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13-letter words containing e, r, g, i

  • 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.
  • cocarcinogens — Plural form of cocarcinogen.
  • coffin dodger — an old person
  • cointegration — (mathematics) The condition of two non-stationary time series whose linear combination is stationary.
  • college radio — radio broadcasting from stations affiliated with a college or university, often at a frequency below 92 MHz FM.
  • come to grief — If something comes to grief, it fails. If someone comes to grief, they fail in something they are doing, and may be hurt.
  • come to grips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
  • commandeering — Present participle of commandeer.
  • commemorating — Present participle of commemorate.
  • commiserating — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
  • comprehending — to understand the nature or meaning of; grasp with the mind; perceive: He did not comprehend the significance of the ambassador's remark.
  • computerising — Present participle of computerise.
  • computerizing — Present participle of computerize.
  • concentrating — Present participle of concentrate.
  • concertinaing — Present participle of concertina.
  • confederating — Present participle of confederate.
  • configurative — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
  • conflagrative — That produces conflagration.
  • congeneration — Simultaneous generation (as of heat and light from the same action).
  • conglomeratic — of or relating to a conglomerate
  • congregations — Plural form of congregation.
  • congressional — A congressional policy, action, or person relates to the United States Congress.
  • conning tower — a superstructure of a submarine, used as the bridge when the vessel is on the surface
  • consideringly — in a considering manner
  • consternating — Present participle of consternate.
  • constringence — inverse of the dispersive power of a medium
  • contracepting — to prevent the conception of (offspring).
  • contragestion — a form of contraception that can be used after fertilization of the ovum, preventing gestation
  • contragestive — able to prevent gestation
  • controverting — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
  • 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
  • corresponding — parallel; equivalent
  • cosignatories — Plural form of cosignatory.
  • cottage fries — potatoes that have been thinly sliced and then fried
  • cough mixture — Cough mixture is the same as cough medicine.
  • counter image — the point or set of points in the domain of a function corresponding to a given point or set of points in the range of the function.
  • counteracting — Present participle of counteract.
  • counterboring — a tool for enlarging a drilled hole for a portion of its length, as to permit sinking a screw head.
  • countermining — Present participle of countermine.
  • countermoving — Present participle of countermove.
  • countersigned — a sign used in reply to another sign.
  • counterspying — the activities of a counterspy
  • counterweighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterweigh.
  • counterweight — A counterweight is an action or proposal that is intended to balance or counter other actions or proposals.
  • court hearing — an official meeting held in court
  • cousin-german — the child of one's aunt or uncle
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