12-letter words containing c, i, r, g
- interdicting — Present participle of interdict.
- intergeneric — occurring between different genera.
- interglacial — occurring or formed between times of glacial action.
- interjecting — Present participle of interject.
- interlacings — Plural form of interlacing.
- interlocking — to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
- intersecting — Present participle of intersect.
- interspacing — Present participle of interspace.
- introjecting — Present participle of introject.
- invercargill — a city on S South Island, in New Zealand.
- irish gaelic — Irish (def 4).
- jackass brig — a two-masted sailing vessel square-rigged on the foremast with a fore-and-aft mainsail; brigantine.
- jaunting car — a light, two-wheeled, one-horse cart, once common in Ireland, having two seats set back to back, with a perch in front for the driver.
- jury-packing — the practice of contriving that the majority of those chosen for a jury will be persons likely to have partialities affecting a particular case.
- ketch-rigged — rigged in the manner of a ketch.
- king's color — a white ceremonial ensign with a royal cipher, flown on special occasions by the British Royal Navy.
- king's crown — a tropical American shrub, Justicia carnea, of the acanthus family, bearing clusters of tubular reddish flowers.
- ladder logic — (programming) Source code formatted in two columns with conditions on the left that lead to outputs on the right: if (c1) s1 else if (c2) s2 else if (c3) s3 ... (2007-03-15)
- landing card — an identification card issued to a traveler for presentation to the immigration authorities.
- latchstrings — Plural form of latchstring.
- lexicography — the writing, editing, or compiling of dictionaries.
- light-struck — (of a film or the like) damaged by accidental exposure to light.
- linear logic — (theory) A logic invented by Girard in 1987 that can be used in proofs related to resource usage.
- lithographic — Of, relating to, or produced by lithography.
- liturgically — of or relating to formal public worship or liturgies.
- locoregional — Restricted to a localized region of the body.
- logical form — the syntactic structure that may be shared by different expressions as abstracted from their content and articulated by the logical constants of a particular logical system, esp the structure of an argument by virtue of which it can be shown to be formally valid. Thus John is tall and thin, so John is tall has the same logical form as London is large and dirty, so London is large, namely P & Q, so P
- logocentrism — a method of literary analysis in which words and language are regarded as a fundamental expression of external reality, excluding nonlinguistic factors such as historical context.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- macroetching — to etch deeply into the surface of (a metal).
- macroglossia — Enlargement or hypertrophy of the tongue.
- magic carpet — flying rug in fantasy stories
- magic circle — the British association of magicians, traditionally forbidden to reveal any of the secrets of their art
- magic marker — felt-tip pen
- magic number — the atomic number or neutron number of an exceptionally stable nuclide.
- magic square — a square containing integers arranged in an equal number of rows and columns so that the sum of the integers in any row, column, or diagonal is the same.
- magistracies — Plural form of magistracy.
- mammographic — Of, or pertaining to, mammography.
- marconigraph — (dated) wireless telegraph.
- megalocardia — hypertrophy of the heart.
- mercy flight — an aircraft flight to bring a seriously ill or injured person to hospital from an isolated community
- metalorganic — (chemistry) organometallic.
- meteorologic — Relating to meteorology; meteorological.
- metrological — the science of weights and measures.
- microbiology — study of microorganisms
- microblogger — to post very short entries, as a brief update or a photo, on a blog or social media website: A lot of people were microblogging during the crisis.
- microbrewing — Small-scale commercial brewing, as carried out in a microbrewery.
- microcopying — the act of copying onto microfilm
- microecology — the ecology of a microhabitat.
- microfilming — Present participle of microfilm.