — A cinematographer is a person who decides what filming techniques should be used during the shooting of a film.
  • cinematographic — a motion-picture projector.
  • cinemicrography — the making of a film through the lens of a microscope
  • cineradiography — the filming of motion pictures through a fluoroscope or x-ray machine.
  • circumnavigator — A person who circumnavigates; that is, sails around the world.
  • clotting factor — any one of a group of substances, including factor VIII, the presence of which in the blood is essential for blood clotting to occur
  • coffee granules — instant coffee in the form of grains
  • cognitive radio — a radio that can automatically alter frequency, power, modulation, etc, according to where it is located
  • colour sergeant — a sergeant who carries the regimental, battalion, or national colours, as in a colour guard
  • commercialising — Present participle of commercialise.
  • commercializing — Present participle of commercialize.
  • commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
  • compleat angler — a book on fishing (1653) by Izaak Walton.
  • comprehendingly — In an comprehending manner; knowingly.
  • computer dating — the use of computers by dating agencies to match their clients
  • concerto grosso — a composition for an orchestra and a group of soloists, chiefly of the baroque period
  • concrete jungle — If you refer to a city or area as a concrete jungle, you mean that it has a lot of modern buildings and you think it is ugly or unpleasant to live in.
  • configurability — The property of being configurable.
  • configurational — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
  • congelifraction — the shattering or splitting of rock or frozen soil due to the action of frost.
  • conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.
  • 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.
  • congress-people — congressmember.
  • congressionally — of or relating to a congress.
  • conjuring trick — A conjuring trick is a trick in which something is made to appear or disappear as if by magic.
  • connected graph — (mathematics)   A graph such that there is a path between any pair of nodes (via zero or more other nodes). Thus if we start from any node and visit all nodes connected to it by a single edge, then all nodes connected to any of them, and so on, then we will eventually have visited every node in the connected graph.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • contract bridge — the most common variety of bridge, in which the declarer receives points counting towards game and rubber only for tricks he bids as well as makes, any overtricks receiving bonus points
  • control program — (operating system)   (CP) The component of IBM's Virtual Machine (VM) that provides "guest support" for operating systems that run on IBM mainframe compatible processors. Cp does this by providing a seamless emulation of privileged functions in the problem program environment.
  • controlled drug — a drug whose sale is illegal except through prescribed medical channels
  • controller gain — In a control loop, the controller gain is the strength of action a controller will take at a particular point below or above the setpoint.
  • converging lens — a lens that converts parallel rays of light to convergent rays and produces a real image.
  • cooling process — the process of becoming cooler
  • correcting lens — a thin lens used to correct spherical aberration introduced by the spherical mirror in certain optical systems
  • correspondingly — You use correspondingly when describing a situation which is closely connected with one you have just mentioned or is similar to it.
  • corrugated iron — a thin structural sheet made of iron or steel, formed with alternating ridges and troughs
  • cottage country — any lakeside region where many country cottages are located
  • 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.
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