12-letter words containing a, r, c, i, n, g
- drawing card — a person who or thing that attracts attention or patrons.
- dry-cleaning — Dry-cleaning is the action or work of dry-cleaning things such as clothes.
- ear piercing — hole in ear for jewellery
- ear-piercing — extremely harsh and irritating to the ear: ear-piercing noise.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- entrancingly — In an entrancing manner.
- ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
- everchanging — Which changes frequently and, presumably, will continue to do so forever.
- eviscerating — Present participle of eviscerate.
- exacerbating — Present participle of exacerbate.
- excruciating — Intensely painful.
- far-reaching — extending far in influence, effect, etc.: the far-reaching effect of his speech.
- flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
- free coinage — the unrestricted coinage of bullion or of a specified metal, as silver, into money for any person bringing it to the mint, either with or without charge for minting.
- fricasseeing — Present participle of fricassee.
- garrison cap — overseas cap.
- gas cylinder — container for storing gas
- gastric band — A gastric band is a device that is fitted inside someone's stomach to make it smaller in order to help them lose weight.
- gastrocnemii — Plural form of gastrocnemius.
- gastronomics — the cooking style typical of a region or country
- gatecrashing — Present participle of gatecrash.
- generation c — the people who create and publish material such as blogs, podcasts, videos, etc, on the internet
- generatrices — Plural form of generatrix.
- generic name — non-brand name of a product
- geocentrical — Alternative form of geocentric.
- geometrician — a person skilled in geometry.
- geraniaceous — belonging to the Geraniaceae, the geranium family of plants.
- geriatrician — the branch of medicine dealing with the diseases, debilities, and care of aged persons.
- get cracking — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- giant garlic — an Asian plant, Allium giganteum, of the amaryllis family, having a large, dense, round cluster of lilac-colored flowers, grown as an ornamental.
- glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
- gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
- graciousness — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
- gran canaria — one of the Canary Islands, in the central part. 650 sq. mi. (1685 sq. km). Capital: Las Palmas.
- grand siècle — the 17th century in French art and literature, esp the classical period of Louis XIV
- granite city — a city in SW Illinois, near St. Louis, Missouri.
- granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
- graphophonic — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
- graving dock — an excavated shore dry dock for the repair and maintenance of ships.
- grecian bend — (especially in the late 19th century) a posture or walk, often considered fashionable, in which the body is bent forward from the waist.
- greenbackism — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
- gun carriage — the structure on which a gun is mounted or moved and from which it is fired.
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
- haircoloring — dye or tint for the hair.
- handcrafting — Present participle of handcraft.
- havana cigar — any of various cigars hand rolled in Cuba, known esp for their high quality
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.