14-letter words containing s, c, u, n, g, i
- gesticulations — Plural form of gesticulation.
- gibbs function — the thermodynamic function of a system that is equal to its enthalpy minus the product of its absolute temperture and entropy: a decrease in the function is equal to the maximum amount of work available exclusive of that due to pressure times volume change during a reversible, isothermal, isobaric process.
- group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
- gunstock stile — (in a door) a diminished stile having an oblique transition between the broader and narrower parts.
- gunter's chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- gynomonoecious — having both female and hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant.
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- house-cleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
- housing scheme — arrangement offering subsidized housing
- immunogenetics — the branch of immunology dealing with the study of immunity in relation to genetic makeup.
- incongruencies — Plural form of incongruency.
- incontiguously — in an incontiguous or unconnected fashion; discretely
- isocyano group — the univalent group −NC.
- king's counsel — a body of barristers of a higher status who are specially appointed to be the crown's counsel, and who are permitted to plead inside the bar in the court.
- kissing cousin — any more or less distant kin familiar enough to be greeted with a kiss, as a cousin (kissing cousin)
- kwangsi chuang — Guangxi Zhuang.
- lactoglobulins — Plural form of lactoglobulin.
- laser-guidance — a technique of guiding a missile, etc, using a laser beam
- laughing stock — object of others' amusement
- laughingstocks — Plural form of laughingstock.
- lignocellulose — any of various compounds of lignin and cellulose comprising the essential part of woody cell walls.
- linguistically — of or belonging to language: linguistic change.
- macroglobulins — Plural form of macroglobulin.
- metalinguistic — Pertaining to metalinguistics.
- miscalculating — Present participle of miscalculate.
- miscounselling — the act of giving bad or incorrect counselling
- misgovernaunce — misgovernment
- mispronouncing — Present participle of mispronounce.
- neolinguistics — a school of linguistics centered in Italy emphasizing the importance of linguistic geography in diachronic studies.
- non-contiguous — touching; in contact.
- nyctaginaceous — belonging to the Nyctaginaceae, the four-o'clock family of plants.
- over-consuming — to destroy or expend by use; use up.
- paralinguistic — of or relating to paralanguage or paralinguistics.
- pseudo-generic — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- public housing — housing owned or operated by a government and usually offered at low rent to the needy.
- pugnaciousness — inclined to quarrel or fight readily; quarrelsome; belligerent; combative.
- quicksilvering — the mercury on the back of a mirror
- racing colours — the colours painted on a racing car to represent the nation of the car or driver
- recklinghausen — a city in NW Rhine-Westphalia, in Germany.
- reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
- running casing — Running casing is the process of screwing together pieces of pipe on a rig floor and lowering them into a hole.
- running stitch — a sewing stitch made by passing the needle in and out repeatedly with short, even stitches.
- sanguification — hematopoiesis.
- scheduling api — Scheduling Application Programming Interface
- schizognathous — (of birds) having a separation in the vomer and maxillo-palatine bones, having a cleft-palate
- scrutinizingly — in a scrutinizing manner
- self-actuating — to incite or move to action; impel; motivate: actuated by selfish motives.
- self-executing — going into effect immediately without the need of supplementary legislation: a self-executing treaty.
- semiconducting — of, relating to, or having the characteristics of a semiconductor.
- shouting match — a loud, often abusive quarrel or argument.