13-letter words containing g, o, r, s, e
- cheesemongers — Plural form of cheesemonger.
- chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
- cinema goers' — filmgoer.
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- climbing rose — any of various roses that ascend and cover a trellis, arbor, etc., chiefly by twining about the supports.
- close-grained — (of wood) dense or compact in texture
- closing error — the amount by which a closed traverse fails to satisfy the requirements of a true mathematical figure, as the length of line joining the true and computed position of the same point.
- closing price — On the stock exchange, the closing price of a share is its price at the end of a day's business.
- coarsegrained — having a coarse texture
- cobol fingers — (jargon) /koh'bol fing'grz/ Reported from Sweden, a hypothetical disease one might get from coding in COBOL. The language requires code verbose beyond all reason (see candygrammar); thus it is alleged that programming too much in COBOL causes one's fingers to wear down to stubs by the endless typing.
- cocarcinogens — Plural form of cocarcinogen.
- come to grips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
- commiserating — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- computerising — Present participle of computerise.
- conglomerates — anything composed of heterogeneous materials or elements.
- 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
- congressional — A congressional policy, action, or person relates to the United States Congress.
- congresswoman — A Congresswoman is a female member of the US Congress, especially of the House of Representatives.
- congresswomen — Plural form of congresswoman.
- congruousness — The state or quality of being congruous.
- consideringly — in a considering manner
- consternating — Present participle of consternate.
- constringence — inverse of the dispersive power of a medium
- contragestion — a form of contraception that can be used after fertilization of the ovum, preventing gestation
- contragestive — able to prevent gestation
- coralligenous — producing coral
- core strength — the strength of the underlying muscles of the torso, which help determine posture
- coreligionist — an adherent of the same religion as another
- corresponding — parallel; equivalent
- cosignatories — Plural form of cosignatory.
- costardmonger — a costermonger
- costermongers — Plural form of costermonger.
- cottage fries — potatoes that have been thinly sliced and then fried
- 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.
- cousin-german — the child of one's aunt or uncle
- cross bedding — layering within one or more beds in a series of rock strata that does not run parallel to the plane of stratification
- cross-grained — (of timber) having the fibres arranged irregularly or in a direction that deviates from the axis of the piece
- cross-selling — to sell or try to sell (similar or related products or services) to an existing customer.
- crossbreeding — Present participle of crossbreed.
- crosschecking — Present participle of crosscheck.
- crossdressing — to dress in clothing typically worn by members of the opposite sex.
- crossing over — the interchange of sections between pairing homologous chromosomes during the diplotene stage of meiosis. It results in the rearrangement of genes and produces variation in the inherited characteristics of the offspring
- crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
- 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
- cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.