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12-letter words containing c, i, n, g

  • chitchatting — light conversation; casual talk; gossip.
  • chitterlings — the intestines of a pig or other animal prepared as a dish
  • chlorinating — Present participle of chlorinate.
  • christenings — Plural form of christening.
  • chronologies — Plural form of chronology.
  • chronologise — Alternative spelling of chronologize.
  • chronologist — a person versed in chronology.
  • chronologize — to arrange in an order determined by when events took place
  • cinema-going — regularly attending the cinema
  • cinematizing — Present participle of cinematize.
  • cip language — language> (CIP-L, Computer-aided Intuition-guided Programming Language) A wide-spectrum language for incremental program transformation. There are ALGOL- and Pascal-like variants.
  • circumcising — Present participle of circumcise.
  • circumfusing — Present participle of circumfuse.
  • cirl bunting — a European passerine bird Emberiza cirlus, of the bunting family Emberizidae
  • 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
  • cladogenesis — adaptive evolution leading to a greater variety of species
  • cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
  • clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
  • classloading — (computing, Java) The dynamic loading of classes into a virtual machine, as performed by a classloader.
  • clatteringly — With a clattering sound.
  • claw setting — a jewellery setting with clawlike prongs
  • clean eating — the practice of following a diet that contains only natural foods, and is low in sugar, salt, and fat
  • clean-living — having a wholesome lifestyle
  • clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
  • clickjacking — the practice of using a disguised hyperlink to direct an internet user to a website he or she does not wish to visit
  • 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.
  • cliffhanging — Present participle of cliffhang.
  • climbingfish — climbing perch.
  • closefitting — fitting tightly, esp. in such a way as to show the contours of the body
  • 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.
  • closing time — Closing time is the time when something such as a shop, library, or pub closes and people have to leave.
  • co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
  • coal-burning — fuelled by burning coal
  • coarse grain — granularity
  • cocarcinogen — a substance that can promote cancer when acting with other substances, but which does not promote cancer by itself
  • cockfighting — The sport (illegal in certain countries) of setting two cocks to fight each other. Fighting cocks often have had their legs fitted with metal spurs.
  • cockthrowing — the sport of knocking down, or killing, a cock that is tied to a post
  • code grinder — (jargon, abuse)   A suit-wearing minion of the sort hired in legion strength by banks and insurance companies in the Real World to implement payroll packages in RPG and other such unspeakable horrors. In its native habitat, the code grinder often removes the suit jacket to reveal an underplumage consisting of button-down shirt (starch optional) and a tie. In times of dire stress, the sleeves (if long) may be rolled up and the tie loosened about half an inch. It seldom helps. The code grinder's milieu is about as far from hackerdom as one can get and still touch a computer; the term connotes pity. Used of or to a hacker, this term is a really serious slur on the person's creative ability; it connotes a design style characterised by primitive technique, rule-boundedness, brute force and utter lack of imagination. Compare card walloper. Contrast real programmer.
  • code-sharing — a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another
  • coding sheet — a form on which a program is written
  • codling moth — a tortricid moth, Carpocapsa pomonella, the larvae of which are a pest of apples
  • cogeneration — the process of generating electricity and steam from the same power plant
  • cognoscitive — having the ability to know or discover: cognoscitive powers.
  • cohabitating — cohabit.
  • coin changer — a machine that gives change rapidly, as to a customer, typically operated by a manual keyboard and often used in association with a cash register.
  • coincidingly — So as to coincide.
  • coir matting — a floor covering or packing material made of coir
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