12-letter words containing g, r, i
- copy-reading — to work on (copy) as a copyreader.
- copyrighters — Plural form of copyrighter.
- copyrighting — Present participle of copyright.
- corbie gable — a gable having corbie-steps
- core drawing — drawing of fine tubing using wire as a mandrel.
- corn bunting — a heavily built European songbird, Emberiza calandra, with a streaked brown plumage: family Emberizidae (buntings)
- cornhuskings — Plural form of cornhusking.
- corregidores — the chief magistrate of a town in Spain.
- corrugations — the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
- corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
- corticofugal — (of a nerve fiber) originating in and running from the cerebral cortex.
- cosmographic — Of or pertaining to cosmography.
- cosponsoring — Present participle of cosponsor.
- couchsurfing — Couchsurfing is the practice of sleeping at the houses of several different people for a period of time without paying.
- counterimage — a corresponding image
- counterlight — a light opposite something, such as a painting, that negatively affects the appearance of that object
- countersigns — Plural form of countersign.
- counterweigh — counterbalance
- court ruling — a decision made by a court
- craniography — examination of the skull as depicted by craniographs, photographs, and charts.
- craniologist — the science that deals with the size, shape, and other characteristics of human skulls.
- crapehanging — the practice of hanging crape, esp as a sign of mourning
- crawling peg — a method of stabilizing exchange rates, prices, etc, by maintaining a fixed level for a specified period or until the level has persisted at an upper or lower limit for a specified period and then permitting a predetermined incremental rise or fall
- crazy eights — a card game played by two or more persons with a 52-card deck, the object of which is to be the first to get rid of one's hand by successively playing a card of the same suit or denomination as that played by the preceding player, with an eight counting for any desired suit.
- crazy paving — Crazy paving is pieces of stone of different shapes fitted together to make a path or flat area.
- crenellating — Present participle of crenellate.
- crescendoing — Music. a gradual, steady increase in loudness or force. a musical passage characterized by such an increase. the performance of a crescendo passage: The crescendo by the violins is too abrupt.
- cricket frog — either of two tree frogs, Acris gryllus or A. crepitans, of eastern and central U.S., having a clicking call.
- criminogenic — causing or promoting crime
- crimson flag — a southern African plant, Schizostylis coccinea, of the iris family, having tubular red flowers.
- cringeworthy — Causing feelings of embarrassment or awkwardness.
- criptography — (spelling) It's spelled "cryptography".
- crop dusting — Crop dusting is the spreading of pesticides on crops, usually from an aircraft.
- crop-dusting — the spraying of powdered fungicides or insecticides on crops, usually from an airplane.
- cross-dating — a method of dating objects, remains, etc, by comparison and correlation with other sites and levels
- cross-string — overstring.
- crossbanding — a veneer border, as on furniture, with its grain at right angles to the grain of the adjacent wood
- crossbarring — stripes, esp those of an animal
- crosscutting — a transverse cut or course.
- crossgrained — Alternative form of cross-grained.
- crossposting — Present participle of crosspost.
- crowdfunding — Crowdfunding is when a large number of people each give an amount of money to pay for a project, especially by using a website to collect the money.
- cryoglobulin — an abnormal immunoglobulin, present in the blood in certain diseases, that precipitates below about 10°C, obstructing small blood vessels in the fingers and toes
- cryosurgical — of or relating to cryosurgery
- cryptogamian — of or relating to cryptogams
- cryptogamist — a botanist specializing in the study of cryptogams
- cryptologist — cryptography.
- crystalising — Present participle of crystalise.
- curling iron — A curling iron is a metal device, resembling scissors, that you heat and use to form curls in your hair.
- currycombing — Present participle of currycomb.