15-letter words containing n, o, u, g
- college pudding — a baked or steamed suet pudding containing dried fruit and spice
- college student — a student at a university or college
- colour sergeant — a sergeant who carries the regimental, battalion, or national colours, as in a colour guard
- come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
- come up smiling — to recover cheerfully from misfortune
- compound engine — a steam engine in which the steam is expanded in more than one stage, first in a high-pressure cylinder and then in one or more low-pressure cylinders
- compound magnet — a magnet consisting of two or more separate magnets placed together with like poles pointing in the same direction.
- computer dating — the use of computers by dating agencies to match their clients
- conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
- conceptualizing — Present participle of conceptualize.
- 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.
- 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.
- conjuring trick — A conjuring trick is a trick in which something is made to appear or disappear as if by magic.
- 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.
- contextualising — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- contextualizing — Present participle of contextualize.
- 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
- controlled drug — a drug whose sale is illegal except through prescribed medical channels
- copenhagen blue — a greyish-blue colour
- corrugated iron — a thin structural sheet made of iron or steel, formed with alternating ridges and troughs
- cost accounting — Cost accounting is the recording and analysis of all the various costs of running a business.
- cottage country — any lakeside region where many country cottages are located
- cottage pudding — plain cake covered with a sweet sauce
- council housing — houses or flats built or owned by a local council
- 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.
- counterargument — A counterargument is an argument that makes an opposing point to another argument.
- countercampaign — a campaign responding to another campaign
- countercharging — Present participle of countercharge.
- countercharming — Present participle of countercharm.
- counterchecking — Present participle of countercheck.
- 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
- country dancing — Country dancing is traditional dancing in which people dance in rows or circles.
- courting couple — a pair of lovers
- courting mirror — a small mirror of c1800 having a border and cresting of glass painted with leaves and flowers in imitation of a Chinese style.
- cranberry gourd — a South American vine, Abobra tenuifolia, of the gourd family, having deeply lobed, ovate leaves and bearing a berrylike scarlet fruit.
- cricopharyngeus — (anatomy) Part of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor, arising from the cricoid cartilage.