13-letter words containing c, o, r, a, g
- corn marigold — an annual plant, Chrysanthemum segetum, with yellow daisy-like flower heads: a common weed of cultivated land: family Asteraceae (composites)
- coronagraphic — Of, pertaining to, or employing a coronagraph.
- corroborating — Present participle of corroborate.
- cosignatories — Plural form of cosignatory.
- costardmonger — a costermonger
- cottage fries — potatoes that have been thinly sliced and then fried
- cottage grove — a town in E Minnesota.
- counter image — the point or set of points in the domain of a function corresponding to a given point or set of points in the range of the function.
- counter-argue — to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment.
- counteracting — Present participle of counteract.
- counterchange — to change parts, qualities, etc
- countercharge — a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser
- coup de grace — A coup de grace is an action or event which finally destroys something, for example an institution, which has been gradually growing weaker.
- court hearing — an official meeting held in court
- court packing — an unsuccessful attempt by President Franklin D. Roosevelt in 1937 to appoint up to six additional justices to the Supreme Court, which had invalidated a number of his New Deal laws.
- cousin-german — the child of one's aunt or uncle
- covent garden — a district of central London: famous for its former fruit, vegetable, and flower market, now a shopping precinct
- covered wagon — A covered wagon is a wagon that has an arched canvas roof and is pulled by horses. Covered wagons were used by the early American settlers as they travelled across the country.
- cranberry bog — a bog in which cranberry plants are cultivated.
- crash program — a plan of action entailing rapid and intensive production, growth, or the like, undertaken to meet a deadline or solve a pressing problem: a crash program to develop a new fighter plane.
- crop spraying — the spraying of crops with insecticide, fungicide, etc
- cross-grained — (of timber) having the fibres arranged irregularly or in a direction that deviates from the axis of the piece
- crosshatching — to mark or shade with two or more intersecting series of parallel lines.
- crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
- cryogenically — in a cryogenic manner
- cryptographer — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
- cryptographic — Relating to cryptography.
- cryptological — cryptography.
- cutting board — A cutting board is a wooden or plastic board that you chop meat and vegetables on.
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- dactylography — the scientific study of fingerprints for purposes of identification
- days of grace — days permitted by custom for payment of a promissory note, bill of exchange, etc, after it falls due
- decarbonating — Present participle of decarbonate.
- decarbonizing — Present participle of decarbonize.
- decorticating — Present participle of decorticate.
- democratizing — Present participle of democratize.
- demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
- dendrological — Of, pertaining to dendrology.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- diffractogram — An image produced by a diffractometer.
- discographies — Plural form of discography.
- dutch courage — courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking liquor.
- early closing — shop closure at earlier hour
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.
- electromagnet — A soft metal core made into a magnet by the passage of electric current through a coil surrounding it.
- embryological — Of or pertaining to embryology.
- encephalogram — An image, trace, or other record of the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
- encourageable — Able to be encouraged; suggestible.
- encouragement — The action of giving someone support, confidence, or hope.
- encouragingly — In an encouraging manner.