15-letter words containing s, g, a
- chinese gelatin — agar (def 1).
- cholangiectasis — Dilation of the bile ducts.
- choral speaking — recitation of poetry, dramatic pieces, etc. by a chorus of speakers
- cigarette smoke — the acrid smoke produced by cigarettes being smoked
- circumambagious — in a round-about manner
- circumnavigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate.
- city of glasgow — a council area in W central Scotland. Pop: 593 000 (2010 est). Area: 175 sq km (68 sq miles)
- classical greek — the form of Greek used in classical literature, especially the literary Attic Greek of the 5th and 4th centuries b.c.
- classical logic — (logic) Non-intuitionistic logic.
- cleavage-planes — the act of cleaving or splitting.
- cleistogamously — in a cleistogamous manner
- coaling station — a port at which vessels can take on coal
- coffee granules — instant coffee in the form of grains
- college of arms — any of several institutions in the United Kingdom having a royal charter to deal with matters of heraldry, grant armorial bearings, record and trace genealogies, etc
- college station — a city in E central Texas.
- colonial siding — siding composed of boards with parallel faces laid horizontally so that the upper overlaps the one below.
- colour sergeant — a sergeant who carries the regimental, battalion, or national colours, as in a colour guard
- combat fatigues — the uniform worn by soldiers when fighting
- come up against — If you come up against a problem or difficulty, you are faced with it and have to deal with it.
- commercialising — Present participle of commercialise.
- commiseratingly — in a manner expressing commiseration
- committee stage — (in British parliamentary procedure) the detailed examination by MPs of proposed legislation
- compassionating — Present participle of compassionate.
- conceptualising — Present participle of conceptualise.
- conestoga wagon — a large heavy horse-drawn covered wagon used in the 19th century
- congealableness — the quality of being congealable
- congealed salad — a molded gelatin salad containing chopped fruit or vegetables.
- 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.
- constable glass — a drinking glass of the 18th century, having a heavy foot, a tall body, and a capacity of 1 quart (0.946 liters).
- contextualising — to put (a linguistic element, an action, etc.) in a context, especially one that is characteristic or appropriate, as for purposes of study.
- coolgardie safe — a cupboard with wetted hessian walls for keeping food cool: used esp in Australia
- corkscrew grass — a variety of spear grass, Austrostipa scabra, native to Australia, having very fine foliage, an erect seed head, and awns that twist up the seed head: family Poaceae
- cosignificative — having the same meaning or sense
- cost accounting — Cost accounting is the recording and analysis of all the various costs of running a business.
- 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
- cracked gas oil — Cracked gas oil is a gas oil which is formed as one of the products of a gas reaction.
- cranberry glass — reddish-pink transparent glassware first made in England and the U.S. in the mid-19th century.
- crash programme — a short intensive programme to learn a skill, language, etc
- 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
- crustaceologist — One who studies crustaceology.
- crystal healing — (in alternative therapy) the use of the supposed power of crystals to affect the human energy field
- crystallography — the science concerned with the formation, properties, and structure of crystals