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12-letter words containing a, r, c, e, g

  • ceramography — the study, analysis, and preparation of ceramic microstructures, usually for industrial use
  • chambersburg — a city in central Pennsylvania.
  • change color — to become pale
  • change front — to redeploy (a force in the field) so that its main weight of weapons points in another direction
  • change purse — A change purse is a very small bag that people, especially women, keep their money in.
  • change round — to place in or adopt a different or opposite position
  • change-maker — a person or thing that changes bills or coins for ones of smaller denominations.
  • changearound — the act of changing to a different position
  • chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.
  • char-grilled — Char-grilled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
  • charge nurse — A charge nurse is a nurse who is in charge of a hospital ward.
  • charge plate — an identification plate, especially one from which an impression can be taken, issued to a customer and used to make purchases on a credit basis.
  • charge sheet — a document on which a police officer enters details of the charge against a prisoner and the court in which he will appear
  • charlesbourg — city in S Quebec, Canada: pop. 71,000
  • charmingness — pleasing; delightful: a charming child.
  • chauffeuring — Present participle of chauffeur.
  • cheerleading — the action or skill of a cheerleader.
  • cheeseparing — penny-pinching; stingy
  • chew the rag — to converse idly; chat
  • chicago fire — a three-day fire in Chicago, Ill., in 1871 that largely destroyed the city and took several hundred lives.
  • childbearing — Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.
  • childrearing — the raising and parenting of children: Childrearing extends beyond simple guardianship to nurturing and guidance.
  • chirographer — Alternative form of chirographist.
  • chord change — a movement from one chord to another
  • choregrapher — Alt form choreographer.
  • choreographs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of choreograph.
  • choreography — Choreography is the inventing of steps and movements for ballets and other dances.
  • chorographer — Someone who desscribes a particular region or country.
  • chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
  • 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
  • cigar-shaped — resembling a cigar in shape
  • circle graph — pie chart.
  • circumgyrate — to cause (something) to move in a circular motion
  • citrangequat — A trigenic hybrid cross of two types of orange and a kumquat.
  • city manager — (in the US) an administrator hired by a municipal council to manage its affairs
  • clam diggers — casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
  • clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
  • clatteringly — With a clattering sound.
  • clean energy — energy, as electricity or nuclear power, that does not pollute the atmosphere when used, as opposed to coal and oil, that do.
  • clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
  • clearsighted — seeing clearly
  • cliff-hanger — a melodramatic or adventure serial in which each installment ends in suspense in order to interest the reader or viewer in the next installment.
  • cliffhangers — Plural form of cliffhanger.
  • 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.
  • coarse grain — granularity
  • coast ranges — series of mountain ranges along the W coast of North America, extending from Alas. to Baja California: highest peak, Mt. Logan
  • cobalt green — a medium, yellowish-green color.
  • cocarcinogen — a substance that can promote cancer when acting with other substances, but which does not promote cancer by itself
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