13-letter words containing n, o, g, u, c
- ducking stool — a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied to be plunged into water.
- echo sounding — the determining of depth of water by means of a device (echo sounder) that measures the time required for a sound wave to be reflected from the bottom: a similar process (echo ranging) is used to measure the distance to an underwater object
- eigenfunction — Each of a set of independent functions that are the solutions to a given differential equation.
- electrocuting — Present participle of electrocute.
- encourageable — Able to be encouraged; suggestible.
- encouragement — The action of giving someone support, confidence, or hope.
- encouragingly — In an encouraging manner.
- eugeosyncline — a geosyncline characterized by lithology typical of deep ocean environments
- floutingstock — a laughing-stock; the object of mockery or flouting
- fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
- flying column — (formerly) a force of troops equipped and organized to move swiftly and independently of a principal unit to which it is attached.
- forcing house — a place where growth or maturity (as of fruit, animals, etc) is artificially hastened
- fugaciousness — (obsolete) fugacity.
- gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
- general court — the state legislature of Massachusetts or New Hampshire.
- gentianaceous — belonging to the plant family Gentianaceae.
- genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
- gesticulation — the act of gesticulating.
- gluconeogenic — glucose formation in animals from a noncarbohydrate source, as from proteins or fats.
- gluconic acid — a colorless, water-soluble acid, C 6 H 12 O 7 , obtained by the oxidation of glucose, used commercially in a 50-percent solution for cleaning metals.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- god's country — an area or region supposed to be favored by God, especially a naturally beautiful rural area.
- gossip column — newspaper: celebrity news article
- graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
- graticulation — the division of a design, plan, etc into squares in order to improve the accuracy of enlargement or reduction
- great council — (in Norman England) an assembly composed of the king's tenants in chief that served as the principal council of the realm and replaced the witenagemot.
- ground attack — an attack using ground forces, as opposed to air or naval forces
- ground cherry — Also called husk tomato. any of several plants belonging to the genus Physalis, of the nightshade family, the several species bearing an edible berry enclosed in an enlarged calyx.
- ground colour — a colour on which other colours are superimposed to create a pattern
- ground effect — the improvement to the aerodynamic qualities of a low-slung motor vehicle resulting from a cushion of air beneath it
- ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- group captain — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a wing commander but junior to an air commodore in the RAF and certain other air forces
- guzman blanco — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1829–99, Venezuelan political leader: president 1870–88.
- gynodioecious — having female flowers on one plant and hermaphrodite flowers on another plant of the same species.
- gyrofrequency — the frequency of rotation of an electron or other charged particle in a magnetic field, directly proportional to the charge of the particle and to the field strength and inversely proportional to the mass of the particle.
- hacking cough — a harsh, dry and spasmodic cough
- half coupling — a flange fixed at the end of each of the two shafts that are connected in a flange coupling
- hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
- housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- housing stock — the total number of houses, flats, etc, in an area
- human cloning — the act of producing a human as a clone
- human ecology — ecology (def 4).
- immunological — (immunology) Of, or relating to immunology.
- incongruences — not congruent.
- incongruently — not congruent.
- incongruities — the quality or condition of being incongruous.
- incongruously — out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.
- incouragement — Archaic form of encouragement.
- insulinogenic — Promoting the production of insulin.