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12-letter words containing g

  • circumgyrate — to cause (something) to move in a circular motion
  • cirl bunting — a European passerine bird Emberiza cirlus, of the bunting family Emberizidae
  • cirrus logic — (company)   A manufacturer of integrated circuits including the Advanced RISC Machine and display interface processors and cards for use as Windows accelerators (requiring dedicated driver software).
  • citrangequat — A trigenic hybrid cross of two types of orange and a kumquat.
  • city college — an educational institution providing higher education and lower-level tertiary education in the US and Canada
  • city manager — (in the US) an administrator hired by a municipal council to manage its affairs
  • civil rights — Civil rights are the rights that people have in a society to equal treatment and equal opportunities, whatever their race, sex, or religion.
  • cladogenesis — adaptive evolution leading to a greater variety of species
  • cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
  • clam diggers — casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
  • clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
  • clangorously — In a clangorous manner; ringingly.
  • clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
  • class a drug — (in Britain) any of the most dangerous group of controlled drugs, including heroin, cocaine, and MDMA
  • class b drug — (in Britain) any of the second most dangerous group of controlled drugs, including amphetamine
  • class c drug — (in Britain) any of the least dangerous group of controlled drugs, including temazepam and cannabis
  • classloading — (computing, Java) The dynamic loading of classes into a virtual machine, as performed by a classloader.
  • clatteringly — With a clattering sound.
  • claw setting — a jewellery setting with clawlike prongs
  • clean eating — the practice of following a diet that contains only natural foods, and is low in sugar, salt, and fat
  • clean energy — energy, as electricity or nuclear power, that does not pollute the atmosphere when used, as opposed to coal and oil, that do.
  • clean-living — having a wholesome lifestyle
  • clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
  • clearsighted — seeing clearly
  • cleidoic egg — egg of birds and insects
  • cleistogamic — Alternative form of cleistogamous.
  • clergyperson — a member of the clergy
  • clickjacking — the practice of using a disguised hyperlink to direct an internet user to a website he or she does not wish to visit
  • clickthrough — the act of clicking on an advertisement or other link to go to another website, especially a retail site: The store gets lots of clickthroughs from social media.
  • cliff-hanger — a melodramatic or adventure serial in which each installment ends in suspense in order to interest the reader or viewer in the next installment.
  • cliffhangers — Plural form of cliffhanger.
  • cliffhanging — Present participle of cliffhang.
  • climbingfish — climbing perch.
  • closefitting — fitting tightly, esp. in such a way as to show the contours of the body
  • closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
  • closing date — The closing date for a competition or offer is the final date by which entries or applications must be received.
  • closing time — Closing time is the time when something such as a shop, library, or pub closes and people have to leave.
  • club fighter — a mediocre boxer who fights mostly on programs at small sporting clubs
  • co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
  • coal-burning — fuelled by burning coal
  • coarse grain — granularity
  • 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.
  • cocarcinogen — a substance that can promote cancer when acting with other substances, but which does not promote cancer by itself
  • coccygectomy — (surgery) Surgical removal of the coccyx.
  • cockfighting — The sport (illegal in certain countries) of setting two cocks to fight each other. Fighting cocks often have had their legs fitted with metal spurs.
  • cockthrowing — the sport of knocking down, or killing, a cock that is tied to a post
  • code grinder — (jargon, abuse)   A suit-wearing minion of the sort hired in legion strength by banks and insurance companies in the Real World to implement payroll packages in RPG and other such unspeakable horrors. In its native habitat, the code grinder often removes the suit jacket to reveal an underplumage consisting of button-down shirt (starch optional) and a tie. In times of dire stress, the sleeves (if long) may be rolled up and the tie loosened about half an inch. It seldom helps. The code grinder's milieu is about as far from hackerdom as one can get and still touch a computer; the term connotes pity. Used of or to a hacker, this term is a really serious slur on the person's creative ability; it connotes a design style characterised by primitive technique, rule-boundedness, brute force and utter lack of imagination. Compare card walloper. Contrast real programmer.
  • code segment — (memory)   (Intel 8086 CS) The area of memory containing the machine code instructions of a program. The code segment of a program may be shared between multiple processes running that code so long as none of them tries to modify it. Initialised data is located in the data segment.
  • code-sharing — a commercial agreement between two airlines that allows passengers to use a ticket from one airline to travel on another
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