13-letter words containing l, g, u, c
- club together — If people club together to do something, they all give money towards the cost of it.
- coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
- coagulability — The ability to coagulate, of being coagulable.
- coco language — (language) (Cocol) A language for writing left-attributed LL1 grammars, used as the input language for the Coco LL1 parser generator, which produces Modula-2 table-driven parsers as output. Cocol-2 is a version for the Coco-2 generator. Cocol/R is an improvement over the original Cocol and Cocol-2.
- cold moulding — the production of moulded articles from resins that polymerize chemically
- colleagueship — workplace companionship
- college-bound — intending to go to college
- communalizing — Present participle of communalize.
- communicology — the study of communication.
- confabulating — Present participle of confabulate.
- confoundingly — in a confounding manner
- conglutinated — Simple past tense and past participle of conglutinate.
- conglutinator — an agent that conglutinates
- congratulable — worthy of congratulation
- congratulated — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
- congratulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of congratulate.
- conjugational — Of or pertaining to conjugation.
- consanguineal — having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood.
- control group — any group used as a control in a statistical experiment, esp a group of patients who receive either a placebo or a standard drug during an investigation of the effects of another drug on other patients
- coolidge tube — a cathode ray tube, used for x-ray production, in which a beam of thermoelectrons is produced by heating a wire cathode.
- coralligenous — producing coral
- cottage tulip — a late-flowering type of tulip, usually having pointed or elongated flowers.
- crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
- cucking stool — stool in which suspected witches were tested
- cunnilinguist — One who gives cunnilingus.
- cupping glass — a glass vessel from which air can be removed by suction or heat to create a partial vacuum: formerly used in drawing blood to the surface of the skin for slow bloodletting
- curling irons — a metal scissor-like device that is heated, so that strands of hair may be twined around it in order to form curls
- curling stone — a large, heavy, ellipsoidal stone or a similar object made of iron, usually having one rough side and one smooth side with a hole in the center of each for screwing in a handle by which the stone is released, for use in the game of curling.
- curling tongs — a metal scissor-like device that is heated, so that strands of hair may be twined around it in order to form curls
- cutting fluid — a liquid or gas for cooling or lubricating a cutting tool and a piece of work at their point of contact.
- cyberbullying — Cyberbullying is the use of the Internet to frighten or upset someone, usually by sending them unpleasant messages.
- cycle drought — A scarcity of cycles. It may be due to a cycle crunch, but it could also occur because part of the computer is temporarily not working, leaving fewer cycles to go around. "The high moby is down, so we're running with only half the usual amount of memory. There will be a cycle drought until it's fixed."
- dabbling duck — any of numerous shallow-water ducks, especially of the genus Anas, that typically feed by upending and dabbling (contrasted with diving duck).
- daughter cell — either of the two cells that result from the division of a cell, as in mitosis
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- dextroglucose — dextrose
- disgracefully — In a disgraceful manner.
- double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
- douglas scale — an international scale of sea disturbance and swell ranging from 0 to 9 with one figure for disturbance and one for swell
- dramaturgical — the craft or the techniques of dramatic composition.
- duck-egg blue — a pale greenish-blue colour
- ducking stool — a former instrument of punishment consisting of a chair in which an offender was tied to be plunged into water.
- due diligence — the degree of care that is to be reasonably expected or that is legally required, esp. of persons giving professional advice
- due-diligence — reasonable care and caution exercised by a person who is buying, selling, giving professional advice, etc., especially as required by law to protect against incurring liability: The court said there was due diligence on the part of the plaintiff.
- electrocuting — Present participle of electrocute.
- encapsulating — Present participle of encapsulate.
- encourageable — Able to be encouraged; suggestible.
- encouragingly — In an encouraging manner.
- enculturating — Present participle of enculturate.
- equivalencing — Present participle of equivalence.