14-letter words containing s, i, e, g, c
- cinnamon sedge — an angler's name for a small caddis fly, Limnephilus lunatus, having pale hind wings, that frequents sluggish water
- cisalpine gaul — (in the ancient world) that part of Gaul between the Alps and the Apennines
- citrus heights — a city in central California, near Sacramento.
- clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
- clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
- clingmans dome — mountain on the Tenn.-N.C. border; highest peak of the Great Smoky Mountains: 6,642 ft (2,024 m)
- cloister garth — garth (def 1).
- closed gentian — any of several North American plants (genus Gentiana) with dark-blue, closed, tubular flowers
- clustergeeking — (jargon) /kluh'st*r-gee"king/ (CMU) Spending more time at a computer cluster doing CS homework than most people spend breathing.
- co-religionist — A person's co-religionists are people who have the same religion.
- coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
- code-switching — Linguistics. the alternating or mixed use of two or more languages, especially within the same discourse: My grandma’s code-switching when we cook together reminds me of my family's origins. Bilingual students are discouraged from code-switching during class.
- cogswell chair — an armchair having a fixed, sloping back, open sides, and cabriole legs.
- coinvestigator — a fellow investigator
- colonial goose — an old-fashioned name for stuffed roast mutton
- commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
- conjugate axis — the axis of a hyperbola perpendicular to the transverse axis at a point equidistant from the foci.
- consanguineous — having the same ancestor; closely related
- contagiousness — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
- contemporising — to place in or regard as belonging to the same age or time.
- contiguousness — The state or quality of being contiguous.
- convincingness — The state or quality of being convincing.
- cooling system — a system which cools something such as a building or engine
- coppersmithing — The work of a coppersmith; the forging of copper.
- coreligionists — Plural form of coreligionist.
- cosmetological — the art or profession of applying cosmetics.
- cosmetologists — Plural form of cosmetologist.
- counterpoising — Present participle of counterpoise.
- countershading — (in the coloration of certain animals) a pattern, serving as camouflage, in which dark colours occur on parts of the body exposed to the light and pale colours on parts in the shade
- countersigning — Present participle of countersign.
- countersinking — Present participle of countersink.
- counterweights — Plural form of counterweight.
- counting house — a room or building used by the accountants of a business
- country singer — a singer of country and western music
- courtesy light — the interior light in a motor vehicle
- credit charges — the charges applied by credit card companies to customers buying goods on credit
- creeping jesus — an obsequious or servile person
- creme anglaise — a custardlike cream sauce, often flavored with vanilla, served with fresh fruit, rich chocolate desserts, etc.
- cross-breeding — the process of causing animals to mate with another species, or of causing plants to reproduce with another species
- cross-dressing — the wearing of clothes normally associated with the opposite sex
- cross-indexing — to provide with cross references or with a cross-referenced index.
- cruiserweights — Plural form of cruiserweight.
- cruising range — the distance an aircraft can fly before it needs to refuel
- cruising speed — the speed at which a ship, car, or aircraft travels most efficiently
- cryopreserving — Present participle of cryopreserve.
- cuprotungstite — (mineral) A tetragonal mineral containing copper, hydrogen, oxygen, and tungsten.
- cybersquatting — Cybersquatting involves buying an Internet domain name that might be wanted by another person, business, or organization with the intention of selling it to them and making a profit.