11-letter words containing e, c, g
- choreograph — When someone choreographs a ballet or other dance, they invent the steps and movements and tell the dancers how to perform them.
- christening — A christening is a Christian ceremony in which a baby is made a member of the Christian church and is officially given his or her name. Compare baptism.
- christingle — (in Britain) a Christian service for children held shortly before Christmas, in which each child is given a decorated fruit with a lighted candle in it
- chromogenic — producing colour
- chronologer — A chronologist.
- chug report — (humour) From "chug" - to drink heavily. A bug report whose the submitter is thought to have had one too many. Not as bad as a drug report.
- chugalugged — Simple past tense and past participle of chugalug.
- churchgoers — a person who goes to church, especially habitually.
- cigar store — a retail store specializing in tobacco products, as cigars and cigarettes.
- cinemagoers — Plural form of cinemagoer.
- clamdiggers — Close-fitting women’s casual pants hemmed at mid-calf.
- clark gable — (William) Clark, 1901–60, U.S. film actor.
- clavigerous — bearing a key or club
- clay pigeon — Clay pigeons are discs of baked clay which are thrown into the air by a machine as targets for gun shooting practice.
- cleistogamy — self-pollination and fertilization of an unopened flower, as in the flowers of the violet produced in summer
- clergywoman — a female member of the clergy
- clergywomen — Plural form of clergywoman.
- clientelage — (dated) clientele; customers or patrons.
- cliffhanger — A cliffhanger is a situation or part of a play or film that is very exciting or frightening because you are left for a long time not knowing what will happen next.
- climategate — the scandal surrounding the University of East Anglia’s Climatic Research Unit whose researchers were accused of manipulating statistics on climate change to make global warming appear less of a threat
- cling peach — a clingstone peach.
- clingstones — Plural form of clingstone.
- cloisonnage — cloisonné work
- cloistering — Present participle of cloister.
- clopidogrel — An oral antiplatelet agent used to inhibit blood clots in coronary artery disease, peripheral vascular disease, and cerebrovascular disease, having the chemical formula C16H16ClNO2S.
- closed game — a relatively complex game involving closed ranks and files and permitting only nontactical positional manoeuvring
- clothes peg — A clothes peg is a small device which you use to fasten clothes to a washing line.
- clothes-peg — a clothespin.
- cluster leg — a leg having the form of a cluster of columns or shafts.
- cnidogenous — producing or containing nematocysts.
- coagulative — Obsolete. coagulated.
- coalignment — Alignment together.
- coast range — a series of mountain ranges along the Pacific coast of North America, extending from Baja California to SE Alaska.
- coasteering — the sport of following a coastline by swimming, climbing, diving, and walking while wearing a wetsuit, a life jacket, and a helmet
- coat hanger — A coat hanger is a curved piece of wood, metal, or plastic that you hang a piece of clothing on.
- cockfighter — One who engages in a cockfight.
- code dating — the system of marking products with the date when they were packed
- coextending — Present participle of coextend.
- coffee ring — a coffeecake shaped like a ring, plain or fruited, often with a topping of raisins, ground nuts, and icing.
- cogenerated — Simple past tense and past participle of cogenerate.
- cogenerator — a facility that produces energy from waste
- cognitively — in a cognitive manner
- cognizances — Plural form of cognizance.
- cognominate — of or relating to a cognomen
- cognoscente — a person with special knowledge in some field, esp. in the fine arts
- cognoscenti — The cognoscenti are the people who know a lot about a particular subject.
- cognoscible — able to be known or recognized
- colicinogen — any bacterium that produces a colicin.
- collagenase — an enzyme that decomposes collagen
- collagenous — any of a class of extracellular proteins abundant in higher animals, especially in the skin, bone, cartilage, tendon, and teeth, forming strong insoluble fibers and serving as connective tissue between cells, yielding gelatin when denatured by boiling.