12-letter words containing c, r, o, a, g, h
- code-sharing — a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another
- coin changer — a machine that gives change rapidly, as to a customer, typically operated by a manual keyboard and often used in association with a cash register.
- cometography — the scientific description and recording of comets
- coprophagist — a person who eats excrement
- coprophagous — (esp of certain beetles) feeding on dung
- coronagraphs — Plural form of coronagraph.
- cosmographer — (astrophysics) A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.
- cosmographic — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- cover charge — A cover charge is a sum of money that you must pay in some restaurants and nightclubs in addition to the money that you pay there for your food and drink.
- craniography — examination of the skull as depicted by craniographs, photographs, and charts.
- criptography — (spelling) It's spelled "cryptography".
- cryptography — the science or study of analysing and deciphering codes, ciphers, etc; cryptanalysis
- cyclographic — of or relating to a cyclograph
- demographics — data resulting from the science of demography; population statistics
- dermographic — dermatographia.
- discographer — a person who compiles discographies.
- discographic — of or relating to a discography
- ectypography — a form of etching or engraving in which the design is produced in relief
- electrograph — A machine used in gravure printing.
- ethnographic — Relating to ethnography.
- flowcharting — (computing) the design and construction of flowcharts.
- for a change — contrary to the norm
- fractography — the study of fractures or cracks in a material, esp metal, in order to predict or identify the cause of a failure in a structure
- galactophore — a galactophorous duct.
- galactorrhea — an abnormally abundant flow of milk in a lactating woman.
- geographical — of or relating to geography.
- global reach — When people talk about the global reach of a company or industry, they mean its ability to have customers in many different parts of the world.
- gothic armor — white armor of the 15th century, marked especially by much fluting and ornamentation.
- grace hopper — (person) US Navy Rear Admiral Grace Brewster Hopper (1906-12-09 to 1992-01-01), née Grace Brewster Murray. Hopper is believed to have concieved the concept of the compiler with the A-0 in 1952. She also developed the first commercial high-level language, which eventually evolved into COBOL. She worked on the Mark I computer with Howard Aiken and with BINAC in 1949. She is credited with having coined the term "debug", and the adage "it is always easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission" (with various wordings), which has been the guiding principle in sysadmin decisions ever since. See also the entries debug and bug. Hopper is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. In 1994, the US Navy named a new ship, the guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper, after her.
- grade school — an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.
- graphophonic — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
- grass hockey — field hockey.
- haemorrhagic — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of hemorrhagic.
- hagiocracies — Plural form of hagiocracy.
- hagiographic — Of or pertaining to hagiography.
- haircoloring — dye or tint for the hair.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliographic — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- hierographic — of or relating to hierographs
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- 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.
- hygrochastic — of or relating to the opening of a fruit or flower caused by water or moisture
- hygrographic — of or relating to a hygrograph
- hyperlogical — reasoning in accordance with the principles of logic, as a person or the mind: logical thinking.
- hypoallergic — Hypoallergenic.
- hypsographic — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
- iconographic — of or relating to iconography.