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12-letter words containing g, o, e, t

  • bugger about — If someone buggers about or buggers around, they waste time doing unnecessary things.
  • burnt orange — of a dark orange colour, sometimes due to calcination of orange pigment
  • cabbage moth — a common brownish noctuid moth, Mamestra brassicae, the larva of which is destructive of cabbages and other plants
  • cape ortegal — a cape in NW Spain, projecting into the Bay of Biscay
  • cargo pocket — a large patch pocket, usually pleated at the sides and often having a flap.
  • carpetmonger — a person who frequently visits women's boudoirs
  • cartographer — A cartographer is a person whose job is drawing maps.
  • 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.
  • catalog code — the principles, rules, and regulations for entering and describing books or other library material in a catalog.
  • 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.
  • cathode glow — a luminous region between the Aston dark space and the Crookes dark space in a vacuum tube, occurring when the pressure is low.
  • centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
  • chaetognaths — Plural form of chaetognath.
  • change front — to redeploy (a force in the field) so that its main weight of weapons points in another direction
  • change point — a point to which a foresight and backsight are taken in levelling; turning point
  • changepocket — a small pocket or compartment for holding coins.
  • chincoteague — a town on a small island in a lagoon (Chincoteague Bay) in E Virginia: annual wild pony roundup.
  • choreologist — a person who is expert in choreology
  • chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
  • city college — an educational institution providing higher education and lower-level tertiary education in the US and Canada
  • cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
  • cleistogamic — Alternative form of cleistogamous.
  • closefitting — fitting tightly, esp. in such a way as to show the contours of the body
  • closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
  • closing time — Closing time is the time when something such as a shop, library, or pub closes and people have to leave.
  • co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
  • coast ranges — series of mountain ranges along the W coast of North America, extending from Alas. to Baja California: highest peak, Mt. Logan
  • cobalt green — a medium, yellowish-green color.
  • coccygectomy — (surgery) Surgical removal of the coccyx.
  • code segment — (memory)   (Intel 8086 CS) The area of memory containing the machine code instructions of a program. The code segment of a program may be shared between multiple processes running that code so long as none of them tries to modify it. Initialised data is located in the data segment.
  • coding sheet — a form on which a program is written
  • cogeneration — the process of generating electricity and steam from the same power plant
  • cogenerators — Plural form of cogenerator.
  • cogitatively — In a cogitative manner.
  • cognoscitive — having the ability to know or discover: cognoscitive powers.
  • cold storage — If something such as food is put in cold storage, it is kept in an artificially-cooled place in order to preserve it.
  • collegiality — the sharing of authority among colleagues
  • collegiately — in a collegiate way
  • collegiates' — of or relating to a college: collegiate life.
  • come through — To come through a dangerous or difficult situation means to survive it and recover from it.
  • cometography — the scientific description and recording of comets
  • commentating — Present participle of commentate.
  • compensating — to recompense for something: They gave him ten dollars to compensate him for his trouble.
  • computer age — modern society regarded as the period when the widespread use of computers has fundamentally changed people's lives
  • concentering — (American spelling) alternative spelling of concentringt; present participle of concenter.
  • concertgoers — Plural form of concertgoer.
  • concertgoing — the practice of attending concerts of music
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