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13-letter words containing o, l, g, i, s

  • cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
  • cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
  • cash holdings — the assets that you hold in ready cash, as opposed to property, shares, bonds, etc
  • categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
  • chaise longue — A chaise longue is a kind of sofa with only one arm and usually a back along half its length.
  • chaise lounge — A chaise lounge is the same as a chaise longue.
  • chang tso-lin — 1873–1928, Chinese general: military ruler of Manchuria 1918–28.
  • chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
  • chewing louse — See under louse (def 2).
  • chicago style — a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble.
  • clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • cleistogamous — having small, unopened, self-pollinating flowers, usually in addition to the showier flowers
  • climatologist — A climatologist is someone who studies climates.
  • climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
  • close-fitting — Close-fitting clothes fit tightly and show the shape of your body.
  • close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
  • closing costs — fees paid when buying a house
  • closing error — the amount by which a closed traverse fails to satisfy the requirements of a true mathematical figure, as the length of line joining the true and computed position of the same point.
  • closing price — On the stock exchange, the closing price of a share is its price at the end of a day's business.
  • cloud seeding — any technique of adding material to a cloud to alter its natural development, usually to increase or obtain precipitation.
  • coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
  • cobol fingers — (jargon)   /koh'bol fing'grz/ Reported from Sweden, a hypothetical disease one might get from coding in COBOL. The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see candygrammar); thus it is alleged that programming too much in COBOL causes one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless typing.
  • colleagueship — workplace companionship
  • collieshangie — a quarrel
  • congenialness — The state or quality of being congenial.
  • congressional — A congressional policy, action, or person relates to the United States Congress.
  • consanguineal — having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood.
  • consideringly — in a considering manner
  • consolidating — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
  • contrastingly — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
  • coral springs — city in SE Fla.: pop. 118,000
  • coralligenous — producing coral
  • coreligionist — an adherent of the same religion as another
  • cosmetologist — a person skilled or trained in the use of cosmetics and beauty treatments
  • criminologist — the study of crime and criminals: a branch of sociology.
  • cross-selling — to sell or try to sell (similar or related products or services) to an existing customer.
  • cryobiologist — A biologist who specializes in cryobiology.
  • cucking stool — stool in which suspected witches were tested
  • curling irons — a metal scissor-like device that is heated, so that strands of hair may be twined around it in order to form curls
  • curling stone — a large, heavy, ellipsoidal stone or a similar object made of iron, usually having one rough side and one smooth side with a hole in the center of each for screwing in a handle by which the stone is released, for use in the game of curling.
  • curling tongs — a metal scissor-like device that is heated, so that strands of hair may be twined around it in order to form curls
  • darling downs — a plateau in NE Australia, in SE Queensland: a vast agricultural and stock-raising area
  • das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
  • demythologise — to divest of mythological or legendary attributes or forms, as in order to permit clearer appraisal and understanding: to demythologize the music dramas of Richard Wagner for modern listeners.
  • dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
  • dermatologies — Plural form of dermatology.
  • dermatologist — A dermatologist is a doctor who specializes in the study of skin and the treatment of skin diseases.
  • desobligeante — a type of carriage seating only one person
  • diabetologist — a person who studies diabetes
  • disemboweling — Present participle of disembowel.
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