12-letter words containing i, c, n, g, o
- cornhuskings — Plural form of cornhusking.
- corrugations — the act or state of corrugating or of being corrugated.
- corruscating — Present participle of corruscate.
- cosmogenesis — The origin or evolution of the universe.
- cosmogenetic — Of or pertaining to cosmogeny.
- cosmogonical — Of or pertaining to cosmogony.
- cosponsoring — Present participle of cosponsor.
- cost-cutting — the reduction of costs
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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
- cryptogamian — of or relating to cryptogams
- 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.
- cutting room — The cutting room in a film production company is the place where the film is edited.
- cutting tool — A cutting tool is a pointed tool mounted in a machine tool and used for cutting materials.
- cyanogenesis — the release by certain plants, such as cherry laurel, of hydrogen cyanide, esp after wounding or invasion by pathogens
- cyanogenetic — having the capability to generate or produce cyanide
- cyberloafing — (informal) The use of computers by employees for purposes unrelated to work.
- cycling tour — a holiday involving a tour of an area or region by bicycle
- cyclogenesis — the formation and development of a low-pressure storm system
- cyclolignane — (organic chemistry) Any lignane having an additional ring.
- cyclostyling — Present participle of cyclostyle.
- cytogenetics — the branch of genetics that correlates the structure, number, and behaviour of chromosomes with heredity and variation
- dancing frog — (programming, humour) A bug or glitch that only occurs for a particular user; never when the user tries to show it to anyone else. The term is derived from a Warner Brothers cartoon in which a man discovers a frog which can sing and dance; he believes this will make his fortune but the frog never performs in front of anyone else.
- decolonizing — Present participle of decolonize.
- decongesting — Present participle of decongest.
- decongestion — the act of decongesting
- decongestive — having the ability to ease crowding or clogging in busy locations
- deglaciation — the process of removing glaciation