12-letter words containing a, s, c, o, g
- cladogenesis — adaptive evolution leading to a greater variety of species
- clangorously — In a clangorous manner; ringingly.
- classloading — (computing, Java) The dynamic loading of classes into a virtual machine, as performed by a classloader.
- cleistogamic — Alternative form of cleistogamous.
- 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
- coast ranges — series of mountain ranges along the W coast of North America, extending from Alas. to Baja California: highest peak, Mt. Logan
- code-sharing — a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another
- cogenerators — Plural form of cogenerator.
- cold storage — If something such as food is put in cold storage, it is kept in an artificially-cooled place in order to preserve it.
- collagenases — Plural form of collagenase.
- collegialism — the theory that the church's highest authority is its collective membership
- collegiates' — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
- 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.
- console game — a video game requiring the use of a games console
- 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
- coprophagist — a person who eats excrement
- coprophagous — (esp of certain beetles) feeding on dung
- coral fungus — any of a group of brightly colored fungi having erect, branching fruiting bodies that resemble coral.
- coral gables — a city in SE Florida, near Miami.
- core storage — a kind of computer memory consisting of storage units made of ferromagnetic rings
- coronagraphs — Plural form of coronagraph.
- corrugations — the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
- corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
- cosmogonical — Of or pertaining to cosmogony.
- cosmographer — (astrophysics) A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.
- cosmographic — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- cosmological — the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin and general structure of the universe, with its parts, elements, and laws, and especially with such of its characteristics as space, time, causality, and freedom.
- cotton grass — any of various N temperate and arctic grasslike bog plants of the cyperaceous genus Eriophorum, whose clusters of long silky hairs resemble cotton tufts
- courageously — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
- 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.