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13-letter words containing e, c, o, l, g, i

  • clearing loan — a bank loan to finance the purchase of securities which is repayable within the calendar day on which it is made.
  • clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
  • cleistogamous — having small, unopened, self-pollinating flowers, usually in addition to the showier flowers
  • climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
  • clonogenicity — (uncountable) The ability of a cell to form clones.
  • close-fitting — Close-fitting clothes fit tightly and show the shape of your body.
  • close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
  • closing error — the amount by which a closed traverse fails to satisfy the requirements of a true mathematical figure, as the length of line joining the true and computed position of the same point.
  • closing price — On the stock exchange, the closing price of a share is its price at the end of a day's business.
  • cloud seeding — any technique of adding material to a cloud to alter its natural development, usually to increase or obtain precipitation.
  • coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
  • cobelligerent — a country fighting in a war on the side of another country
  • cobol fingers — (jargon)   /koh'bol fing'grz/ Reported from Sweden, a hypothetical disease one might get from coding in COBOL. The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see candygrammar); thus it is alleged that programming too much in COBOL causes one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless typing.
  • colleagueship — workplace companionship
  • college radio — radio broadcasting from stations affiliated with a college or university, often at a frequency below 92 MHz FM.
  • collieshangie — a quarrel
  • come to light — to be revealed
  • complementing — something that completes or makes perfect: A good wine is a complement to a good meal.
  • complimenting — an expression of praise, commendation, or admiration: A sincere compliment boosts one's morale.
  • conflagrative — That produces conflagration.
  • congenialness — The state or quality of being congenial.
  • conglomeratic — of or relating to a conglomerate
  • conglutinated — Simple past tense and past participle of conglutinate.
  • congressional — A congressional policy, action, or person relates to the United States Congress.
  • consanguineal — having the same ancestry or descent; related by blood.
  • consideringly — in a considering manner
  • contemplating — to think studiously; meditate; consider deliberately.
  • coolidge tube — a cathode ray tube, used for x-ray production, in which a beam of thermoelectrons is produced by heating a wire cathode.
  • cooling tower — A cooling tower is a very large, round, high building which is used to cool water from factories or power stations.
  • copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
  • coralligenous — producing coral
  • core handling — Core handling is the way that a core is dealt with to make sure it maintains its properties for testing.
  • coreligionist — an adherent of the same religion as another
  • cosmetologist — a person skilled or trained in the use of cosmetics and beauty treatments
  • cottage tulip — a late-flowering type of tulip, usually having pointed or elongated flowers.
  • cove lighting — indirect lighting directed upward from an interior cornice or the like toward a cove at the edge of the ceiling.
  • cross-selling — to sell or try to sell (similar or related products or services) to an existing customer.
  • cryogenically — in a cryogenic manner
  • curling stone — a large, heavy, ellipsoidal stone or a similar object made of iron, usually having one rough side and one smooth side with a hole in the center of each for screwing in a handle by which the stone is released, for use in the game of curling.
  • cytogenetical — of or related to cytogenetics
  • deconflicting — Present participle of deconflict.
  • demagogically — of, relating to, or characteristic of a demagogue.
  • demographical — of or relating to demography, the science of vital and social statistics.
  • demonological — the study of demons or of beliefs about demons.
  • dendrological — Of, pertaining to dendrology.
  • dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
  • deontological — (of an ethical theory) regarding obligation as deriving from reason or as residing primarily in certain specific rules of conduct rather than in the maximization of some good
  • dialling code — A dialling code for a particular city or region is the series of numbers that you have to dial before a particular telephone number if you are making a call to that place from a different area.
  • double-acting — (of a reciprocating engine, pump, etc.) having pistons accomplishing work in both directions, fluid being admitted alternately to opposite ends of the cylinders. Compare single-acting.
  • early closing — shop closure at earlier hour
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