12-letter words containing c, o, n, g, r, u
- curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- currycombing — Present participle of currycomb.
- cutting room — The cutting room in a film production company is the place where the film is edited.
- cycling tour — a holiday involving a tour of an area or region by bicycle
- discongruity — incongruity.
- discouraging — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- electron gun — a heated cathode with an associated system of electrodes and coils for producing and focusing a beam of electrons, used esp in cathode-ray tubes
- encountering — Present participle of encounter.
- excursioning — Present participle of excursion.
- geraniaceous — belonging to the Geraniaceae, the geranium family of plants.
- glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
- graciousness — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
- grand coulee — a dry canyon in central Washington: cut by the Columbia River in the glacial period. 52 miles (84 km) long; over 400 feet (120 meters) deep.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- ground cedar — a ground pine, Lycopodium complanatum.
- ground cloth — groundsheet.
- ground color — Also called ground coat. a primary coat of paint; priming; base coat.
- ground cover — the herbaceous plants and low shrubs in a forest, considered as a whole.
- ground force — a military force that operates on the ground
- ground track — the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- high country — a mountainous area below the timberline; a forested mountain area.
- in-congruent — not congruent.
- income group — a group in a given population having incomes within a certain range
- incongruence — not congruent.
- incongruency — Incongruence.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- microsurgeon — a person who performs microsurgery
- misconfigure — Configure (a system or part of it) incorrectly.
- necrophagous — That eats dead or decaying animal flesh.
- neurogenetic — (medicine) Of or pertaining to neurogenetics, the study of the genetic basis of nerve and brain function.
- neurological — the science of the nerves and the nervous system, especially of the diseases affecting them.
- noncongruent — agreeing; accordant; congruous.
- nonproducing — that does not produce
- nonrecurring — not occurring or happening again, especially often or periodically.
- offscourings — Often, offscourings. something scoured off; filth; refuse.
- orange juice — fruit drink: nectar of orange
- outcroppings — Plural form of outcropping.
- overclouding — Present participle of overcloud.
- pronouncings — utterances, esp of an official or judgmental nature
- rock bunting — a seed-eating songbird, Emberiza cia
- rockhounding — the activity of searching for and collecting rocks
- saronic gulf — an inlet of the Aegean, on the SE coast of Greece, between Attica and the Peloponnesus. 50 miles (80 km) long; 30 miles (48 km) wide.
- scouring pad — a small pad, as of steel wool or plastic mesh, used for scouring pots, pans, etc.
- shortcutting — to cause to be shortened by the use of a shortcut.