14-letter words containing c, o, n, g, r
- charge account — a business arrangement by which a customer may buy goods or services and pay for them within a specified future period
- charlottenburg — a district of Berlin (of West Berlin until 1990), formerly an independent city. Pop: 315 473 (2005 est)
- chinook jargon — a pidgin language containing elements of Native American languages, English, and French: formerly used among fur traders and Indians on the NW coast of North America
- chondrogenesis — the growth of cartilage
- chopping board — A chopping board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
- choreographing — Present participle of choreograph.
- chromatic sign — Music. accidental (def 5).
- chronobiologic — relating to chronobiology
- chronologizing — to arrange in chronological order.
- cinametography — Misspelling of cinematography.
- cinematography — Cinematography is the technique of making films for the cinema.
- cinemicrograph — a motion picture filmed through a microscope.
- circumgyration — the act of rolling, turning, or travelling about
- ciudad obregon — a city in W Mexico.
- clearing house — If an organization acts as a clearing house, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- clearing-house — a place or institution where mutual claims and accounts are settled, as between banks.
- clearinghouses — Plural form of clearinghouse.
- climbing irons — spiked steel frames worn on the feet to assist in climbing trees, ice slopes, etc
- clothes hanger — item for hanging clothing
- co-religionist — A person's co-religionists are people who have the same religion.
- coarse-grained — having a large or coarse grain
- coastguardsman — Coast Guard (def 3).
- coasting trade — trade between ports along the same coast.
- cobelligerents — Plural form of cobelligerent.
- cocarcinogenic — of or relating to a cocarcinogen
- coffee grinder — A coffee grinder is a machine for grinding coffee beans.
- coffee grounds — the used ground beans that remain in a pot or coffee-maker
- coffee morning — A coffee morning is a social event at which coffee and tea are served. It takes place in the morning, and is usually intended to raise money for charity.
- coherent light — light in which the electromagnetic waves maintain a fixed and predictable phase relationship with each other over a period of time.
- coinage bronze — an alloy of 95 percent copper, 4 percent tin, and 1 percent zinc.
- coinvestigator — a fellow investigator
- color sergeant — a sergeant who has charge of battalion or regimental colors.
- colouring book — A colouring book is a book of simple drawings which children can colour in.
- combining form — A combining form is a word that is used, or used with a particular meaning, only when joined to another word. For example, '-legged' as in 'four-legged' and '-fold' as in 'fivefold' are combining forms.
- come on strong — If someone comes on strong, they make their intentions or feelings clear in an excessive or aggressive way.
- comfort eating — the practice of eating to make oneself feel happier
- commensurating — Present participle of commensurate.
- common grackle — a large songbird, Quiscalus quiscula, of the family Icteridae, of central and eastern North America, having iridescent black plumage varying in color.
- common ragweed — a plant, Ambrosia artemisiifolia, of a chiefly North American genus: family Asteraceae (composites). Its green tassel-like flowers produce large amounts of pollen, which causes hay fever
- composing room — the room in a printing establishment in which type is set
- compound sugar — any sugar that when hydrolyzed yields two or more monosaccharides.
- compromisingly — In a compromising manner.
- concert tuning — the standard tuning for a guitar: E A D G B E
- configuraholic — (jargon) A luser who twiddles with computer settings until it no longer works and must be fixed by the system administror.
- configurations — Plural form of configuration.
- conflagrations — Plural form of conflagration.
- conglomerateur — a person who forms or leads a business conglomerate
- conglomerating — Present participle of conglomerate.
- conglomeration — A conglomeration of things is a group of many different things, gathered together.
- conglomerative — of, relating to, or resembling a conglomerate