9-letter words containing c, a, g, i
- collegial — of or relating to a college
- collegian — a current member of a college; student
- colligate — to connect or link together; tie; join
- combating — to fight or contend against; oppose vigorously: to combat crime.
- compagnie — company.
- comparing — Present participle of compare.
- concaving — curved like a segment of the interior of a circle or hollow sphere; hollow and curved. Compare convex (def 1).
- congenial — friendly, pleasant, or agreeable
- conjugial — A form of \"conjugal\" used by Swedenborg and his followers, used to distinguish their ideas about marital relations.
- contagion — Contagion is the spreading of a particular disease by someone touching another person who is already affected by the disease.
- contagium — the specific virus or other direct cause of any infectious disease
- copacking — The manufacture and packaging of a product under contract to a client (and having the client's name/brand on the packaging).
- corniglia — a group of five coastal villages (Monterosso al Mare, Vernazza, Corniglia, Manarola, and Riomaggiore) on the Ligurian Sea in NW Italy, near La Spezia.
- corrading — Present participle of corrade.
- corraling — Present participle of corral.
- costalgia — Pain in the ribs, or the costal muscles.
- cottaging — Cottaging is homosexual activity between men in public toilets.
- couraging — Present participle of courage.
- cousinage — a kinship or relationship
- crackling — the crisp browned skin of roast pork
- craggiest — Superlative form of craggy.
- craigavon — a district in central Northern Ireland, in Co Armagh. Pop: 57 685 (2001). Area: 279 sq km (108 sq miles)
- cratering — the process in which many craters are formed on a surface, as on a moon
- cravening — Present participle of craven.
- cravingly — With longing or craving.
- crayoning — Draw with a crayon or crayons.
- cremating — Present participle of cremate.
- crusading — campaigning
- curtilage — the enclosed area of land adjacent to a dwelling house
- dacoitage — (in India and Myanmar) a robbery by an armed gang or dacoit
- decamping — Present participle of decamp.
- decanting — to pour (wine or other liquid) gently so as not to disturb the sediment.
- deceasing — Present participle of decease.
- decigrams — Plural form of decigram.
- declaring — Present participle of declare.
- demagogic — If you say that someone such as a politician is demagogic, you are criticizing them because you think they try to win people's support by appealing to their emotions rather than using reasonable arguments.
- demiglace — A rich brown sauce used in French cuisine by itself or as a base for other sauces.
- descaling — Present participle of descale.
- detaching — Present participle of detach.
- diallagic — consisting of, containing, or resembling diallage
- dichogamy — the maturation of male and female parts of a flower at different times, preventing automatic self-pollination
- dictating — to say or read (something) aloud for another person to transcribe or for a machine to record: to dictate some letters to a secretary.
- digastric — (of a muscle) having two bellies with an intermediate tendon.
- digraphic — Of or pertaining to a digraph.
- discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
- disgraced — the loss of respect, honor, or esteem; ignominy; shame: the disgrace of criminals.
- disgracer — One who disgraces.
- disgraces — Plural form of disgrace.
- dogmatics — the study of the arrangement and statement of religious doctrines, especially of the doctrines received in and taught by the Christian church.
- dysphagic — difficulty in swallowing.