13-letter words containing g, o, t, e
- cariogenicity — conducive to the production or promotion of dental caries: the cariogenic factors in sweets.
- carnot engine — an engine using a Carnot cycle of operations.
- carriage bolt — a round-headed bolt for timber, threaded along part of its shank, inserted into holes already drilled.
- cartographers — Plural form of cartographer.
- catalog verse — verse made by compiling long lists of everyday objects, names, or events, united by a common theme and often didactic in tone.
- categorematic — (of a word) able to stand alone as a term or subject
- categorically — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
- categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
- categorizable — Capable of being categorized.
- centre ground — the nominal space in the political spectrum that is neither right or left
- changing tone — cambiata.
- changing-note — cambiata.
- checkout girl — a female employee who works on a supermarket checkout
- checkpointing — Present participle of checkpoint.
- chicago steak — a strip steak or, sometimes, a shell steak.
- chicago style — a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble.
- chlorargyrite — a mineral, the naturally occurring form of silver chloride, formed in the oxidation process of silver
- cinematograph — a combined camera, printer, and projector
- clear-coating — an automotive painting technique in which a coating of clear lacquer or other synthetic liquid is applied over the base color to enhance the shine and durability of the paint.
- cleistogamous — having small, unopened, self-pollinating flowers, usually in addition to the showier flowers
- clonogenicity — (uncountable) The ability of a cell to form clones.
- close-fitting — Close-fitting clothes fit tightly and show the shape of your body.
- club together — If people club together to do something, they all give money towards the cost of it.
- co-management — the practice of managing something jointly
- coasting lead — a lead used in sounding depths of from 20 to 60 fathoms.
- cobelligerent — a country fighting in a war on the side of another country
- codeswitching — Alternative form of code-switching.
- cogent prolog — (language) A full Edinburgh standard Prolog with debugger, listener, DCG, many built-ins, text windows, support for modules, and support for both 16-bit and 32-bit protected mode. Contact: Dennis C. Merritt.
- cognitive map — a mental map of one's environment
- cointegration — (mathematics) The condition of two non-stationary time series whose linear combination is stationary.
- come to grief — If something comes to grief, it fails. If someone comes to grief, they fail in something they are doing, and may be hurt.
- come to grips — to engage in hand-to-hand fighting
- come to light — to be revealed
- commemorating — Present participle of commemorate.
- commiserating — to feel or express sorrow or sympathy for; empathize with; pity.
- complementing — something that completes or makes perfect: A good wine is a complement to a good meal.
- complimenting — an expression of praise, commendation, or admiration: A sincere compliment boosts one's morale.
- computer game — A computer game is a game that you play on a computer or on a small portable piece of electronic equipment.
- computer geek — (jargon) (Or "turbo nerd", "turbo geek") One who eats (computer) bugs for a living. One who fulfils all the dreariest negative stereotypes about hackers: an asocial, malodourous, pasty-faced monomaniac with all the personality of a cheese grater. The term cannot be used by outsiders without implied insult to all hackers; compare black-on-black usage of "nigger". A computer geek may be either a fundamentally clueless individual or a proto-hacker in larval stage. See also Alpha Geek, propeller head, clustergeeking, geek out, wannabee, terminal junkie, spod, weenie.
- computerising — Present participle of computerise.
- computerizing — Present participle of computerize.
- concatenating — Present participle of concatenate.
- concentrating — Present participle of concentrate.
- concert grand — a full-size grand piano, usually around 7 feet in length
- concertgebouw — a concert hall in Amsterdam, inaugurated in 1888: the Concertgebouw Orchestra established in 1888, has been independent of the hall since World War II
- concertinaing — Present participle of concertina.
- confectioning — a sweet preparation of fruit or the like, as a preserve or candy.
- confederating — Present participle of confederate.
- configurative — the relative disposition or arrangement of the parts or elements of a thing.
- conflagrative — That produces conflagration.