12-letter words containing a, g, i, o, r
- carcinogenic — A substance that is carcinogenic is likely to cause cancer.
- cardiographs — Plural form of cardiograph.
- cardiography — electrocardiograph.
- cardiologist — A cardiologist is a doctor who specializes in the heart and its diseases.
- cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- cardioplegia — deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out
- carlovingian — Carolingian
- carriage dog — Dalmatian (sense 4)
- carryings-on — wild, extravagant, or immoral behavior
- cartographic — Of or pertaining to the making of maps.
- cartological — relating to cartology
- carving fork — a large, two-tined fork with a metal guard to protect the hand, used to hold meat in place as it is being carved
- categorially — in a manner relating to or involving categories
- categoricity — The quality of being categorical.
- categorising — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- categorizing — Present participle of categorize.
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- charbroiling — Present participle of charbroil.
- chicago fire — a three-day fire in Chicago, Ill., in 1871 that largely destroyed the city and took several hundred lives.
- chirographer — Alternative form of chirographist.
- chirographic — Of or relating to chirography.
- chlorinating — Present participle of chlorinate.
- chorographic — Relating to chorography.
- chorological — relating to the place where something can be found
- cigar flower — the common name for a small, shrubby plant, Cuphea ignea, of the loosestrife family, native to Mexico and Jamaica, grown as an ornamental and houseplant: named for its red tubular flowers that resemble cigars.
- cigar holder — a mouthpiece of wood, ivory, etc, used for holding a cigar while it is smoked
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
- co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
- coal-burning — fuelled by burning coal
- coarse grain — granularity
- cocarcinogen — a substance that can promote cancer when acting with other substances, but which does not promote cancer by itself
- code-sharing — a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another
- cogeneration — the process of generating electricity and steam from the same power plant
- coin changer — a machine that gives change rapidly, as to a customer, typically operated by a manual keyboard and often used in association with a cash register.
- coir matting — a floor covering or packing material made of coir
- compurgation — (formerly) a method of trial whereby a defendant might be acquitted if a sufficient number of persons swore to his innocence
- configurable — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- configurated — to give a configuration, form, or design to.
- configurator — an item of software that enables or assists in the configuration of a product
- congenerical — congeneric
- congregating — Present participle of congregate.
- congregation — The people who are attending a church service or who regularly attend a church service are referred to as the congregation.
- congruential — (mathematics) That uses congruency (division by a modulus).
- consecrating — Present participle of consecrate.
- conservating — Present participle of conservate.
- consignatory — a cosignatory
- constraining — Present participle of constrain.
- contravening — to come or be in conflict with; go or act against; deny or oppose: to contravene a statement.
- conversating — to have a conversation; converse; talk.