12-letter words containing g, e, r, i
- bronchogenic — bronchial in origin
- buccaneering — If you describe someone as buccaneering, you mean that they enjoy being involved in risky or even dishonest activities, especially in order to make money.
- bumping race — (esp at Oxford and Cambridge) a race in which rowing eights start an equal distance one behind the other and each tries to bump the boat in front
- butter icing — a mixture of butter and icing sugar used for filling or topping cakes
- buying order — an order to buy a certain security
- buying power — the amount of services or goods a company, person, group or currency is able to purchase
- buying spree — the hurried acquisition by a company, of goods, assets, or other companies
- buying-power — Also called buying power. the ability to purchase goods and services.
- cabriole leg — a type of furniture leg, popular in the first half of the 18th century, in which an upper convex curve descends tapering to a concave curve
- cage cricket — a form of cricket played in an enclosed space, in which six players compete as individuals
- calligraphed — Simple past tense and past participle of calligraph.
- calligrapher — A calligrapher is a person skilled in the art of calligraphy.
- canyoneering — (US) Canyoning, a hybrid outdoor sport involving the traversal of river canyons.
- caramelizing — Present participle of caramelize.
- carcinogenic — A substance that is carcinogenic is likely to cause cancer.
- 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
- carpentering — a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
- 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.
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
- categorially — in a manner relating to or involving categories
- categoricity — The quality of being categorical.
- categorising — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- categorizing — Present participle of categorize.
- caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
- ceiling rose — decorative plaster centrepiece
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- centralising — Present participle of centralise.
- centralizing — Present participle of centralize.
- centrifugate — the denser of the centrifuged materials.
- centrifuging — an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.
- chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.
- char-grilled — Char-grilled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
- charmingness — pleasing; delightful: a charming child.
- chauffeuring — Present participle of chauffeur.
- checkweigher — a person or machine that measures the weight of commodities on a production line or in a colliery
- cheerleading — the action or skill of a cheerleader.
- cheeseparing — penny-pinching; stingy
- 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.
- 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
- choreologist — a person who is expert in choreology
- christenings — Plural form of christening.