12-letter words containing a, n, g, i, o, s
- caenogenesis — the development of structures and organs in an embryo or larva that are adaptations to its way of life and are not retained in the adult form
- caliginosity — darkness
- caparisoning — Present participle of caparison.
- carryings-on — wild, extravagant, or immoral behavior
- castigations — Plural form of castigation.
- casting vote — When a committee has given an equal number of votes for and against a proposal, the chairperson can give a casting vote. This vote decides whether or not the proposal will be passed.
- categorising — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- cladogenesis — adaptive evolution leading to a greater variety of species
- classloading — (computing, Java) The dynamic loading of classes into a virtual machine, as performed by a classloader.
- closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
- closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
- coarse grain — granularity
- code-sharing — a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another
- compensating — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
- complainings — complaints
- confiscating — Present participle of confiscate.
- congelations — Plural form of congelation.
- conjugations — Plural form of conjugation.
- consanguined — Of kindred blood; related.
- consecrating — Present participle of consecrate.
- conservating — Present participle of conservate.
- consignation — to banish or set apart in one's mind; relegate: to consign unpleasant thoughts to oblivion.
- consignatory — a cosignatory
- consociating — Present participle of consociate.
- constipating — to cause constipation in; make costive.
- constraining — Present participle of constrain.
- consummating — Present participle of consummate.
- contagionist — a person who, before conclusive proof is available, maintains that certain diseases are contagious
- contagiously — capable of being transmitted by bodily contact with an infected person or object: contagious diseases.
- convalescing — to recover health and strength after illness; make progress toward recovery of health.
- conversating — to have a conversation; converse; talk.
- cooking salt — a type of salt used in cooking
- corrugations — the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
- corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
- cosmogonical — Of or pertaining to cosmogony.
- craniologist — the science that deals with the size, shape, and other characteristics of human skulls.
- crimson flag — a southern African plant, Schizostylis coccinea, of the iris family, having tubular red flowers.
- cross-dating — a method of dating objects, remains, etc, by comparison and correlation with other sites and levels
- crossbanding — a veneer border, as on furniture, with its grain at right angles to the grain of the adjacent wood
- crossbarring — stripes, esp those of an animal
- crossgrained — Alternative form of cross-grained.
- cyanogenesis — the release by certain plants, such as cherry laurel, of hydrogen cyanide, esp after wounding or invasion by pathogens
- degradations — Plural form of degradation.
- demoralising — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.
- denigrations — Plural form of denigration.
- designations — Plural form of designation.
- desolatingly — in a way that desolates, in a desolating fashion
- digitisation — The conversion of data from analog to digital or binary.
- digressional — Pertaining to, or having the character of, a digression; departing from the main purpose or subject.