9-letter words containing c, o, g
- encourage — Give support, confidence, or hope to (someone).
- endecagon — Alternative form of hendecagon.
- endoergic — (physics, and, chemistry) Occurring with the absorption of energy; endothermic.
- endogenic — Formed or occurring beneath the surface of the earth.
- enforcing — Present participle of enforce.
- engyscope — (in the 17th and 18th centuries) a microscope
- ergogenic — (not in technical use) intended to enhance physical performance, stamina, or recovery.
- ergonomic — (especially of workplace design) intended to provide optimum comfort and to avoid stress or injury.
- escargots — (US) Cooked land snails, usually served as an appetizer or starter.
- escortage — the act of escorting
- escorting — Present participle of escort.
- escrowing — Present participle of escrow.
- etiologic — Alternative spelling of aetiologic.
- euchology — a euchologion
- evocating — Present participle of evocate.
- exergonic — (of a metabolic or chemical process) accompanied by the release of energy.
- factorage — the action or business of a factor.
- factoring — one of the elements contributing to a particular result or situation: Poverty is only one of the factors in crime.
- fagaceous — belonging to the Fagaceae, the beech family of plants.
- flouncing — a strip of material gathered or pleated and attached at one edge, with the other edge left loose or hanging: used for trimming, as on the edge of a skirt or sleeve or on a curtain, slipcover, etc.
- focusings — Plural form of focusing.
- focussing — a central point, as of attraction, attention, or activity: The need to prevent a nuclear war became the focus of all diplomatic efforts.
- frescoing — Present participle of fresco.
- frog kick — a type of kick in which the legs are bent at the knees, extended outward, and then brought together forcefully.
- frogmarch — to force (a person) to march with the arms pinioned firmly behind the back.
- frouncing — Present participle of frounce.
- fugacious — fleeting; transitory: a sensational story with but a fugacious claim on the public's attention.
- galactico — (football) A football superstar.
- galactoid — resembling milk; milky.
- galactose — a white, crystalline, water-soluble hexose sugar, C 6 H 12 O 6 , obtained in its dextrorotatory form from milk sugar by hydrolysis and in its levorotatory form from mucilages.
- game-cock — a rooster of a fighting breed, or one bred and trained for fighting.
- gamecocks — Plural form of gamecock.
- gascoigne — George, 1525?–77, English poet.
- gasconade — extravagant boasting; boastful talk.
- gasconism — the quality of being boastful; boastfulness
- gauchesco — of or relating to gauchos
- gaycation — a holiday specifically designed for the gay market
- genocidal — the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
- genocider — One who commits genocide.
- genocides — Plural form of genocide.
- genotoxic — a toxic agent that damages DNA molecules in genes, causing mutations, tumors, etc.
- genotypic — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- geocacher — A person who hides or seeks objects as part of the sport of geocaching.
- geocarpic — pertaining to geocarpy
- geocorona — a belt of ionized hydrogen surrounding the earth at the outer limit of the exosphere.
- geodesics — Plural form of geodesic.
- geodetics — The scientific discipline that deals with the measurement and representation of the earth, its gravitational field and geodynamic phenomena (polar motion, earth tides, and tectonic motion) in three-dimensional, time-varying space.
- geomancer — divination by geographic features or by figures or lines.
- geomantic — Of or relating to geomancy.
- geomatics — The discipline of gathering, storing, processing, and delivering geographic information.