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12-letter words containing g, c, a

  • campshedding — to line (the bank of a river) with campshot.
  • canada goose — A Canada goose is a grayish-brown wild goose that comes from North America.
  • canary grass — any of various grasses of the genus Phalaris, esp P. canariensis, that is native to Europe and N Africa and has straw-coloured seeds used as birdseed
  • candygrammar — (language)   A programming-language grammar that is mostly syntactic sugar; a play on "candygram". COBOL, Apple Computer's Hypertalk language, and many 4GLs share this property. The intent is to be as English-like as possible and thus easier for unskilled people to program. However, syntax isn't what makes programming hard; it's the mental effort and organisation required to specify an algorithm precisely. Thus "candygrammar" languages are just as difficult to program in, and far more painful for the experienced hacker.
  • canned goods — tinned food produce
  • cantabrigian — of, relating to, or characteristic of Cambridge or Cambridge University, or of Cambridge, Massachusetts, or Harvard University
  • canting arms — a coat of arms making visual reference to the surname of its owner
  • canyoneering — (US) Canyoning, a hybrid outdoor sport involving the traversal of river canyons.
  • cap and gown — a cap with a flat top ( mortarboard) and a long robe, worn at some academic ceremonies, as commencement, and often used to symbolize the academic life
  • cap spinning — a spinning process in which woolen yarn is twisted and wound onto a revolving bobbin located within a stationary cap, much used in the Bradford spinning process.
  • capacitating — Present participle of capacitate.
  • caparisoning — Present participle of caparison.
  • cape agulhas — a headland in South Africa, the southernmost point of the African continent
  • cape delgado — a headland on the NE coast of Mozambique
  • cape ortegal — a cape in NW Spain, projecting into the Bay of Biscay
  • caper spurge — a spurge, Euphorbia lathyris, producing latex that is considered a possible source of crude oil and gasoline.
  • capital gain — the amount by which the selling price of a financial asset exceeds its cost
  • capitalising — Present participle of capitalise.
  • capitalizing — Present participle of capitalize.
  • capitulating — Present participle of capitulate.
  • caramelizing — Present participle of caramelize.
  • carbonadoing — Present participle of carbonado.
  • carcinogenic — A substance that is carcinogenic is likely to cause cancer.
  • card catalog — a file of cards of uniform size arranged in some definite order and listing the items in the collection of a library or group of libraries, each card typically identifying a single item.
  • card surfing — a form of cash-card fraud in which one person watches another using a cash dispenser, notes his or her personal identification number, and, after an accomplice has stolen the card, uses the card to withdraw cash
  • cardigan bay — an inlet of St George's Channel, on the W coast of Wales
  • cardiographs — Plural form of cardiograph.
  • cardiography — electrocardiograph.
  • cardiologist — A cardiologist is a doctor who specializes in the heart and its diseases.
  • cardiomegaly — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
  • cardioplegia — deliberate arrest of the action of the heart, as by hypothermia or the injection of chemicals, to enable complex heart surgery to be carried out
  • care package — Also, CARE package. a package containing food, clothing, or other items sent as necessities to the needy.
  • cargo pocket — a large patch pocket, usually pleated at the sides and often having a flap.
  • caricaturing — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
  • carlovingian — Carolingian
  • carpentering — a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
  • carpet grass — either of two grasses, Axonopus affinis or A. compressus, native to tropical and subtropical America.
  • carpetbagged — Simple past tense and past participle of carpetbag.
  • carpetbagger — If you call someone a carpetbagger, you disapprove of them because they are trying to become a politician in an area which is not their home, simply because they think they are more likely to succeed there.
  • carpetmonger — a person who frequently visits women's boudoirs
  • carpophagous — feeding on fruit
  • carriage dog — Dalmatian (sense 4)
  • carriageable — (of a road, etc) able to be travelled in a carriage
  • carriageways — Plural form of carriageway.
  • carry weight — to be important, influential, etc.
  • carry-on bag — a small bag that is taken inside an aircraft by hand personally by a passenger
  • carryings-on — wild, extravagant, or immoral behavior
  • carthaginian — of or relating to Carthage or its inhabitants
  • cartographer — A cartographer is a person whose job is drawing maps.
  • cartographic — Of or pertaining to the making of maps.
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