12-letter words containing g, a, r, l, i
- char-grilled — Char-grilled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
- charbroiling — Present participle of charbroil.
- cheerleading — the action or skill of a cheerleader.
- childbearing — Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.
- childrearing — the raising and parenting of children: Childrearing extends beyond simple guardianship to nurturing and guidance.
- chlorinating — Present participle of chlorinate.
- chorological — relating to the place where something can be found
- cigar flower — the common name for a small, shrubby plant, Cuphea ignea, of the loosestrife family, native to Mexico and Jamaica, grown as an ornamental and houseplant: named for its red tubular flowers that resemble cigars.
- cigar holder — a mouthpiece of wood, ivory, etc, used for holding a cigar while it is smoked
- circle graph — pie chart.
- clam diggers — casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
- clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- clatteringly — With a clattering sound.
- clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- cliff-hanger — a melodramatic or adventure serial in which each installment ends in suspense in order to interest the reader or viewer in the next installment.
- cliffhangers — Plural form of cliffhanger.
- closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
- coal-burning — fuelled by burning coal
- configurable — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- congenerical — congeneric
- congruential — (mathematics) That uses congruency (division by a modulus).
- cooling rack — a wire frame used for cooling food on
- corbie gable — a gable having corbie-steps
- corticofugal — (of a nerve fiber) originating in and running from the cerebral cortex.
- craniologist — the science that deals with the size, shape, and other characteristics of human skulls.
- 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
- crenellating — Present participle of crenellate.
- crimson flag — a southern African plant, Schizostylis coccinea, of the iris family, having tubular red flowers.
- cryosurgical — of or relating to cryosurgery
- crystalising — Present participle of crystalise.
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- cyclographic — of or relating to a cyclograph
- dallis grass — a tall, succulent, forage grass (Paspalum dilatatum), with hairy spikelets, much grown in the S U.S.
- dancing girl — a professional female dancer who dances to entertain customers at a club, theatre, etc
- darning wool — wool used for darning
- daughterlike — Resembling a daughter.
- daughterling — a small daughter
- dealing room — A dealing room is a place where shares, currencies, or commodities are bought and sold.
- decelerating — Present participle of decelerate.
- decreasingly — In a decreasing manner.
- deerstalking — The hunting of deer on foot, by stealing upon them unawares.
- deflagrating — Present participle of deflagrate.
- deflagration — Deflagration is an explosion in which the speed of burning is lower than the speed of sound in the surroundings.
- deglamorized — Simple past tense and past participle of deglamorize.
- degringolade — a rapid descent or deterioration
- deleveraging — an instance of this: The economic crisis has forced a deleverage.
- deliberating — carefully weighed or considered; studied; intentional: a deliberate lie.
- demoralising — to deprive (a person or persons) of spirit, courage, discipline, etc.; destroy the morale of: The continuous barrage demoralized the infantry.