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12-letter words containing a, g, r, n

  • braunschweig — Brunswick
  • breadwinning — a person who earns a livelihood, especially one who also supports dependents.
  • break ground — to do something that has not been done before
  • breakdancing — a type of vigorous dance
  • breathtaking — If you say that something is breathtaking, you are emphasizing that it is extremely beautiful or amazing.
  • bring action — to start a lawsuit
  • bring around — If you bring someone around when they are unconscious, you make them become conscious again.
  • bring to bay — to force into a position from which retreat is impossible
  • broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
  • brooks range — a mountain range in N Alaska. Highest peak: Mount Isto, 2761 m (9058 ft)
  • brown bag it — to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.
  • brown bagger — to bring (one's own liquor) to a restaurant or club, especially one that has no liquor license.
  • buccaneering — If you describe someone as buccaneering, you mean that they enjoy being involved in risky or even dishonest activities, especially in order to make money.
  • bumping race — (esp at Oxford and Cambridge) a race in which rowing eights start an equal distance one behind the other and each tries to bump the boat in front
  • burning ghat — a platform at the top of a riverside ghat where Hindus cremate their dead.
  • burnt orange — of a dark orange colour, sometimes due to calcination of orange pigment
  • by and large — You use by and large to indicate that a statement is mostly but not completely true.
  • calling card — A calling card is a small card with personal information about you on it, such as your name and address, which you can give to people when you go to visit them.
  • camp springs — a city in central Maryland, near Washington, D.C.
  • camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
  • campo grande — a city in SW Brazil, capital of Mato Grosso do Sul state on the São Paulo–Corumbá railway: market centre. Pop: 746 000 (2005 est)
  • canary grass — any of various grasses of the genus Phalaris, esp P. canariensis, that is native to Europe and N Africa and has straw-coloured seeds used as birdseed
  • candygrammar — (language)   A programming-language grammar that is mostly syntactic sugar; a play on "candygram". COBOL, Apple Computer's Hypertalk language, and many 4GLs share this property. The intent is to be as English-like as possible and thus easier for unskilled people to program. However, syntax isn't what makes programming hard; it's the mental effort and organisation required to specify an algorithm precisely. Thus "candygrammar" languages are just as difficult to program in, and far more painful for the experienced hacker.
  • cantabrigian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Cambridge or Cambridge University, or of Cambridge, Massachusetts, or Harvard University
  • canting arms — a coat of arms making visual reference to the surname of its owner
  • canyoneering — (US) Canyoning, a hybrid outdoor sport involving the traversal of river canyons.
  • caparisoning — Present participle of caparison.
  • caramelizing — Present participle of caramelize.
  • carbonadoing — Present participle of carbonado.
  • carcinogenic — A substance that is carcinogenic is likely to cause cancer.
  • card surfing — a form of cash-card fraud in which one person watches another using a cash dispenser, notes his or her personal identification number, and, after an accomplice has stolen the card, uses the card to withdraw cash
  • cardigan bay — an inlet of St George's Channel, on the W coast of Wales
  • caricaturing — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
  • carlovingian — Carolingian
  • carpentering — a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
  • carpetmonger — a person who frequently visits women's boudoirs
  • carry-on bag — a small bag that is taken inside an aircraft by hand personally by a passenger
  • carryings-on — wild, extravagant, or immoral behavior
  • carthaginian — of or relating to Carthage or its inhabitants
  • cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
  • 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
  • caster angle — the forward or backward tilt of the steering axis in a vehicle, when considered from the side
  • categorising — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
  • categorizing — Present participle of categorize.
  • caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
  • center stage — If something or someone takes center stage, they become very important or noticeable.
  • centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
  • centralising — Present participle of centralise.
  • centralizing — Present participle of centralize.
  • centre stage — If something or someone takes centre stage, they become very important or noticeable.
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