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15-letter words containing a, s, g, e

  • cartridge brass — brass composed of about 70 percent copper and 30 percent zinc.
  • cassini-huygens — a NASA-ESA spacecraft launched in 1997 to study Saturn and its moons; Cassini entered orbit around the planet in 2004 and released the Huygens probe which landed on Titan in 2005
  • castel gandolfo — a village in central Italy, 15 miles (24 km) SE of Rome: papal palace serving as the summer residence of the pope.
  • categoricalness — The quality of being categorical, positive, or absolute.
  • categorisations — Plural form of categorisation.
  • categorizations — Plural form of categorization.
  • cathedral glass — a semitransparent sheet of rolled glass having a decorative pattern.
  • celestial globe — a spherical model of the celestial sphere showing the relative positions of stars, constellations, etc
  • centipede grass — a slow-growing grass, Eremochloa ophiuroides, introduced into the U.S. from China and used for lawns in warm areas.
  • central casting — a nominal casting agency that delivers stereotypes to films or, figuratively, to real life situations
  • chagas' disease — a form of trypanosomiasis found in South America, caused by the protozoan Trypanosoma cruzi, characterized by fever and, often, inflammation of the heart muscles
  • champagne glass — a glass for drinking champagne, either a glass with a wide mouth and a roughly triangular shape or a tall flute
  • channel surfing — to change from one channel on a television set to another with great or unusual frequency, especially by using a remote control.
  • channel-surfing — Channel-surfing is the same as channel-hopping.
  • charles babbage — Charles, 1792–1871, English mathematician: invented the precursor of the modern computer.
  • charles doughty — Charles Montagu [mon-tuh-gyoo] /ˈmɒn təˌgyu/ (Show IPA), 1843–1926, English traveler and writer.
  • chiang kai-shek — original name Chiang Chung-cheng, 1887–1975, Chinese general: president of China (1928–31; 1943–49) and of the Republic of China (Taiwan) (1950–75). As chairman of the Kuomintang, he allied with the Communists against the Japanese (1937–45), but in the Civil War that followed was forced to withdraw to Taiwan after his defeat by the Communists (1949)
  • chicago heights — a city in NE Illinois, S of Chicago.
  • chinese cabbage — a Chinese plant, Brassica pekinensis, that is related to the cabbage and has crisp edible leaves growing in a loose cylindrical head
  • 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
  • circumnavigates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of circumnavigate.
  • classical greek — the form of Greek used in classical literature, especially the literary Attic Greek of the 5th and 4th centuries b.c.
  • cleavage-planes — the act of cleaving or splitting.
  • cleistogamously — in a cleistogamous manner
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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.
  • 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
  • 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
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