15-letter words containing s, a, n, g, r
- breathing space — A breathing space is a short period of time between two activities in which you can recover from the first activity and prepare for the second one.
- breeding season — the time of year during which animals breed
- brunner's gland — any of the glands in the submucosal layer of the duodenum, secreting an alkaline fluid into the small intestine.
- buckinghamshire — a county in SE central England, containing the Vale of Aylesbury and parts of the Chiltern Hills: the geographic and ceremonial county includes Milton Keynes, which became an independent unitary authority in 1997. Administrative centre: Aylesbury. Pop (excluding Milton Keynes): 478 000 (2003 est). Area (excluding Milton Keynes): 1568 sq km (605 sq miles)
- building trades — the trades and professions concerned with the creation and finishing of buildings, such as carpenters, plasterers, masons, electricians, etc.
- butter-and-eggs — any of various plants, such as toadflax, the flowers of which are of two shades of yellow
- cactus geranium — a plant, Pelargonium echinatum, of the geranium family, native to southern Africa, having prickly stipules and white or reddish flowers.
- cairngorm-stone — smoky quartz.
- catastrophising — Present participle of catastrophise.
- catastrophizing — Present participle of catastrophize.
- categoricalness — The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute.
- categorisations — Plural form of categorisation.
- categorizations — Plural form of categorization.
- centipede grass — a slow-growing grass, Eremochloa ophiuroides, introduced into the U.S. from China and used for lawns in warm areas.
- central casting — a nominal casting agency that delivers stereotypes to films or, figuratively, to real life situations
- channel surfing — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
- channel-surfing — Channel-surfing is the same as channel-hopping.
- choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
- circumnavigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate.
- coffee granules — instant coffee in the form of grains
- colour sergeant — a sergeant who carries the regimental, battalion, or national colours, as in a colour guard
- commercialising — Present participle of commercialise.
- commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
- conglomerations — Plural form of conglomeration.
- 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.
- congressionally — of or relating to a congress.
- 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.
- counterstrategy — a strategy designed to counter the effectiveness of another strategy or action
- cowper's glands — two small yellowish glands near the prostate that secrete a mucous substance into the urethra during sexual stimulation in males
- cranberry glass — reddish-pink transparent glassware first made in England and the U.S. in the mid-19th century.
- credit standing — reputation for discharging financial obligations
- cricopharyngeus — (anatomy) Part of the inferior pharyngeal constrictor, arising from the cricoid cartilage.
- crossing patrol — a person who holds up the traffic so that school children can cross the road safely
- crossopterygian — any bony fish of the subclass Crossopterygii, having fleshy limblike pectoral fins. The group, now mostly extinct, contains the ancestors of the amphibians
- cruising radius — the greatest distance that an aircraft or ship can cruise, away from and back to a certain point without refueling
- crystal healing — (in alternative therapy) the use of the supposed power of crystals to affect the human energy field
- cum grano salis — with a grain of salt; not too literally
- customer-facing — interacting or communicating directly with customers
- cyber-squatting — (jargon, networking) The practice of registering famous brand names as Internet domain names, e.g. harrods.com, ibm.firm or sears.shop, in the hope of later selling them to the appropriate owner at a profit.
- darning needles — a long needle with a long eye used in darning.
- data processing — Data processing is the series of operations that are carried out on data, especially by computers, in order to present, interpret, or obtain information.
- decriminalising — Present participle of decriminalise.
- degenerationist — a person who believes in the evolutionary decline of a species
- depersonalizing — Present participle of depersonalize.
- designated area — specified
- desktop manager — A user interface to system services, usually icon and menu based like the Macintosh Finder, enabling the user to run application programs and use a file system without directly using the command language of the operating system.
- disarticulating — Present participle of disarticulate.
- disembarrassing — Present participle of disembarrass.
- disgracefulness — The state or quality of being disgraceful.
- dishearteningly — In a disheartening manner.