13-letter words containing c, g, e, l
- biotechnology — Biotechnology is the use of living parts such as cells or bacteria in industry and technology.
- birectangular — having two right angles.
- black english — the group of related dialects of American English spoken variously by many black people in the U.S.
- black margate — a grayish grunt, Anisotremus surinamensis, of the Atlantic Ocean from Florida to Brazil.
- blood glucose — Blood glucose is glucose (= a type of sugar) in the bloodstream.
- bone-chilling — extremely cold
- booking clerk — A booking clerk is a person who sells tickets, especially in a railway station.
- boolean logic — (logic) A logic based on Boolean algebra.
- boroglyceride — any compound containing boric acid and glycerol, used chiefly as an antiseptic.
- bottlenecking — a narrow entrance or passageway.
- brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- bullace grape — the thick-skinned musk-scented purple grape produced by this plant: used to make wine
- cable molding — a molding in the form of a rope.
- calf's tongue — a molding having pendent, tonguelike members in relief against a flat or molded surface.
- candle grease — the wax which is used in the manufacture of candles
- candlelighter — a person whose task it is to light candles
- candlewicking — a kind of embroidery used for a bedspread, tablecloth, or pillow cover, patterned with French knots of candlewick embroidery thread or yarn
- canon regular — a clergyman of certain religious communities following a monastic rule
- canonical age — the age specified by canon law when a person becomes eligible to participate in a certain rite or hold a certain office.
- cantilevering — Present participle of cantilever.
- cape marigold — any composite plant of the genus Dimorphotheca, having variously colored, daisylike flowers.
- capsule range — a small range of clothes by a particular designer, intended to be representative of the full range
- cardiomegalia — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- carnegie hall — a famous concert hall in New York (opened 1891); endowed by Andrew Carnegie
- carriage bolt — a round-headed bolt for timber, threaded along part of its shank, inserted into holes already drilled.
- cash dealings — transactions that are carried out using cash
- casting wheel — a wheel having on its circumference molds for receiving molten metal.
- catalog verse — verse made by compiling long lists of everyday objects, names, or events, united by a common theme and often didactic in tone.
- categorically — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
- categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
- categorizable — Capable of being categorized.
- cattle plague — rinderpest.
- ceiling price — the top price
- cellar fungus — a fungus, Coniophora puteana, that causes dry rot in timber.
- cellulose-gum — a white, water-soluble polymer derived from cellulose, used as a coating and sizing for paper and textiles, a stabilizer for various foods, and an appetite suppressor.
- central angle — an angle whose vertex is at the centre of a circle
- centrifugally — Away from a centre or axis.
- chaise longue — A chaise longue is a kind of sofa with only one arm and usually a back along half its length.
- chaise lounge — A chaise lounge is the same as a chaise longue.
- challengeable — a call or summons to engage in any contest, as of skill, strength, etc.
- challengingly — in a way that challenges or defies someone
- changeability — liable to change or to be changed; variable.
- changefulness — Propensity to change.
- charcoal grey — a very dark grey colour
- chargeability — that may or should be charged: chargeable duty.
- checkout girl — a female employee who works on a supermarket checkout
- chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
- chewing louse — See under louse (def 2).
- chicago style — a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble.