14-letter words containing s, i, e, g, c, o
- glycogenolysis — (biochemistry) The production of glucose-1-phosphate by splitting a glucose monomer from glycogen using inorganic phosphate.
- golden section — a ratio between two portions of a line, or the two dimensions of a plane figure, in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the sum of both: a ratio of approximately 0.618 to 1.000.
- goncalves dias — Antonio [an-taw-nyoo] /ɛ̃ˈtɔ nyʊ/ (Show IPA), 1823–64, Brazilian poet.
- grade crossing — an intersection of a railroad track and another track, a road, etc., at the same level.
- gunstock stile — (in a door) a diminished stile having an oblique transition between the broader and narrower parts.
- gynomonoecious — having both female and hermaphrodite flowers on the same plant.
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- hepaticologist — a person who studies hepaticology
- home schooling — Home schooling is the practice of educating your child at home rather than in a school.
- 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
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- immunogenetics — the branch of immunology dealing with the study of immunity in relation to genetic makeup.
- incongruencies — Plural form of incongruency.
- jacobite glass — an English drinking glass of the late 17th or early 18th century, engraved with Jacobite mottoes and symbols.
- 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.
- kochel listing — the chronological number of a composition of Mozart as assigned in the catalog of the composer's works compiled in the 19th century by the Austrian musicologist Ludwig von Köchel (1800–1877) and since revised several times. Abbreviation: K.
- laryngectomies — Plural form of laryngectomy.
- laryngoscopies — Plural form of laryngoscopy.
- level crossing — grade crossing.
- lexicographers — Plural form of lexicographer.
- lexicographist — (chiefly, archaic) A student specialising in the discipline of lexicography; lexicographer.
- lignocellulose — any of various compounds of lignin and cellulose comprising the essential part of woody cell walls.
- locking pliers — pliers whose jaws are connected at a sliding pivot, permitting them to be temporarily locked in a fixed position for ease in grasping and turning nuts.
- logistic curve — a curve, shaped like a letter S , defined as an exponential function and used to model various forms of growth.
- magnetic storm — a temporary disturbance of the earth's magnetic field, induced by radiation and streams of charged particles from the sun.
- magnetospheric — Of, pertaining to, or happening within the magnetosphere.
- magnetostatics — the branch of magnetics that deals with magnetic fields that do not vary with time (magnetostatic fields)
- malpighiaceous — of, relating to, or belonging to the Malpighiaceae, a family of tropical plants many of which are lianas
- margaritaceous — resembling mother-of-pearl; pearly.
- megascopically — macroscopically
- mesh stockings — stockings with a netted pattern or made out of a netted material such as lace or netted nylon
- micromagnetism — (physics) The study of magnetism at the sub-micrometre scale.
- miscategorized — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- miscounselling — the act of giving bad or incorrect counselling
- misgovernaunce — misgovernment
- misrecognition — Incorrect recognition.
- misrecognizing — Present participle of misrecognize.
- monoglycerides — Plural form of monoglyceride.
- museologically — In a museological manner.
- neolinguistics — a school of linguistics centered in Italy emphasizing the importance of linguistic geography in diachronic studies.
- non-coalescing — to unite so as to form one mass, community, etc.: The various groups coalesced into a crowd.
- non-discerning — showing good or outstanding judgment and understanding: a discerning critic of French poetry.
- nyctaginaceous — belonging to the Nyctaginaceae, the four-o'clock family of plants.
- oligosynthetic — (linguistics) (of a language) using a relatively small number of morphemes which combine synthetically to form compound words.
- on consignment — the act of consigning.
- oncogeneticist — a medical specialist in oncogenesis
- operating cash — the amount of cash or money that a business generates
- operating cost — The operating cost of a business, or a piece of equipment or machinery is the amount of money that it costs to run it.
- osteogenically — By osteogenesis.