12-letter words containing c, i, r, g
- single track — a single pair of lines so that trains can travel in only one direction at a time
- single-cross — a cross between two inbred lines.
- single-track — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- sleeping car — a railroad car fitted with berths, compartments, bedrooms, or drawing rooms for passengers to sleep in.
- sociographic — the branch of sociology that uses statistical data to describe social phenomena.
- sorting code — a sequence of numbers printed on a cheque or embossed on a bank or building-society card that identifies the branch holding the account
- sphragistics — the scientific study of seals or signet rings.
- spring catch — a catch for an interior or cabinet door that has a bolt operated by a spring.
- spring vetch — any of several mostly climbing plants belonging to the genus Vicia, of the legume family, having pinnate leaves ending in tendrils and bearing pealike flowers, especially V. sativa (spring vetch) cultivated for forage and soil improvement.
- spring-clean — to subject (a place) to a spring-cleaning.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- stick figure — a diagrammatic drawing representing a human or animal, usually made with one line each for the torso and appendages, and often a circle for the head.
- stockbroking — business of buying and selling stock
- straightneck — a variety of summer squash related to the crookneck but not having a recurved neck.
- stringcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- stringencies — stringent character or condition: the stringency of poverty.
- stylographic — of or relating to a stylograph.
- submicrogram — containing or relating to a mass of less than one microgram
- sugarcoating — the act or process of covering something with sugar.
- sunscreening — the use of sunscreens
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- superglacial — on the surface of a glacier.
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- surf casting — the act, technique, or sport of fishing by casting from the shoreline into the sea, usually using heavy-duty tackle.
- switch grass — a North American grass, Panicum virgatum, having an open, branching inflorescence.
- synergically — in a synergic manner
- target price — anticipated retail cost
- telergically — in a telergic manner
- thaumaturgic — pertaining to a thaumaturge or to thaumaturgy.
- torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
- tracing tape — (on a building site) one of several lines stretched between batter boards to outline the foundations.
- track racing — a form of motorcycle racing where teams or individuals race opponents around an oval track
- trading card — one of a set of small cards, as one depicting professional athletes, either sold separately or included as a premium with packages of bubblegum or the like, collected and traded, especially by children.
- traffic sign — notice to vehicles
- tragi-comedy — A tragi-comedy is a play or other written work that is both sad and amusing.
- tragic irony — dramatic irony in tragic drama.
- tragicalness — the quality or state of being tragic
- tragicomical — a dramatic or other literary composition combining elements of both tragedy and comedy.
- transcending — to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
- tribological — relating to tribology
- trichogramma — any minute wasp of the genus Trichogramma, comprising a beneficial group of chalcidflies that parasitize the eggs of a variety of insect pests.
- trichologist — the science dealing with the study of the hair and its diseases.
- trick ending — an ending of a story or play, etc., that employs a surprise element or character to resolve the plot.
- trick riding — the performance of tricks on horseback
- trickstering — the practice of playing tricks
- triglyceride — an ester obtained from glycerol by the esterification of three hydroxyl groups with fatty acids, naturally occurring in animal and vegetable tissues: an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body.
- trigrammatic — relating to a trigram
- truck racing — a motor sport in which powerful trucks, without their containers, are raced around a circuit
- turf dancing — a fluid style of street-dancing originating in the Bay Area of San Francisco, California
- twitch grass — couch grass.