11-letter words containing e, c, g
- centrifuges — Plural form of centrifuge.
- cephalalgia — headache (def 1).
- cephalalgic — relating to or affected by headache
- cephalogram — An X-ray of the craniofacial area.
- cerargyrite — a soft mineral, AgCl, that is an ore of silver; silver chloride
- cerebrating — Present participle of cerebrate.
- cereologist — Someone who studies crop circles, especially one who believes that they are not man-made or formed by other terrestrial processes.
- cerro gordo — a mountain pass in E Mexico, between Veracruz and Jalapa: site of a battle in the Mexican War (1847) in which American forces under General Scott decisively defeated the Mexicans
- cervicalgia — Neck pain.
- ch'ien lung — (Kao Tsung) 1711–99, Chinese emperor of the Ch'ing dynasty 1736–96.
- chaetognath — any small wormlike marine invertebrate of the phylum Chaetognatha, including the arrowworms, having a coelom and a ring of bristles around the mouth
- chain grate — a type of mechanical stoker for a furnace, in which the grate consists of an endless chain that draws the solid fuel into the furnace as it rotates
- challengers — Plural form of challenger.
- challenging — A challenging task or job requires great effort and determination.
- chamber mug — a chamber pot.
- chandelling — Present participle of chandelle.
- chandlering — the work of a chandler
- change down — When you change down, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a lower gear.
- change face — to rotate the telescope of a surveying instrument through 180° horizontally and vertically, taking a second sighting of the same object in order to reduce error
- change feet — to put on different shoes, boots, etc
- change over — If you change over from one thing to another, you stop doing one thing and start doing the other.
- changefully — In a changeful manner.
- changelings — Plural form of changeling.
- changemaker — a person or thing that changes bills or coins for ones of smaller denominations.
- changeovers — Plural form of changeover.
- changeround — the process of changing position
- channelling — Architecture, Furniture. ornamentation with flutes or channels.
- chaperonage — The state of being a chaperon.
- chaperoning — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
- charge card — A charge card is a plastic card that you use to buy goods on credit from a particular store or group of stores. Compare credit card.
- charge with — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- chargebacks — Plural form of chargeback.
- chargrilled — Simple past tense and past participle of chargrill.
- charlemagne — ?742–814 ad, king of the Franks (768–814) and, as Charles I, Holy Roman Emperor (800–814). He conquered the Lombards (774), the Saxons (772–804), and the Avars (791–799). He instituted many judicial and ecclesiastical reforms, and promoted commerce and agriculture throughout his empire, which extended from the Ebro to the Elbe. Under Alcuin his court at Aachen became the centre of a revival of learning
- chateauguay — a town in S Quebec, in E Canada, on the St. Lawrence.
- che guevara — Ernesto [er-nes-taw] /ɛrˈnɛs tɔ/ (Show IPA), ("Che") 1928–67, Cuban revolutionist and political leader, born in Argentina.
- check digit — a digit derived from and appended to a string of data digits, used to detect corruption of the data string during transmission or transcription
- checkmating — Present participle of checkmate.
- cheektowaga — a town in NW New York, near Buffalo.
- chemigraphy — any technique for making engravings or etchings using chemicals and without the aid of photography.
- chessboxing — a sport in which participants contest alternating rounds of chess and boxing, of four and two minutes respectively
- chewing gum — Chewing gum is a kind of sweet that you can chew for a long time. You do not swallow it.
- chiliburger — a hamburger served with a topping of chili con carne.
- chinese lug — a lugsail stiffened by battens and kept flat when hoisted: used in Chinese sailing vessels.
- chinese tag — a variety of the game of tag in which the tagged player must hold one hand on the part of the body where he or she was tagged.
- chingtechen — Jingdezhen.
- chirurgeons — Plural form of chirurgeon.
- chisellings — a series of chiselled or engraved markings
- chitterling — part of the small intestine of swine
- cholinergic — denoting nerve fibres that release acetylcholine when stimulated