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13-letter words containing c, l, i, n, o, g

  • clear-coating — an automotive painting technique in which a coating of clear lacquer or other synthetic liquid is applied over the base color to enhance the shine and durability of the paint.
  • clearing loan — a bank loan to finance the purchase of securities which is repayable within the calendar day on which it is made.
  • clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • climbing iron — either of a pair of metal frames with spikes that may be strapped over footgear, on the inside of the leg to aid in climbing trees, public utility poles, etc.
  • climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
  • clinodiagonal — the diagonal axis of a monoclinic crystal
  • clonogenicity — (uncountable) The ability of a cell to form clones.
  • close-fitting — Close-fitting clothes fit tightly and show the shape of your body.
  • close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
  • closing costs — fees paid when buying a house
  • closing error — the amount by which a closed traverse fails to satisfy the requirements of a true mathematical figure, as the length of line joining the true and computed position of the same point.
  • closing price — On the stock exchange, the closing price of a share is its price at the end of a day's business.
  • cloth binding — a type of binding in which a book is bound in stiff boards covered with cloth
  • cloud seeding — any technique of adding material to a cloud to alter its natural development, usually to increase or obtain precipitation.
  • coachbuilding — the manufacture of bodies for cars, buses, and coaches
  • coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
  • coat-trailing — provocative or contentious writing, speech, behavior, etc.
  • cobelligerent — a country fighting in a war on the side of another country
  • cobol fingers — (jargon)   /koh'bol fing'grz/ Reported from Sweden, a hypothetical disease one might get from coding in COBOL. The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see candygrammar); thus it is alleged that programming too much in COBOL causes one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless typing.
  • cold moulding — the production of moulded articles from resins that polymerize chemically
  • collaborating — to work, one with another; cooperate, as on a literary work: They collaborated on a novel.
  • collieshangie — a quarrel
  • colligational — Relating to colligation.
  • coloring book — A coloring book is a book of simple drawings which children can color in.
  • communalizing — Present participle of communalize.
  • communicology — the study of communication.
  • complainingly — In a complaining manner; peevishly.
  • complementing — something that completes or makes perfect: A good wine is a complement to a good meal.
  • complimenting — an expression of praise, commendation, or admiration: A sincere compliment boosts one's morale.
  • conchological — Of or pertaining to conchology.
  • confabulating — Present participle of confabulate.
  • conflagration — A conflagration is a fire that burns over a large area and destroys property.
  • conflagrative — That produces conflagration.
  • conflictingly — being in conflict or disagreement; not compatible: conflicting viewpoints.
  • confoundingly — in a confounding manner
  • congenialness — The state or quality of being congenial.
  • conglomeratic — of or relating to a conglomerate
  • conglutinated — Simple past tense and past participle of conglutinate.
  • conglutinator — an agent that conglutinates
  • congressional — A congressional policy, action, or person relates to the United States Congress.
  • conjugational — Of or pertaining to conjugation.
  • consanguineal — having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood.
  • consideringly — in a considering manner
  • consolidating — to bring together (separate parts) into a single or unified whole; unite; combine: They consolidated their three companies.
  • contemplating — to think studiously; meditate; consider deliberately.
  • contrastingly — to compare in order to show unlikeness or differences; note the opposite natures, purposes, etc., of: Contrast the political rights of Romans and Greeks.
  • cooling board — a plank for laying out a corpse.
  • cooling tower — A cooling tower is a very large, round, high building which is used to cool water from factories or power stations.
  • coral springs — city in SE Fla.: pop. 118,000
  • coralligenous — producing coral
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