12-letter words containing c, o, n, g, a, e
- oceanography — the branch of physical geography dealing with the ocean.
- oceanologist — the practical application of oceanography.
- octagenarian — One who is between the ages of 80 and 89, inclusive.
- octogenarian — of the age of 80 years.
- on the cadge — engaged in cadging
- orange juice — fruit drink: nectar of orange
- orange march — a parade on Orangemen's day
- orange stick — a slender, rounded stick, originally of orangewood, having tapered ends and used in manicuring, especially to push back the cuticles or clean the fingernails.
- oregon cedar — Port Orford cedar.
- organ screen — an ornamental screen closing off an organ chamber in a church.
- organic mode — (programming) A term used by COCOMO to describe a project that is developed in a familiar, stable environment. The product is similar to previously developed products. Most people connected with the project have extensive experience in working with related systems and have a thorough understanding of the project. The project contains a minimum of innovative data processing architectures or algorithms. The product requires little innovation and is relatively small, rarely greater than 50,000 DSIs.
- organoleptic — perceived by a sense organ.
- overcharging — Present participle of overcharge.
- overcramming — excessive cramming
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- oxygen lance — a tube for conveying oxygen, used in various thermal cutting or steelmaking operations.
- packinghouse — a building where foodstuffs are packed
- paracyanogen — a polymer of cyanogen
- pathogenetic — the production and development of disease.
- peace-loving — If you describe someone as peace-loving, you mean that they try to avoid quarrelling or fighting with other people.
- pentadecagon — a polygon having 15 angles and 15 sides.
- phanerogamic — any of the Phanerogamia, a former primary division of plants comprising those having reproductive organs; a flowering plant or seed plant (opposed to cryptogam).
- placentology — the scientific study of the placenta
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- pole dancing — Pole dancing is a type of entertainment in a bar or club in which a woman who is wearing very few clothes dances around a pole in a sexy way.
- precognizant — having prior cognizance or knowledge of a given thing
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- quindecagons — Plural form of quindecagon.
- race norming — the process of statistically adjusting the scores of minority job applicants on job-qualification tests by rating each test-taker's score against the results of others in his or her racial or ethnic group.
- racing homer — a kind of homing pigeon used for racing
- recognizable — to identify as something or someone previously seen, known, etc.: He had changed so much that one could scarcely recognize him.
- recognizance — Law. a bond or obligation of record entered into before a court of record or a magistrate, binding a person to do a particular act. the sum pledged as surety on such a bond.
- retrocognate — being or pertaining to memory or extrasensory perception of past events.
- rocket range — a firing range for rockets
- scapegoating — the act or practice of assigning blame or failure to another, as to deflect attention or responsibility away from oneself.
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- sea crossing — a journey by sea from one coast to another
- second grade — school year: age 7-8
- section gang — a group of workers who take care of a section of railroad track.
- semi-organic — noting or pertaining to a class of chemical compounds that formerly comprised only those existing in or derived from plants or animals, but that now includes all other compounds of carbon.
- short-change — to give less than the correct change to.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- sound change — any phonetic or phonological change in spoken language, for example the replacement of one speech sound with another, or the loss of a particular sound
- speech organ — any part of the body, as the tongue, velum, diaphragm, or lungs, that participates, actively or passively, voluntarily or involuntarily, in the production of the sounds of speech.
- stenographic — the art of writing in shorthand.
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- tao te ching — the philosophical book in verse supposedly written by Lao-tzu.
- teaching job — a position as a teacher
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.