12-letter words containing g, c, e
- chicago fire — a three-day fire in Chicago, Ill., in 1871 that largely destroyed the city and took several hundred lives.
- 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.
- chiliburgers — Plural form of chiliburger.
- chincoteague — a town on a small island in a lagoon (Chincoteague Bay) in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.
- chirographer — Alternative form of chirographist.
- chirurgeonly — in the manner of a surgeon
- chitterlings — the intestines of a pig or other animal prepared as a dish
- chord change — a movement from one chord to another
- choregrapher — Alt form choreographer.
- choreographs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of choreograph.
- choreography — Choreography is the inventing of steps and movements for ballets and other dances.
- choreologist — a person who is expert in choreology
- chorographer — Someone who desscribes a particular region or country.
- christenings — Plural form of christening.
- chrome green — any green pigment made by mixing lead chromate with Prussian blue
- chronologies — Plural form of chronology.
- chronologise — Alternative spelling of chronologize.
- chronologize — to arrange in an order determined by when events took place
- chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
- chump change — Slang. a small or insignificant amount of money.
- 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
- cigar-shaped — resembling a cigar in shape
- cinema-going — regularly attending the cinema
- cinematizing — Present participle of cinematize.
- cip language — language> (CIP-L, Computer-aided Intuition-guided Programming Language) A wide-spectrum language for incremental program transformation. There are ALGOL- and Pascal-like variants.
- circle graph — pie chart.
- circumgyrate — to cause (something) to move in a circular motion
- citrangequat — A trigenic hybrid cross of two types of orange and a kumquat.
- city college — an educational institution providing higher education and lower-level tertiary education in the US and Canada
- city manager — (in the US) an administrator hired by a municipal council to manage its affairs
- cladogenesis — adaptive evolution leading to a greater variety of species
- cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
- clam diggers — casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
- clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
- clatteringly — With a clattering sound.
- claw setting — a jewellery setting with clawlike prongs
- clean eating — the practice of following a diet that contains only natural foods, and is low in sugar, salt, and fat
- clean energy — energy, as electricity or nuclear power, that does not pollute the atmosphere when used, as opposed to coal and oil, that do.
- clean-living — having a wholesome lifestyle
- clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- cleidoic egg — egg of birds and insects
- cleistogamic — Alternative form of cleistogamous.
- clergyperson — a member of the clergy
- 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.
- closefitting — fitting tightly, esp. in such a way as to show the contours of the body
- closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture