12-letter words containing g, e, n
- conglutinate — to cause (the edges of a wound or fracture) to join during the process of healing or (of the edges of a wound or fracture) to join during this process
- congratulate — If you congratulate someone, you say something to show you are pleased that something nice has happened to them.
- congregating — Present participle of congregate.
- congregation — The people who are attending a church service or who regularly attend a church service are referred to as the congregation.
- congruencies — congruence.
- 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
- consanguined — Of kindred blood; related.
- consecrating — Present participle of consecrate.
- consentingly — in a consenting manner
- conservating — Present participle of conservate.
- consignments — Plural form of consignment.
- console game — a video game requiring the use of a games console
- constringent — constricting.
- contiguities — Plural form of contiguity.
- contingently — dependent for existence, occurrence, character, etc., on something not yet certain; conditional (often followed by on or upon): Our plans are contingent on the weather.
- contravening — to come or be in conflict with; go or act against; deny or oppose: to contravene a statement.
- convalescing — to recover health and strength after illness; make progress toward recovery of health.
- 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.
- conveyancing — Conveyancing is the process of transferring the legal ownership of property.
- cook-general — (formerly, esp in the 1920s and '30s) a domestic servant who did cooking and housework
- cooking time — the time that something needs to cook
- coprocessing — the act of processing jointly
- copy-reading — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- core drawing — drawing of fine tubing using wire as a mandrel.
- cosmogenesis — The origin or evolution of the universe.
- cosmogenetic — Of or pertaining to cosmogeny.
- costermonger — a person who sells fruit, vegetables, etc, from a barrow
- 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
- county agent — a government employee who gives advice on agriculture in a rural area
- 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
- 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.
- 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
- crossgrained — Alternative form of cross-grained.
- curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.