12-letter words containing i, n, g, r
- carbonadoing — Present participle of carbonado.
- carcinogenic — A substance that is carcinogenic is likely to cause cancer.
- card surfing — a form of cash-card fraud in which one person watches another using a cash dispenser, notes his or her personal identification number, and, after an accomplice has stolen the card, uses the card to withdraw cash
- cardigan bay — an inlet of St George's Channel, on the W coast of Wales
- caricaturing — a picture, description, etc., ludicrously exaggerating the peculiarities or defects of persons or things: His caricature of the mayor in this morning's paper is the best he's ever drawn.
- carlovingian — Carolingian
- carpentering — a person who builds or repairs wooden structures, as houses, scaffolds, or shelving.
- carryings-on — wild, extravagant, or immoral behavior
- carthaginian — of or relating to Carthage or its inhabitants
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
- carving fork — a large, two-tined fork with a metal guard to protect the hand, used to hold meat in place as it is being carved
- categorising — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- categorizing — Present participle of categorize.
- caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
- ceiling rose — decorative plaster centrepiece
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- centralising — Present participle of centralise.
- centralizing — Present participle of centralize.
- centrifugate — the denser of the centrifuged materials.
- centrifuging — an apparatus that rotates at high speed and by centrifugal force separates substances of different densities, as milk and cream.
- chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.
- charbroiling — Present participle of charbroil.
- charmingness — pleasing; delightful: a charming child.
- chauffeuring — Present participle of chauffeur.
- cheerleading — the action or skill of a cheerleader.
- cheeseparing — penny-pinching; stingy
- childbearing — Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.
- childcrowing — a disease which causes spasms of the vocal cords
- childrearing — the raising and parenting of children: Childrearing extends beyond simple guardianship to nurturing and guidance.
- chinning bar — a piece of equipment used for doing pull-ups
- chip carving — wood carving, usually executed with a knife and characterized by small incisions and simple geometrical patterns.
- chirognomist — someone who studies chirognomy
- chirurgeonly — in the manner of a surgeon
- chitterlings — the intestines of a pig or other animal prepared as a dish
- chlorinating — Present participle of chlorinate.
- christenings — Plural form of christening.
- chronologies — Plural form of chronology.
- chronologise — Alternative spelling of chronologize.
- chronologist — a person versed in chronology.
- chronologize — to arrange in an order determined by when events took place
- circumcising — Present participle of circumcise.
- circumfusing — Present participle of circumfuse.
- cirl bunting — a European passerine bird Emberiza cirlus, of the bunting family Emberizidae
- citrangequat — A trigenic hybrid cross of two types of orange and a kumquat.
- city manager — (in the US) an administrator hired by a municipal council to manage its affairs
- clapboarding — Present participle of clapboard.
- clatteringly — With a clattering sound.
- clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
- 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.