12-letter words containing c, o, n, g, r, e
- overcropping — Agriculture. to crop (land) to excess; exhaust the fertility of by continuous cropping.
- overcrowding — Fill (accommodations or a space) beyond what is usual or comfortable.
- overreaching — to reach or extend over or beyond: The shelf overreached the nook and had to be planed down.
- overstocking — to stock to excess: We are overstocked on this item.
- paracyanogen — a polymer of cyanogen
- petrogenetic — relating to petrogenesis
- 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).
- point charge — an electric charge considered to exist at a single point, and thus having neither area nor volume.
- precognition — knowledge of a future event or situation, especially through extrasensory means.
- precognizant — having prior cognizance or knowledge of a given thing
- preschooling — the education of preschool children.
- protectingly — in a protective manner
- proteoglycan — a macromolecule composed of a polysaccharide joined to a polypeptide and forming the ground substance of connective tissue.
- pyrogenicity — the characteristic of causing fever
- pyromagnetic — (formerly) thermomagnetic (def 1).
- 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
- re-recording — to record (something) another time.
- 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.
- recommending — to present as worthy of confidence, acceptance, use, etc.; commend; mention favorably: to recommend an applicant for a job; to recommend a book.
- reconceiving — to form (a notion, opinion, purpose, etc.): He conceived the project while he was on vacation.
- reconnecting — to join, link, or fasten together; unite or bind: to connect the two cities by a bridge; Communication satellites connect the local stations into a network.
- reprocessing — a systematic series of actions directed to some end: to devise a process for homogenizing milk.
- retrocognate — being or pertaining to memory or extrasensory perception of past events.
- rice growing — the cultivation of rice as a food crop
- ring knocker — a commissioned officer in the U.S. armed forces who is a graduate of a military academy.
- rocket range — a firing range for rockets
- scenographic — the art of representing objects in accordance with the rules of perspective.
- schooner rig — a rig in which the mainmast is taller than the foremast
- scorekeeping — an official of a sports contest who keeps record of the score.
- sea crossing — a journey by sea from one coast to another
- second grade — school year: age 7-8
- 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.
- serotonergic — containing or activated by serotonin.
- short-change — to give less than the correct change to.
- shortchanged — to give less than the correct change to.
- single-cross — a cross between two inbred lines.
- sorting code — a sequence of numbers printed on a cheque or embossed on a bank or building-society card that identifies the branch holding the account
- 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.
- stringcourse — a horizontal band or course, as of stone, projecting beyond or flush with the face of a building, often molded and sometimes richly carved.
- strong force — Also called nuclear force. the short-range attractive force between baryons that holds together the nucleus of the atom.
- supercooling — to cool (a liquid) below its freezing point without producing solidification or crystallization; undercool.
- superorganic — of or relating to the structure of cultural elements within society conceived as independent of and superior to the individual members of society.
- technography — the description and study of the arts and sciences in their geographical and ethnic distribution and historical development.
- tongue cover — a loose-leaf binding having a flap of the cover concealing the binding posts.
- torch singer — a singer, especially a woman, who specializes in singing torch songs.
- unconcerning — not concerning
- uncourageous — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.