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12-letter words containing e, g, c, r

  • congruential — (mathematics) That uses congruency (division by a modulus).
  • conjecturing — the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
  • conqueringly — in a conquering manner
  • consecrating — Present participle of consecrate.
  • conservating — Present participle of conservate.
  • constringent — constricting.
  • contravening — to come or be in conflict with; go or act against; deny or oppose: to contravene a statement.
  • convent girl — a girl who goes to or has been to a convent school
  • convergences — Plural form of convergence.
  • convergently — characterized by convergence; tending to come together; merging.
  • conversating — to have a conversation; converse; talk.
  • cook-general — (formerly, esp in the 1920s and '30s) a domestic servant who did cooking and housework
  • coprocessing — the act of processing jointly
  • copy-reading — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
  • copyrighters — Plural form of copyrighter.
  • coral gables — a city in SE Florida, near Miami.
  • corbie gable — a gable having corbie-steps
  • core drawing — drawing of fine tubing using wire as a mandrel.
  • core gateway — Historically, one of a set of gateways (routers) operated by the Internet Network Operations Center at Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN). The core gateway system formed a central part of Internet routing in that all groups must advertise paths to their networks from a core gateway.
  • core storage — a kind of computer memory consisting of storage units made of ferromagnetic rings
  • corregidores — the chief magistrate of a town in Spain.
  • cosmographer — (astrophysics) A scientist specializing in understanding and describing the nature of the universe.
  • costermonger — a person who sells fruit, vegetables, etc, from a barrow
  • cottage roll — a small pickled boneless ham
  • counteragent — a person or thing that counteracts
  • counterargue — to argue against something
  • counterimage — a corresponding image
  • counterlight — a light opposite something, such as a painting, that negatively affects the appearance of that object
  • countersigns — Plural form of countersign.
  • counterweigh — counterbalance
  • courageously — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
  • cover charge — A cover charge is a sum of money that you must pay in some restaurants and nightclubs in addition to the money that you pay there for your food and drink.
  • cover ground — to move or traverse a certain distance
  • crapehanging — the practice of hanging crape, esp as a sign of mourning
  • crawling peg — a method of stabilizing exchange rates, prices, etc, by maintaining a fixed level for a specified period or until the level has persisted at an upper or lower limit for a specified period and then permitting a predetermined incremental rise or fall
  • crazy eights — a card game played by two or more persons with a 52-card deck, the object of which is to be the first to get rid of one's hand by successively playing a card of the same suit or denomination as that played by the preceding player, with an eight counting for any desired suit.
  • crenellating — Present participle of crenellate.
  • crepe-hanger — a person who sees the gloomy side of things; pessimist.
  • crescendoing — Music. a gradual, steady increase in loudness or force. a musical passage characterized by such an increase. the performance of a crescendo passage: The crescendo by the violins is too abrupt.
  • cricket frog — either of two tree frogs, Acris gryllus or A. crepitans, of eastern and central U.S., having a clicking call.
  • criminogenic — causing or promoting crime
  • cringeworthy — Causing feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness.
  • cross-garnet — a hinge with a long horizontal strap fixed to the face of a door and a short vertical leaf fixed to the door frame
  • cross-legged — If someone is sitting cross-legged, they are sitting on the floor with their legs bent so that their knees point outwards.
  • crossgrained — Alternative form of cross-grained.
  • curate's egg — something that has both good and bad parts
  • curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
  • cut a figure — to attract attention
  • cybercasting — the broadcasting of news, entertainment, etc., using the Internet, specifically the World Wide Web.
  • cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
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