12-letter words containing c, i, r, g
- caricaturing — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- carlovingian — Carolingian
- carpentering — a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
- carriage dog — Dalmatian (sense 4)
- carriageable — (of a road, etc) able to be travelled in a carriage
- carriageways — Plural form of carriageway.
- carry weight — to be important, influential, etc.
- carryings-on — wild, extravagant, or immoral behavior
- carthaginian — of or relating to Carthage or its inhabitants
- cartographic — Of or pertaining to the making of maps.
- cartological — relating to cartology
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
- carving fork — a large, two-tined fork with a metal guard to protect the hand, used to hold meat in place as it is being carved
- categorially — in a manner relating to or involving categories
- categoricity — The quality of being categorical.
- categorising — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- categorizing — Present participle of categorize.
- caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
- ceiling rose — decorative plaster centrepiece
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- centralising — Present participle of centralise.
- centralizing — Present participle of centralize.
- centrifugate — the denser of the centrifuged materials.
- centrifuging — an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.
- chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.
- char-grilled — Char-grilled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
- charbroiling — Present participle of charbroil.
- charmingness — pleasing; delightful: a charming child.
- chauffeuring — Present participle of chauffeur.
- checkweigher — a person or machine that measures the weight of commodities on a production line or in a colliery
- cheerleading — the action or skill of a cheerleader.
- cheeseparing — penny-pinching; stingy
- chhattisgarh — a state of E central India, created from the SE part of Madhya Pradesh in 2000: consists of a hilly plateau, with extensive forests; agricultural. Capital: Raipur. Pop: 20 795 956 (2001). Area: 135 194 sq km (52 199 sq miles)
- chicago fire — a three-day fire in Chicago, Ill., in 1871 that largely destroyed the city and took several hundred lives.
- childbearing — Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.
- childcrowing — a disease which causes spasms of the vocal cords
- childrearing — the raising and parenting of children: Childrearing extends beyond simple guardianship to nurturing and guidance.
- chiliburgers — Plural form of chiliburger.
- chinning bar — a piece of equipment used for doing pull-ups
- chip carving — wood carving, usually executed with a knife and characterized by small incisions and simple geometrical patterns.
- chirognomist — someone who studies chirognomy
- chirographer — Alternative form of chirographist.
- chirographic — Of or relating to chirography.
- chirurgeonly — in the manner of a surgeon
- chitterlings — the intestines of a pig or other animal prepared as a dish
- chlorinating — Present participle of chlorinate.
- choreologist — a person who is expert in choreology
- chorographic — Relating to chorography.
- chorological — relating to the place where something can be found
- christenings — Plural form of christening.