10-letter words containing c, n, g
- bingo card — a prepaid postcard inserted in a magazine by its publisher to enable a reader to order free information about advertised products.
- biogenetic — genetic engineering.
- bioorganic — pertaining to the composition and biological activity of carbon-based compounds, especially those of laboratory rather than biogenic origin (contrasted with bioinorganic).
- black gang — the crew working in a stokehold of a ship.
- black gnat — a type of artificial fly, used chiefly for trout and salmon.
- black lung — pneumoconiosis of coal miners, caused by coal dust; anthracosis.
- black ring — a disease of grasses, characterized by black rings surrounding the stems and blighted seeds, caused by a fungus, Balansia strangulans.
- blancmange — Blancmange is a cold dessert that is made from milk, sugar, cornflour or corn starch, and flavouring, and looks rather like jelly.
- bollocking — a severe telling-off; dressing-down
- bouncingly — in a bouncing manner
- bracketing — a set of brackets
- bratticing — a partition or lining, as of planks or cloth, forming an air passage in a mine.
- bring back — Something that brings back a memory makes you think about it.
- buckingham — a town in S central England, in Buckinghamshire; university (1975). Pop: 12 512 (2001)
- buckraking — the practice of accepting large sums of money for speaking to special interest groups.
- bumsucking — obsequious behaviour; toadying
- bunchgrass — grass that grows in tufts
- cacogenics — dysgenics.
- cajolingly — In a cajoling manner.
- caliginous — dark; dim
- camerlengo — a cardinal who acts as the pope's financial secretary and the papal treasurer
- campaigned — Simple past tense and past participle of campaign.
- campaigner — A campaigner is a person who campaigns for social or political change.
- campground — A campground is the same as a campsite.
- campignian — of or relating to a Mesolithic and Neolithic technological facies characterized by picks and tranchets.
- canaan dog — a strongly-built medium-sized dog of a breed with erect ears, a dense coat, and a bushy tail carried curled over its back
- canalising — Present participle of canalise.
- canalizing — Present participle of canalize.
- cancelling — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- cane grass — any of several tall perennial hard-stemmed grasses, esp Eragrostis australasica, of inland swamps
- cane sugar — the sucrose obtained from sugar cane, which is identical to that obtained from sugar beet
- canonising — Present participle of canonise.
- canonizing — Present participle of canonize.
- canonsburg — a city in SW Pennsylvania.
- canoodling — Present participle of canoodle.
- canvassing — to solicit votes, subscriptions, opinions, or the like from.
- caponizing — Present participle of caponize.
- caprioling — Present participle of capriole.
- captaining — a person who is at the head of or in authority over others; chief; leader.
- captioning — Present participle of caption.
- caravaning — Present participle of caravan.
- carcinogen — A carcinogen is a substance which can cause cancer.
- caregiving — the practice of providing care for a vulnerable neighbour or relative
- caretaking — a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
- carhopping — the practice of serving customers at a drive-in restaurant
- caringness — The quality of being caring.
- cariogenic — (of a substance) producing caries, esp in the teeth
- carjacking — A carjacking is an attack on a person who is driving their own car during which things may be stolen or they may be harmed physically.
- carmagnole — a dance and song popular during the French Revolution
- carnifying — Present participle of carnify.