13-letter words containing n, o, g, u, c
- school outing — a short trip that a school organizes for schoolchildren, usually during the school day, to a place of interest such as museum or art gallery
- scoping study — a preliminary study to define the scope of a project
- scouring rush — any of certain horsetails, especially Equisetum hyemale, used for scouring and polishing.
- sphagnicolous — growing in moss
- spot reducing — the usually futile effort to exercise one part of the body, as the thighs, in hopes of reducing the amount of fat stored in that area.
- stocking unit — A stocking unit is a measurement or number by which items are kept in inventory, for example by dozens, kilograms, or cases.
- string course — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- subcontiguous — almost touching; nearly contiguous.
- sucking louse — See under louse (def 1).
- suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
- telecommuting — working at home by using a computer terminal electronically linked to one's place of employment.
- the unco guid — narrow-minded, excessively religious, or self-righteous people
- touch-in-goal — the area at each end of the field outside of a touch-in-goal line.
- trig function — Also called circular function. a function of an angle, as sine or cosine, expressed as the ratio of the sides of a right triangle.
- tumorgenicity — the state of being tumorgenic, giving rise to tumours
- turbocharging — the process or action of supplying an internal combustion engine or a motor vehicle with a turbocharger
- un-contingent — dependent for existence, occurrence, character, etc., on something not yet certain; conditional (often followed by on or upon): Our plans are contingent on the weather.
- uncamouflaged — the act, means, or result of obscuring things to deceive an enemy, as by painting or screening objects so that they are lost to view in the background, or by making up objects that from a distance have the appearance of fortifications, guns, roads, etc.: Was camouflage used extensively on fighter aircraft during World War I?
- uncategorical — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
- uncategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- uncomplaining — to express dissatisfaction, pain, uneasiness, censure, resentment, or grief; find fault: He complained constantly about the noise in the corridor.
- unconflicting — being in conflict or disagreement; not compatible: conflicting viewpoints.
- unconsidering — not reflective or thoughtful
- uncontrolling — to exercise restraint or direction over; dominate; command: The car is difficult to control at high speeds. That zone is controlled by enemy troops.
- uncooperating — to work or act together or jointly for a common purpose or benefit.
- underclothing — clothing worn next to the skin under outer clothes.
- understocking — to provide an insufficient quantity, as of merchandise, supplies, or livestock.
- undiscouraged — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- unencouraging — not encouraging; discouraging
- unforthcoming — coming, forth, or about to come forth; about to appear; approaching in time: the forthcoming concert.
- unideological — not having, belonging to, or relating to any particular ideology or belief system
- union catalog — a library catalog combining the catalogs of several different libraries or different divisions of one library
- unrecognizing — not recognizing; unaware; unknowing
- unreconciling — to cause (a person) to accept or be resigned to something not desired: He was reconciled to his fate.
- unreproaching — not reproaching or blaming
- untheological — not theological; not of or pertaining to the nature of theology
- up-and-coming — likely to succeed; bright and industrious: an up-and-coming young executive.
- wages council — (formerly, in Britain) a statutory body empowered to fix minimum wages in an industry; abolished in 1994
- witching hour — midnight: a rendezvous at the witching hour.