12-letter words containing g, r, o, e, t
- breastplough — a plough driven by the worker's breast, often used to pare turf
- breath group — a sequence of sounds articulated in the course of a single exhalation; an utterance or part of an utterance produced between pauses for breath.
- bridge cloth — a tablecloth for a bridge table.
- bugger about — If someone buggers about or buggers around, they waste time doing unnecessary things.
- burnt orange — of a dark orange colour, sometimes due to calcination of orange pigment
- cape ortegal — a cape in NW Spain, projecting into the Bay of Biscay
- cargo pocket — a large patch pocket, usually pleated at the sides and often having a flap.
- carpetmonger — a person who frequently visits women's boudoirs
- cartographer — A cartographer is a person whose job is drawing maps.
- categorially — in a manner relating to or involving categories
- categoricity — The quality of being categorical.
- categorising — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- categorizing — Present participle of categorize.
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- change front — to redeploy (a force in the field) so that its main weight of weapons points in another direction
- choreologist — a person who is expert in choreology
- chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
- co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
- coast ranges — series of mountain ranges along the W coast of North America, extending from Alas. to Baja California: highest peak, Mt. Logan
- cobalt green — a medium, yellowish-green color.
- cogeneration — the process of generating electricity and steam from the same power plant
- cogenerators — Plural form of cogenerator.
- cold storage — If something such as food is put in cold storage, it is kept in an artificially-cooled place in order to preserve it.
- come through — To come through a dangerous or difficult situation means to survive it and recover from it.
- cometography — the scientific description and recording of comets
- computer age — modern society regarded as the period when the widespread use of computers has fundamentally changed people's lives
- concentering — (American spelling) alternative spelling of concentringt; present participle of concenter.
- concertgoers — Plural form of concertgoer.
- concertgoing — the practice of attending concerts of music
- concretizing — Present participle of concretize.
- configurated — to give a configuration, form, or design to.
- conflagrated — Simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate.
- conglomerate — A conglomerate is a large business firm consisting of several different companies.
- congratulate — If you congratulate someone, you say something to show you are pleased that something nice has happened to them.
- congregating — Present participle of congregate.
- congregation — The people who are attending a church service or who regularly attend a church service are referred to as the congregation.
- congruential — (mathematics) That uses congruency (division by a modulus).
- conjecturing — the formation or expression of an opinion or theory without sufficient evidence for proof.
- consecrating — Present participle of consecrate.
- conservating — Present participle of conservate.
- constringent — constricting.
- contravening — to come or be in conflict with; go or act against; deny or oppose: to contravene a statement.
- convent girl — a girl who goes to or has been to a convent school
- convergently — characterized by convergence; tending to come together; merging.
- conversating — to have a conversation; converse; talk.
- copyrighters — Plural form of copyrighter.
- core gateway — Historically, one of a set of gateways (routers) operated by the Internet Network Operations Center at Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN). The core gateway system formed a central part of Internet routing in that all groups must advertise paths to their networks from a core gateway.
- core storage — a kind of computer memory consisting of storage units made of ferromagnetic rings
- costermonger — a person who sells fruit, vegetables, etc, from a barrow
- cottage roll — a small pickled boneless ham