8-letter words containing c, o, g, e
- ecologic — the branch of biology dealing with the relations and interactions between organisms and their environment, including other organisms.
- ectogeny — the effect of pollination and fertilization on the tissues of a plant
- egg coal — anthracite in sizes ranging from 2.44 to 3.25 inches (8 to 8 cm), intermediate between broken coal and stove coal.
- egoistic — Egoistical.
- el greco — real name Domenikos Theotocopoulos. 1541–1614, Spanish painter, born in Crete; noted for his elongated human forms and dramatic use of colour
- encoding — (computing) The way in which symbols are mapped onto bytes, e.g. in the rendering of a particular font, or in the mapping from keyboard input into visual text.
- encoring — Present participle of encore.
- epagogic — relating to inductive reasoning
- epigonic — of an epigone
- epilogic — relating to an epilogue
- escargot — A snail, especially as an item on a menu.
- exoergic — (physics, chemistry) Occurring with the release of energy.
- exogenic — Formed or occurring on the surface of the earth.
- gamecock — a rooster of a fighting breed, or one bred and trained for fighting.
- gascogne — Gascony
- gavelock — a spear or javelin
- genocide — the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
- genomics — the study of genomes.
- geocache — A container hidden in a specific location during geocaching.
- geocarpy — the ripening of fruits below ground, as occurs in the peanut
- geocoded — Simple past tense and past participle of geocode.
- geodesic — Also, geodesical. pertaining to the geometry of curved surfaces, in which geodesic lines take the place of the straight lines of plane geometry.
- geodetic — pertaining to geodesy.
- geoducks — Plural form of geoduck.
- geogonic — relating to geogony
- geologic — of, relating to, or based on geology.
- geomancy — divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.
- geoponic — of or relating to tillage or agriculture; agricultural.
- georgics — Plural form of georgic.
- gerontic — geriatric.
- glucogen — Alternative form of glycogen.
- glycerol — a colorless, odorless, syrupy, sweet liquid, C 3 H 8 O 3 , usually obtained by the saponification of natural fats and oils: used for sweetening and preserving food, in the manufacture of cosmetics, perfumes, inks, and certain glues and cements, as a solvent and automobile antifreeze, and in medicine in suppositories and skin emollients.
- glycogen — a white, tasteless polysaccharide, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , molecularly similar to starch, constituting the principal carbohydrate storage material in animals and occurring chiefly in the liver, in muscle, and in fungi and yeasts.
- go voice — (communications) When two or more parties stop communicating digitally and resuming the conversation via voice communication over the telephone. Prototypically this is used (e.g., "Wanna go voice?") between two modem users to denote the action of picking up the phone while shutting off the modem, in order to use the same line for voice communication as had was being used for data transmission. Compare: Voice-Net.
- go-juice — fuel for an engine, esp petrol
- goderich — Viscount, title of Frederick John Robinson, 1st Earl of Ripon. 1782–1859, British statesman; prime minister (1827–28)
- goidelic — Also called Q-Celtic. the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound remained a velar. Irish and Scottish Gaelic belong to Goidelic.
- gonocyte — an oocyte or spermatocyte
- gouaches — Plural form of gouache.
- greenock — a seaport in the Strathcylde region, in SW Scotland, on the Firth of Clyde.
- grockles — Plural form of grockle.
- groschen — a zinc or aluminum coin of Austria until the euro was adopted, the 100th part of a schilling.
- grouched — Simple past tense and past participle of grouch.
- grouches — Plural form of grouch.
- gynaeco- — relating to women; female
- gynecoid — of or like a woman.
- gynoecia — Plural form of gynoecium.
- hock leg — a leg similar to a cabriole leg, but having a straight perpendicular section between the upper, convex section and the foot.
- isogenic — (of organisms) having the same or closely similar genotypes.
- lactogen — (biochemistry) A polypeptide placental hormone, part of the somatotropin family, with structure and function similar to those of growth hormone. It modifies the metabolic state of the mother during pregnancy to facilitate the energy supply of the fetus.