12-letter words containing g, i, o, c, n
- bloodsucking — any animal that sucks blood, especially a leech.
- bluestocking — A bluestocking is an intellectual woman.
- bookcrossing — the practice of deliberately leaving books in places where they will be found and read by other people
- bounce light — Also, bounce lighting. light that is bounced off a reflective surface onto the subject in order to achieve a softer lighting effect.
- bouncing bet — a perennial soapwort (Saponaria officinalis) with clusters of pinkish flowers
- boxing match — a competition between two boxers
- bring action — to start a lawsuit
- broadcasting — Broadcasting is the making and sending out of television and radio programmes.
- bronchogenic — bronchial in origin
- buccolingual — of or relating to the cheek and tongue.
- caenogenesis — the development of structures and organs in an embryo or larva that are adaptations to its way of life and are not retained in the adult form
- caliginosity — darkness
- camouflaging — Present participle of camouflage.
- camphorating — Present participle of camphorate.
- canyoneering — (US) Canyoning, a hybrid outdoor sport involving the traversal of river canyons.
- caparisoning — Present participle of caparison.
- carbonadoing — Present participle of carbonado.
- carcinogenic — A substance that is carcinogenic is likely to cause cancer.
- carlovingian — Carolingian
- carryings-on — wild, extravagant, or immoral behavior
- carving fork — a large, two-tined fork with a metal guard to protect the hand, used to hold meat in place as it is being carved
- castigations — Plural form of castigation.
- casting vote — When a committee has given an equal number of votes for and against a proposal, the chairperson can give a casting vote. This vote decides whether or not the proposal will be passed.
- categorising — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- categorizing — Present participle of categorize.
- ceiling rose — decorative plaster centrepiece
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- chalcogenide — a binary compound consisting of a chalcogen and at least one other electropositive element
- changchiakou — Zhangjiakou
- change point — a point to which a foresight and backsight are taken in levelling; turning point
- charbroiling — Present participle of charbroil.
- childcrowing — a disease which causes spasms of the vocal cords
- chilpancingo — a town in S Mexico, capital of Guerrero state, in the Sierra Madre del Sur. Pop: 166 000 (2005 est)
- chincoteague — a town on a small island in a lagoon (Chincoteague Bay) in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.
- chinhuangtao — a seaport in NE Hebei province, in NE China, on the Bohai.
- chirognomist — someone who studies chirognomy
- chirurgeonly — in the manner of a surgeon
- chlorinating — Present participle of chlorinate.
- chronologies — Plural form of chronology.
- chronologise — Alternative spelling of chronologize.
- chronologist — a person versed in chronology.
- chronologize — to arrange in an order determined by when events took place
- cinema-going — regularly attending the cinema
- cladogenesis — adaptive evolution leading to a greater variety of species
- cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- classloading — (computing, Java) The dynamic loading of classes into a virtual machine, as performed by a classloader.
- closefitting — fitting tightly, esp. in such a way as to show the contours of the body
- closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
- closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.