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17-letter words containing o, c, t, g, n

  • centre of gravity — The centre of gravity of an object is a point in it. If this point is above the base of the object, it stays stable, rather than falling over.
  • centrifugal force — In physics, centrifugal force is the force that makes objects move outwards when they are spinning around something or travelling in a curve.
  • chacun a son gout — each to his own taste
  • change one's tune — to alter one's attitude or tone of speech
  • china grass cloth — grass cloth.
  • chincoteague pony — a wild pony found on certain islands off the Virginia coast, apparently descended from Moorish ponies shipwrecked in this vicinity in the 16th century.
  • choanoflagellates — Plural form of choanoflagellate.
  • chugach mountains — a coastal mountain range in S Alaska, extending W from the St. Elias Mountains. Highest peak, Mount Marcus Baker, 13,176 feet (4016 meters).
  • circle the wagons — to take defensive action; prepare for an attack: from arranging a wagon train in a circular formation
  • clang association — the association made between two words because they sound similar; for example cling and ring
  • clear box testing — white box testing
  • clinicopathologic — of or relating to the combined study of disease symptoms and pathology.
  • closed-captioning — (of a television program, film, or video) distributed with synchronized transcription of speech and written descriptions of other relevant audio elements, as for the hearing-impaired, that are visible only when the option to display them is selected. Abbreviation: CC.
  • coarse-grain salt — salt with a much larger grain size than table salt
  • cognitive meaning — the literal meaning of something
  • cognitive science — the scientific study of cognition, including elements of the traditional disciplines of philosophy, psychology, semantics, and linguistics, together with artificial intelligence and computer science
  • cognitive therapy — a form of psychotherapy in which the patient is encouraged to change the way he or sees the world and himself or herself: used particularly to treat depression
  • collecting tubule — the part of a nephron that collects the urine from the distal convoluted tubule and discharges it into the pelvis of the kidney.
  • collection agency — A collection agency is an organization that obtains payments from people who owe money to others.
  • colleterial gland — a paired accessory reproductive gland, present in most female insects, secreting a sticky substance that forms either the egg cases or the cement that binds the eggs to a surface
  • columnar jointing — (in basaltic igneous rocks) a series of generally hexagonal columns formed by vertical joints as a result of contraction during cooling.
  • combinatory logic — (logic)   A system for reducing the operational notation of logic, mathematics or a functional language to a sequence of modifications to the input data structure. First introduced in the 1920's by Schoenfinkel. Re-introduced independently by Haskell Curry in the late 1920's (who quickly learned of Schoenfinkel's work after he had the idea). Curry is really responsible for most of the development, at least up until work with Feys in 1958. See combinator.
  • combustion engine — any of various types of engines driven by energy produced by combustion.
  • come to handgrips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
  • committal hearing — (in British law) a preliminary inquiry by a magistrate to decide if there is enough evidence for a case to go to trial
  • committee meeting — a meeting of a committee
  • communication gap — a lack of communication
  • community college — A community college is a local college where students from the surrounding area can take courses in practical or academic subjects.
  • community singing — singing, esp of hymns, by a large gathering of people
  • compensated grade — a grade that has been reduced along a curve to offset the additional resistance due to the curve.
  • complex conjugate — the complex number whose imaginary part is the negative of that of a given complex number, the real parts of both numbers being equal
  • complex-conjugate — one of a group of conjugate words.
  • composting toilet — a human waste disposal system that utilizes a waterless or low-flush toilet in conjunction with a tank in which aerobic bacteria break down the waste.
  • computer language — programming language
  • concurrent prolog — (language)   A Prolog variant with guarded clauses and committed-choice nondeterminism (don't-care nondeterminism) by Ehud "Udi" Shapiro, Yale <[email protected]>. A subset has been implemented, but not the full language. See also Mandala.
  • configurationally — With regard to a configuration.
  • congestion charge — Congestion charges refer to money motorists must pay in order to drive in some city centres. Congestion charges are intended to reduce traffic within those areas.
  • congregationalism — a system of Christian doctrines and ecclesiastical government in which each congregation is self-governing and maintains bonds of faith with other similar local congregations
  • congregationalist — a form of Protestant church government in which each local religious society is independent and self-governing.
  • connecting flight — a flight taken from an airport other than that from which the journey began, and which is taken in a different aeroplane from that used for the previous stage of the journey
  • connection charge — a charge made as soon as a caller is connected to the number dialled and which is additional to any charges calculated based on the duration of the call
  • consensus gentium — agreement of the people.
  • consignment store — a retail store that sells secondhand items on behalf of others and receives a percentage of the sales price.
  • constance garnett — Constance Black, 1862–1946, English translator from Russian.
  • consulate general — the office or residence of a consul general
  • consumer watchdog — an organization or government agency that campaigns for consumers
  • content marketing — marketing that tries to attract customers by distributing informational content potentially useful to the target audience, rather than by advertising products and services in the traditional way: content marketing through blogs and email newsletters.
  • contingency table — an array having the frequency of occurrence of certain events in each of a number of samples
  • contingent worker — a temporary or contract worker, especially one hired for one task or project.
  • contour ploughing — ploughing following the contours of the land, to minimize the effects of erosion
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