9-letter words containing c, o, g
- cairngorm — a smoky yellow, grey, or brown variety of quartz, used as a gemstone
- calabogus — a mixed drink containing rum, spruce beer, and molasses
- caliology — the study of birds' nests
- calor gas — Calor gas is gas in liquid form which is sold in special containers so that people can use it in places which are not connected to the gas supply, such as tents or caravans.
- campagnol — (archaic) A mouse (Arvicala agrestis) that often does great damage in fields and gardens, by feeding on roots and seeds.
- cannoning — Present participle of cannon.
- cannoting — cannot but, have no alternative but to: We cannot but choose otherwise.
- canopying — The activity of going through the canopy of a forest on a zipline.
- cantoning — Present participle of canton.
- canyoning — the sport of travelling down a river situated in a canyon by a variety of means including scrambling, floating, swimming, and abseiling
- carangoid — resembling a fish of the family Carangidae; carangid.
- cargo bay — the large central area of the space shuttle orbiter's fuselage in which payloads and their support equipment are carried. Also called payload bay. Compare bay2 (def 2a).
- carolling — a song, especially of joy.
- carousing — to engage in a drunken revel: They caroused all night.
- carpology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of fruits and seeds
- cartogram — a map showing statistical information in diagrammatic form
- cartology — the theory or science of mapmaking
- cartonage — the material from which many Egyptian mummy masks and coffins were made, consisting of linen or papyrus held together with glue
- cataloged — a list or record, as of items for sale or courses at a university, systematically arranged and often including descriptive material: a stamp catalog.
- cataloger — a person, normally in a library, who catalogues literary materials
- catalogic — of the nature of or relating to a catalogue
- catalogue — A catalogue is a list of things such as the goods you can buy from a particular company, the objects in a museum, or the books in a library.
- catch dog — a dog used to help round up livestock.
- categoric — Categoric means the same as categorical.
- cavorting — to prance or caper about.
- censoring — any person who supervises the manners or morality of others.
- cerograph — an engraving or writing on wax
- ceropegia — any of various, usually climbing or trailing, plants of the genus Ceropegia, native to the Old World tropics and often cultivated as houseplants.
- chalcogen — any of the elements oxygen, sulphur, selenium, tellurium, or polonium, of group 6A of the periodic table
- changchou — Changzhou
- changchow — a city in S Fujian province, in SE China.
- changelog — (computing) A log that records changes between versions, as in source control.
- changzhou — a city in E China, in S Jiangsu province, on the Grand Canal: also known as Wutsin until 1949, when the 7th-century name was officially readopted. Pop: 2 085 500 (2004 est)
- charangos — Plural form of charango.
- chargeoff — Alternative spelling of charge off.
- chargeous — (obsolete) burdensome.
- chengchow — Zhengzhou
- cheongsam — a straight dress, usually of silk or cotton, with a stand-up collar and a slit in one side of the skirt, worn by Chinese women
- cherbourg — a port in NW France, on the English Channel. Pop: 25 370 (1999)
- chernigov — a city in N central Ukraine, on the River Desna: tyres, pianos, consumer goods. Pop: 308 000 (2005 est)
- chicagoan — a native or inhabitant of Chicago, Ill.
- chili dog — a hot dog with chilli
- chiliagon — a thousand-sided polygon
- chilidogs — Plural form of chilidog.
- chirology — Palm reading.
- chiyogami — a type of highly decorated, colourful craft paper used for origami
- choirgirl — a girl who sings in a church choir
- chokingly — in a strangling, suffocating, or choking manner
- chongqing — a river port in SW China, capital of Chongqing municipality (traditionally in Sichuan province) at the confluence of the Yangtze and Jialing rivers: site of a city since the 3rd millennium bc; wartime capital of China (1938–45); major trade centre for W China. Pop: 4 975 000 (2005 est)
- choplogic — excessively complicated argument