12-letter words containing c, o, r, d, g
- crowdfunding — Crowdfunding is when a large number of people each give an amount of money to pay for a project, especially by using a website to collect the money.
- curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- dancing frog — (programming, humour) A bug or glitch that only occurs for a particular user; never when the user tries to show it to anyone else. The term is derived from a Warner Brothers cartoon in which a man discovers a frog which can sing and dance; he believes this will make his fortune but the frog never performs in front of anyone else.
- decategorize — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- derecognized — Simple past tense and past participle of derecognize.
- dermatologic — Dermatologic means of or relating to the skin.
- dermographic — dermatographia.
- diageotropic — (of a plant part) growing at a right angle to the direction of gravity.
- diego garcia — chief island of the Chagos Archipelago, British Indian Ocean Territory: 17 sq mi (44 sq km)
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discographic — of or relating to a discography
- discongruity — incongruity.
- discouraging — to deprive of courage, hope, or confidence; dishearten; dispirit.
- dopaminergic — activated by or sensitive to dopamine.
- edulcorating — Present participle of edulcorate.
- fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
- glycerolipid — (organic chemistry) Any lipid based on glycerol.
- go on record — to set down in writing or the like, as for the purpose of preserving evidence.
- go-go dancer — an entertainer who performs popular dances on a stage or platform for the patrons of a discotheque or nightclub.
- goldbricking — Present participle of goldbrick.
- golden perch — a freshwater food fish, Plectroplites ambiguus, that inhabits inland waters of Australia.
- gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
- grace period — a period of time after a payment becomes due, as of a loan or life-insurance premium, before one is subject to penalties or late charges or before the loan or policy is canceled.
- grade school — an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.
- grand canyon — a gorge of the Colorado River in N Arizona. over 200 miles (320 km) long; 1 mile (1.6 km) deep.
- 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.
- graving dock — an excavated shore dry dock for the repair and maintenance of ships.
- 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.
- high-colored — deep in color; vivid.
- hydrocooling — the process or technique of arresting the ripening of fruits and vegetables after harvesting by immersion in ice water.
- hydroecology — The study of support systems in wetlands such as the interactions between water and wildlife habitats.
- hydrographic — the science of the measurement, description, and mapping of the surface waters of the earth, with special reference to their use for navigation.
- hydrological — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- ladder logic — (programming) Source code formatted in two columns with conditions on the left that lead to outputs on the right: if (c1) s1 else if (c2) s2 else if (c3) s3 ... (2007-03-15)
- megalocardia — hypertrophy of the heart.
- microlending — the lending of very small amounts of money at low interest, especially to a start-up company or self-employed person.
- micromanaged — Simple past tense and past participle of micromanage.
- mockingbirds — Plural form of mockingbird.
- mockingboard — (hardware) A sound and speech board for the Apple II computer, on sale in 1978. See also zxnrbl.
- noncorroding — That cannot be corroded.
- nonproducing — that does not produce
- oregon cedar — Port Orford cedar.
- 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.