12-letter words containing g
- counterlight — a light opposite something, such as a painting, that negatively affects the appearance of that object
- countersigns — Plural form of countersign.
- counterweigh — counterbalance
- county agent — a government employee who gives advice on agriculture in a rural area
- courageously — possessing or characterized by courage; brave: a courageous speech against the dictator.
- court ruling — a decision made by a court
- cover charge — A cover charge is a sum of money that you must pay in some restaurants and nightclubs in addition to the money that you pay there for your food and drink.
- cover ground — to move or traverse a certain distance
- 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.
- crepe-hanger — a person who sees the gloomy side of things; pessimist.
- 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-garnet — a hinge with a long horizontal strap fixed to the face of a door and a short vertical leaf fixed to the door frame
- cross-legged — If someone is sitting cross-legged, they are sitting on the floor with their legs bent so that their knees point outwards.
- 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
- cryptogamous — Of or pertaining to the cryptogams.
- cryptography — the science or study of analysing and deciphering codes, ciphers, etc; cryptanalysis
- cryptologist — cryptography.
- cryptozygous — having the skull broad and the face narrow.
- crystalising — Present participle of crystalise.
- cuckoo's egg — The Cuckoo's Egg
- cultural lag — the difference in the rate of change between two parts of a culture
- cunnilingist — Alt form cunnilinguist.
- curate's egg — something that has both good and bad parts
- curling iron — A curling iron is a metal device, resembling scissors, that you heat and use to form curls in your hair.
- curmudgeonly — If you describe someone as curmudgeonly, you do not like them because they are mean or bad-tempered.
- currycombing — Present participle of currycomb.