9-letter words containing e, c, g
- cellarage — an area of a cellar
- cellaring — Present participle of cellar.
- cementing — Present participle of cement.
- censoring — any person who supervises the manners or morality of others.
- censuring — strong or vehement expression of disapproval: The newspapers were unanimous in their censure of the tax proposal.
- cent sign — the symbol ¢ placed after a number to indicate that the number represents cents.
- centering — a temporary frame to support an arch or vault during construction
- centigram — one hundredth of a gram
- cephalgia — (medicine) headache.
- cerograph — an engraving or writing on wax
- ceropegia — any of various, usually climbing or trailing, plants of the genus Ceropegia, native to the Old World tropics and often cultivated as houseplants.
- chagrined — If you are chagrined by something, it disappoints, upsets, or annoys you, perhaps because of your own failure.
- chalcogen — any of the elements oxygen, sulphur, selenium, tellurium, or polonium, of group 6A of the periodic table
- challenge — A challenge is something new and difficult which requires great effort and determination.
- champagne — Champagne is an expensive French white wine with bubbles in. It is often drunk to celebrate something.
- changable — Misspelling of changeable.
- change up — When you change up, you move the gear lever in the vehicle you are driving in order to use a higher gear.
- change-up — a temporary shift or variation in a normal routine or regular pattern of activity: Reading a mystery novel has been a real change of pace for me.
- changeful — often changing; inconstant; variable
- changelog — (computing) A log that records changes between versions, as in source control.
- changeups — Plural form of changeup.
- charge up — to impose or ask as a price or fee: That store charges $25 for leather gloves.
- chargeful — onerous; expensive
- chargeoff — Alternative spelling of charge off.
- chargeous — (obsolete) burdensome.
- chelating — Having the ability to undergo chelation.
- chengchow — Zhengzhou
- cheongsam — a straight dress, usually of silk or cotton, with a stand-up collar and a slit in one side of the skirt, worn by Chinese women
- cherbourg — a port in NW France, on the English Channel. Pop: 25 370 (1999)
- chernigov — a city in N central Ukraine, on the River Desna: tyres, pianos, consumer goods. Pop: 308 000 (2005 est)
- cheruping — Present participle of cherup.
- chevening — a mansion and estate in SE England, in western Kent: the official country residence of the British foreign secretary
- chiefling — a minor chief
- chiengmai — a town in NW Thailand: teak, silver, silk industries: university (1964). Pop: 182 000 (2005 est)
- chirurgie — (archaic) surgery.
- chiseling — a wedgelike tool with a cutting edge at the end of the blade, often made of steel, used for cutting or shaping wood, stone, etc.
- chromagen — (biochemistry) Any compound, such as heme, that forms a biological pigment when attached to a protein.
- chromogen — a compound that forms coloured compounds on oxidation
- ci engine — A CI engine is an engine in which the fuel charge is ignited by the heat of compression.
- cigarette — Cigarettes are small tubes of paper containing tobacco which people smoke.
- cigarlike — resembling a cigar
- ciguatera — food poisoning caused by a ciguatoxin in seafood
- cindering — Present participle of cinder.
- cingulate — Anatomy, Zoology. a belt, zone, or girdlelike part.
- ciphering — calculating
- cisgender — of or relating to a person whose gender identity corresponds to their assigned birth gender
- citigrade — relating to (fast-moving) wolf spiders
- clavering — Present participle of claver.
- cleansing — serving or intended to cleanse
- clearings — Plural form of clearing.