13-letter words containing g, r, e, n
- credit rating — Your credit rating is a judgment of how likely you are to pay money back if you borrow it or buy things on credit.
- creep-feeding — the practice of feeding young farm animals (esp piglets, calves, and lambs) in a sectioned-off part of their indoor environment, in order to prevent the mother from gaining access to the food
- creep-grazing — a method of pasture management that allows young farm animals (esp lambs) to graze part of the pasture before the adults in the group
- crepe bandage — a bandage made of light cotton crepe
- cringe-making — causing feelings of acute embarrassment or distaste
- 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
- cryogenically — in a cryogenic manner
- curb exchange — American Stock Exchange.
- 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.
- curve fitting — the determination of a curve that fits a specified set of points: The method of least squares is commonly used for curve fitting.
- cutting horse — a saddle horse trained for use in separating an individual animal, such as a cow, from a herd
- cyberbullying — Cyberbullying is the use of the Internet to frighten or upset someone, usually by sending them unpleasant messages.
- cybershopping — Shopping by means of computers or the Internet.
- cyberslacking — (informal) Use of the Internet during work hours for unrelated tasks.
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- danger signal — any type of signal that indicates danger
- dangerousness — full of danger or risk; causing danger; perilous; risky; hazardous; unsafe.
- dangleberries — Plural form of dangleberry.
- darling range — a ridge in SW Western Australia, parallel to the coast. Highest point: about 582 m (1669 ft)
- darling river — a river in SE Australia, rising in the Eastern Highlands and flowing southwest to the Murray River. Length: 2740 km (1702 miles)
- das rheingold — an opera by Wagner (1869), one of four in a cycle based on the German myth of the Ring of the Nibelung
- daydreamingly — While daydreaming.
- decarbonating — Present participle of decarbonate.
- decarbonizing — Present participle of decarbonize.
- decarburizing — Present participle of decarburize.
- decerebrating — Present participle of decerebrate.
- decompressing — Present participle of decompress.
- decorticating — Present participle of decorticate.
- decrepitating — Present participle of decrepitate.
- deep mourning — completely black mourning clothes made of a drab material: After her brother died, she was in deep mourning for a year.
- deep-freezing — the process of freezing food at a very low temperature for storage
- deer's-tongue — green gentian.
- defragmenting — Present participle of defragment.
- degradational — (geology) Pertaining to or formed by degradation.
- degranulation — a cellular process in which cytoplasmic granules within certain cells secrete their contents, often to the outside of the cell
- dehydrogenase — an enzyme, such as any of the respiratory enzymes, that activates oxidation-reduction reactions by transferring hydrogen from substrate to acceptor
- dehydrogenate — to remove hydrogen from
- dehydrogenize — dehydrogenate.
- deintegration — an act or instance of integrating a racial, religious, or ethnic group.
- democratizing — Present participle of democratize.
- demonstrating — to make evident or establish by arguments or reasoning; prove: to demonstrate a philosophical principle.
- dendroecology — The science that uses dendrochronology to analyze historic ecological processes.
- dendrological — Of, pertaining to dendrology.