10-letter words containing e, c, g
- backlogged — a reserve or accumulation, as of stock, work, or business: a backlog of business orders.
- balenciaga — Cristobal (krisˈtoβal). 1895–1972, Spanish couturier
- barbecuing — Present participle of barbecue.
- basic wage — a person's wage excluding overtime, bonuses, etc
- beachgoers — Plural form of beachgoer.
- beclouding — Present participle of becloud.
- becomingly — that suits or gives a pleasing effect or attractive appearance, as to a person or thing: a becoming dress; a becoming hairdo.
- beneficing — a position or post granted to an ecclesiastic that guarantees a fixed amount of property or income.
- benignancy — kind, especially to inferiors; gracious: a benignant sovereign.
- bergamasca — a fast dance similar to the tarantella.
- beseeching — A beseeching expression, gesture, or tone of voice suggests that the person who has or makes it very much wants someone to do something.
- bewitching — enchanting; charming; fascinating.
- bice green — a medium to bright yellow-green color.
- big cheese — Someone who has a very important job or position can be referred to as a big cheese.
- big screen — When people talk about the big screen, they are referring to films that are made for cinema rather than for television.
- big ticket — costing a great deal; expensive: fur coats and other big-ticket items.
- big-ticket — If you describe something as a big-ticket item, you mean that it costs a lot of money.
- bioecology — the science that deals with the interrelations of communities of animals and plants with their environment
- biogenetic — genetic engineering.
- black sage — a shrubby Californian plant, Salvia mellifera, of the mint family, having an interrupted spike of lavender-blue or white flowers.
- blancmange — Blancmange is a cold dessert that is made from milk, sugar, cornflour or corn starch, and flavouring, and looks rather like jelly.
- bracketing — a set of brackets
- cablegrams — Plural form of cablegram.
- cacogenics — dysgenics.
- calcifuges — Plural form of calcifuge.
- camerlengo — a cardinal who acts as the pope's financial secretary and the papal treasurer
- camouflage — Camouflage consists of things such as leaves, branches, or brown and green paint, which are used to make it difficult for an enemy to see military forces and equipment.
- campaigned — Simple past tense and past participle of campaign.
- campaigner — A campaigner is a person who campaigns for social or political change.
- cancelling — to make void; revoke; annul: to cancel a reservation.
- cane grass — any of several tall perennial hard-stemmed grasses, esp Eragrostis australasica, of inland swamps
- cane sugar — the sucrose obtained from sugar cane, which is identical to that obtained from sugar beet
- caporegime — the second in command to a capo; Mafia lieutenant.
- carcinogen — A carcinogen is a substance which can cause cancer.
- caregivers — Plural form of caregiver.
- caregiving — the practice of providing care for a vulnerable neighbour or relative
- caretaking — a person who is in charge of the maintenance of a building, estate, etc.; superintendent.
- caringness — The quality of being caring.
- cariogenic — (of a substance) producing caries, esp in the teeth
- carmagnole — a dance and song popular during the French Revolution
- carpetbags — Plural form of carpetbag.
- carragheen — Irish moss.
- cartilages — Plural form of cartilage.
- cartonnage — The papyrus used to wrap mummies in ancient Egypt.
- cartridges — Plural form of cartridge.
- case glass — glass composed of two or more layers of glass in different colors, often having the top layer cut or ground away so that the lower layer can serve as background or contrast.
- caseinogen — the principal protein of milk, converted to casein by rennin
- cashiering — to dismiss (a military officer) from service, especially with disgrace.
- casinghead — the protruding part of a casing to which piping is attached
- cassegrain — of an arrangement of mirrors, lenses, etc. used in reflecting telescopes and microwave antennas, having its focus or transmission point near or behind the center of the main mirror