14-letter words containing u, g, a
- clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
- clouded magpie — a geometrid moth, Abraxas sylvata, that is paler than the magpie moth
- coastguardsman — Coast Guard (def 3).
- combat fatigue — a psychoneurotic condition characterized by anxiety, irritability, depression, etc., often occurring after prolonged combat in warfare
- commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
- compound sugar — any sugar that when hydrolyzed yields two or more monosaccharides.
- configuraholic — (jargon) A luser who twiddles with computer settings until it no longer works and must be fixed by the system administror.
- configurations — Plural form of configuration.
- conglobulation — the act of conglobing
- conglomerateur — a person who forms or leads a business conglomerate
- conglutinating — Present participle of conglutinate.
- conglutination — glued together; adhering.
- congratulating — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
- congratulation — the act of congratulating
- congratulatory — A congratulatory message expresses congratulations.
- 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
- consul general — a consul of the highest grade, usually stationed in a city of considerable commercial importance
- consular agent — a consul of one of the lower grades
- contagiousness — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
- cornucopia leg — a leg used on pieces in the Directoire and Empire styles, curving downward from the piece and curving upward again to a point and having a foot or caster at the lowest part of the curve.
- costume change — a change of costume by an actor
- counter-gambit — a countermove
- counterchanged — Exchanged.
- countercharged — Simple past tense and past participle of countercharge.
- countercharges — Plural form of countercharge.
- countermanding — Present participle of countermand.
- counterprogram — to schedule (a broadcast on radio or television) to compete with one on another station.
- 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
- countervailing — A countervailing force, power, or opinion is one which is of equal strength to another one but is its opposite or opposes it.
- courageousness — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
- courting chair — a chair or small upholstered sofa for two persons.
- crossing guard — school (crossing) guard
- cruising range — the distance an aircraft can fly before it needs to refuel
- cruising yacht — a yacht which is used for holiday trips
- cumberland gap — pass in the Cumberland Plateau, at the juncture of the Va., Ky., & Tenn. borders: c. 1,700 ft (518 m) high
- current rating — Current rating is the maximum current that a fuse will carry for an indefinite period without too much deterioration of the fuse element.
- cutting garden — a household flower garden planted solely for growing flowers that are to be cut and displayed indoors.
- cuyahoga falls — a city in NE Ohio, near Akron.
- cyanoguanidine — dicyandiamide.
- 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.
- daguerreotypes — Plural form of daguerreotype.
- daughterboards — Plural form of daughterboard.
- daughterliness — The quality of being daughterly.
- daylight hours — the hours when it is daylight
- demerara sugar — Demerara sugar is a type of brown sugar. It is made from sugar cane that is grown in the West Indies.
- dental surgeon — dentist who carries out surgery
- dental surgery — a place where a dentist can be consulted
- denuclearizing — Present participle of denuclearize.
- deoxyguanosine — (biochemistry) A deoxyribonucleoside related to guanosine.