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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.
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