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15-letter words containing c, o, u, g

  • program picture — a motion picture produced on a low budget, usually shown as the second film of a double feature.
  • programme music — music that is intended to depict or evoke a scene or idea
  • pseudopregnancy — Pathology, Veterinary Pathology. false pregnancy.
  • public offering — a sale of a new issue of securities to the general public through a managing underwriter (opposed to private placement): required to be registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
  • puffin crossing — a UK pedestrian road crossing with traffic lights signalling red to stop the traffic flow when pedestrians are seen on the crossing by infrared detectors. The green signal reappears when no pedestrians are seen on the crossing
  • reconfiguration — to change the shape or formation of; remodel; restructure.
  • reference group — a group with which an individual identifies and whose values the individual accepts as guiding principles.
  • rhyming couplet — a pair of lines in poetry that rhyme and usually have the same rhythm
  • rightabout-face — a turning directly about so as to face in the opposite direction
  • robert guiscard — Robert [French raw-ber] /French rɔˈbɛr/ (Show IPA), (Robert de Hauteville) c1015–85, Norman conqueror in Italy.
  • rubbing alcohol — a poisonous solution of about 70 percent isopropyl or denatured ethyl alcohol, usually containing a perfume oil, used chiefly in massaging.
  • rural sociology — the sociological study of life in rural areas and the effects of ruralization.
  • sauce espagnole — brown sauce.
  • sauvignon blanc — a white grape grown primarily in France and California.
  • savings account — a bank account on which interest is paid, traditionally one for which a bankbook is used to record deposits, withdrawals, and interest payments.
  • school-gate mum — a young family-oriented working mother, considered by political parties as forming a significant part of the electorate
  • scrounge around — to borrow (a small amount or item) with no intention of repaying or returning it: to scrounge a cigarette.
  • sebaceous gland — any of the cutaneous glands that secrete oily matter for lubricating hair and skin.
  • second language — a language learned by a person after his or her native language, especially as a resident of an area where it is in general use.
  • second thoughts — Often, second thoughts. reservation about a previous action, position, decision, judgment, or the like: He had second thoughts about his decision.
  • secondary group — a group of people with whom one's contacts are detached and impersonal.
  • secundogeniture — the state of being the second born child
  • securicor guard — a guard who works for Securicor
  • self-renouncing — to give up or put aside voluntarily: to renounce worldly pleasures.
  • shoulder charge — an instance of a player charging into another so that there is contact between their shoulders (permissible in some circumstances)
  • sleeve coupling — a cylinder joining the ends of two lengths of shafting or pipe.
  • sounding rocket — a rocket equipped with instruments for making meteorological observations in the upper atmosphere.
  • source language — the language in which a text appears that is to be translated into another language. Compare target language (def 1).
  • southern gothic — a literary genre depicting life in the southern US and featuring grotesque themes and imagery
  • star of courage — a Canadian award for bravery
  • steering column — the shaft that connects the steering wheel to the steering gear assembly of an automotive vehicle.
  • stumbling block — an obstacle or hindrance to progress, belief, or understanding.
  • subject catalog — a catalog having entries listed by subject only.
  • sugarcane borer — the larva of the pyralid moth, Diatraea saccharalis, a serious pest of sugarcane, corn, rice, and sorghums.
  • suicide bombing — a terrorist bomb attack in which the perpetrator knows that he or she will be killed in the explosion
  • surge protector — a small device to protect a computer, telephone, television set, or the like from damage by high-voltage electrical surges.
  • symmetric group — the group of all permutations of a finite set.
  • synectics group — a group of people of varied background that meets to attempt creative solutions of problems through the unrestricted exercise of imagination and the correlation of disparate elements.
  • thought process — thinking, train of thought
  • through traffic — traffic which continues on a road or highway rather than crossing onto a different road
  • tongue in cheek — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
  • tongue-in-cheek — Anatomy. the usually movable organ in the floor of the mouth in humans and most vertebrates, functioning in eating, in tasting, and, in humans, in speaking.
  • toucan crossing — a place where people who are walking and cyclists can both cross a busy road together. They press a button at the side of the road, which operates traffic lights to stop the traffic
  • trading account — an account similar to a traditional bank account, holding cash and securities, and administered by an investment dealer
  • training course — practical programme of study
  • traumatological — relating to traumatology
  • unaccommodating — easy to deal with; eager to help or please; obliging.
  • uncategorizable — not able to be categorized or placed into a category
  • unchoreographed — not choreographed; not pre-arranged or pre-prepared; unplanned
  • unchronological — arranged in the order of time: a chronological list of events.
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