13-letter words containing g, o, r, e, t
- congratulable — worthy of congratulation
- congratulated — to express pleasure to (a person), as on a happy occasion: They congratulated him on his marriage.
- congratulates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of congratulate.
- congregations — Plural form of congregation.
- congress boot — a high shoe with an elastic insert in each side
- conning tower — a superstructure of a submarine, used as the bridge when the vessel is on the surface
- consternating — Present participle of consternate.
- constringence — inverse of the dispersive power of a medium
- contracepting — to prevent the conception of (offspring).
- contragestion — a form of contraception that can be used after fertilization of the ovum, preventing gestation
- contragestive — able to prevent gestation
- controverting — to argue against; dispute; deny; oppose.
- cooling tower — A cooling tower is a very large, round, high building which is used to cool water from factories or power stations.
- copyrightable — the exclusive right to make copies, license, and otherwise exploit a literary, musical, or artistic work, whether printed, audio, video, etc.: works granted such right by law on or after January 1, 1978, are protected for the lifetime of the author or creator and for a period of 70 years after his or her death.
- core strength — the strength of the underlying muscles of the torso, which help determine posture
- coreligionist — an adherent of the same religion as another
- cosignatories — Plural form of cosignatory.
- costardmonger — a costermonger
- costermongers — Plural form of costermonger.
- cottage fries — potatoes that have been thinly sliced and then fried
- cottage grove — a town in E Minnesota.
- cough mixture — Cough mixture is the same as cough medicine.
- counter image — the point or set of points in the domain of a function corresponding to a given point or set of points in the range of the function.
- counter-argue — to present reasons for or against a thing: He argued in favor of capital punishment.
- counteracting — Present participle of counteract.
- counterboring — a tool for enlarging a drilled hole for a portion of its length, as to permit sinking a screw head.
- counterchange — to change parts, qualities, etc
- countercharge — a charge brought by an accused person against the accuser
- countermining — Present participle of countermine.
- countermoving — Present participle of countermove.
- countersigned — a sign used in reply to another sign.
- counterspying — the activities of a counterspy
- counterweighs — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of counterweigh.
- counterweight — A counterweight is an action or proposal that is intended to balance or counter other actions or proposals.
- court hearing — an official meeting held in court
- covent garden — a district of central London: famous for its former fruit, vegetable, and flower market, now a shopping precinct
- crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
- cryptographer — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
- curling stone — a large, heavy, ellipsoidal stone or a similar object made of iron, usually having one rough side and one smooth side with a hole in the center of each for screwing in a handle by which the stone is released, for use in the game of curling.
- cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
- cycle drought — A scarcity of cycles. It may be due to a cycle crunch, but it could also occur because part of the computer is temporarily not working, leaving fewer cycles to go around. "The high moby is down, so we're running with only half the usual amount of memory. There will be a cycle drought until it's fixed."
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- daguerreotype — one of the earliest photographic processes, in which the image was produced on iodine-sensitized silver and developed in mercury vapour
- daguerreotypy — The art or technique of producing daguerreotypes.
- daguerrotypes — Plural form of daguerrotype, a misspelling of daguerreotype.
- daughterboard — a small circuit board that can be attached to the motherboard of a computer
- decarbonating — Present participle of decarbonate.
- decorticating — Present participle of decorticate.
- deer's-tongue — green gentian.
- degradational — (geology) Pertaining to or formed by degradation.