11-letter words containing n, o, g, u, c
- ground itch — a disease of the skin of the feet, caused by penetration of hookworm larvae, characterized by a blisterlike eruption and itching.
- groundcloth — A groundcloth is a piece of waterproof material which you put on the ground to sleep on when you are camping.
- groundcover — Alternative spelling of ground cover.
- guinea corn — durra.
- gun control — government regulation of the sale and ownership of firearms.
- hiccoughing — Present participle of hiccough.
- immunogenic — causing or capable of producing an immune response.
- immunologic — the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.
- incongruent — not congruent.
- incongruity — the quality or condition of being incongruous.
- incongruous — out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.
- incouraging — Present participle of incourage.
- inoculating — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- introducing — to present (a person) to another so as to make acquainted.
- jungle cock — the male of the jungle fowl.
- langue d'oc — the Romance language of medieval southern France: developed into modern Provençal.
- lignicolous — growing or living on or in wood
- longicaudal — having a long tail; macrutous.
- luckengowan — a daisy or other flower having petals drawn together similar to a bud
- microfungus — A fungus in which no sexual process has been observed or in which the reproductive organs are microscopic.
- miscegenous — Of, pertaining to, or being miscegenation; interracial (said primarily of marriages and other sexual or romantic relationships).
- miscounting — Present participle of miscount.
- night court — a criminal court that convenes at night for the quick disposition of charges and the granting of bail.
- nonreducing — that does not reduce
- nonsurgical — pertaining to or involving surgery or surgeons.
- nova iguacu — a city in SE Brazil, NW of Rio de Janeiro.
- obfuscating — Present participle of obfuscate.
- obstructing — Present participle of obstruct.
- offscouring — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- onagraceous — belonging to the Onagraceae, the evening primrose family of plants.
- outclassing — Present participle of outclass.
- outcropping — Geology. a cropping out, as of a stratum or vein at the surface of the earth. the exposed portion of such a stratum or vein.
- outcrossing — Present participle of outcross.
- outmatching — Present participle of outmatch.
- outpouching — (pathology) evagination.
- outreaching — Present participle of outreach.
- outsourcing — (of a company or organization) to purchase (goods) or subcontract (services) from an outside supplier or source.
- overcutting — excessive cutting
- pronouncing — to enunciate or articulate (sounds, words, sentences, etc.).
- prosecuting — carrying out a prosecution
- quangocracy — Rule by quangos or similar unelected bodies. (from 20th c.).
- quindecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
- ramgunshoch — surly; bad-tempered; rude
- reconfigure — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
- refuctoring — (humour, programming) Taking a well-designed piece of code and, through a series of small, reversible changes, making it completely unmaintainable by anyone except yourself. The term is a humourous play on the term refactoring and was coined by Jason Gorman in a pub in 2002. Refuctoring techniques include: Using Pig Latin as a naming convention. Stating The Bleeding Obvious - writing comments that paraphrase the code (e.g., "declare an integer called I with an initial value of zero"). Module Gravity Well - adding all new code to the biggest module. Unique Modeling Language - inventing your own visual notation. Treasure Hunt - Writing code consisting mostly of references to other code and documents that reference other documents. Rainy Day Module - writing spare code just in case somebody needs it later.
- reoccurring — to happen; take place; come to pass: When did the accident occur?
- rock gunnel — any small eellike blenny of the family Pholididae (Pholidae), especially Pholis gunnellus (rock gunnel) common in shallow waters of the North Atlantic.
- rowing club — rowboat association
- schrödinbug — (jargon, programming) /shroh'din-buhg/ (MIT, from the Schrödinger's Cat thought-experiment in quantum physics) A design or implementation bug that doesn't manifest until someone reading the source code or using the program in an unusual way notices that it never should have worked, at which point it stops working until fixed. Though (like bit rot) this sounds impossible, it happens; some programs have harboured schrödinbugs for years. Compare heisenbug, Bohr bug, mandelbug.
- scuppernong — a silvery amber-green variety of muscadine grape.