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13-letter words containing s, o, g, a

  • boutros-ghali — ˈBoutros (ˈbutroʊs ) ; bo̅oˈtrōs) 1922- ; Egypt. diplomat: secretary-general of the United Nations (1992-96)
  • boys' brigade — (in Britain) an organization for boys, founded in 1883, with the aim of promoting discipline and self-respect
  • braggadocious — boastful
  • brain surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in brain surgery
  • brainstorming — intensive discussion to solve problems or generate ideas
  • branded goods — goods that are identifiable as being the product of a particular manufacturer or marketing company
  • brassfounding — the practice of making things from brass
  • breakthroughs — a military movement or advance all the way through and beyond an enemy's front-line defense.
  • bring to pass — to cause to happen
  • buffalo grass — a short grass, Buchloë dactyloides, growing on the dry plains of the central US
  • buffalo wings — spicy fried segments of chicken wings, usually served with celery sticks and a sauce of blue cheese
  • burglariously — in the manner of a burglar or buglary
  • cache storage — cache (def 3).
  • calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
  • campanologist — the principles or art of making bells, bell ringing, etc.
  • camping stool — a stool which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
  • camping stove — a portable stove powered by butane gas canisters, designed to be used for cooking while camping
  • capital goods — Capital goods are used to make other products. Compare consumer goods.
  • carcinologist — a person who specializes in carcinology
  • cardiologists — Plural form of cardiologist.
  • cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
  • cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
  • cartographers — Plural form of cartographer.
  • cash holdings — the assets that you hold in ready cash, as opposed to property, shares, bonds, etc
  • casting couch — a couch on which a casting director is said to seduce women seeking a part in a film or play
  • catalog verse — verse made by compiling long lists of everyday objects, names, or events, united by a common theme and often didactic in tone.
  • categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
  • chaise longue — A chaise longue is a kind of sofa with only one arm and usually a back along half its length.
  • chaise lounge — A chaise lounge is the same as a chaise longue.
  • chang tso-lin — 1873–1928, Chinese general: military ruler of Manchuria 1918–28.
  • charing cross — a district of London, in the city of Westminster: the modern cross (1863) in front of Charing Cross railway station replaces the one erected by Edward I (1290), the last of twelve marking the route of the funeral procession of his queen, Eleanor
  • chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
  • chicago steak — a strip steak or, sometimes, a shell steak.
  • chicago style — a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble.
  • chirographist — a person who studies or who is knowledgeable about handwriting styles
  • chromatograms — Plural form of chromatogram.
  • cinema goers' — filmgoer.
  • clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • cleistogamous — having small, unopened, self-pollinating flowers, usually in addition to the showier flowers
  • climatologist — A climatologist is someone who studies climates.
  • close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
  • coarsegrained — having a coarse texture
  • coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
  • cocarcinogens — Plural form of cocarcinogen.
  • colleagueship — workplace companionship
  • collieshangie — a quarrel
  • colostomy bag — a bag that is attached to the surgical opening from the colon onto the surface of the body and into which faecal matter passes
  • commiserating — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
  • compsognathus — any bipedal carnivorous dinosaur of the genus Compsognathus, of late Jurassic age, having a slender body that reached a length of 30 inches (76 cm).
  • congenialness — The state or quality of being congenial.
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