12-letter words containing l, a, g, r
- cattle guard — A cattle guard is the same as a cattle grid.
- centralising — Present participle of centralise.
- centralizing — Present participle of centralize.
- chalcography — the art of engraving on copper or brass
- change color — to become pale
- char-grilled — Char-grilled meat or fish has been cooked so that it burns slightly and turns black.
- charbroiling — Present participle of charbroil.
- charge plate — an identification plate, especially one from which an impression can be taken, issued to a customer and used to make purchases on a credit basis.
- charlesbourg — city in S Quebec, Canada: pop. 71,000
- chaulmoogras — Plural form of chaulmoogra.
- cheerleading — the action or skill of a cheerleader.
- childbearing — Childbearing is the process of giving birth to babies.
- childrearing — the raising and parenting of children: Childrearing extends beyond simple guardianship to nurturing and guidance.
- chlorinating — Present participle of chlorinate.
- chorological — relating to the place where something can be found
- chromatology — chromatics.
- cigar flower — the common name for a small, shrubby plant, Cuphea ignea, of the loosestrife family, native to Mexico and Jamaica, grown as an ornamental and houseplant: named for its red tubular flowers that resemble cigars.
- cigar holder — a mouthpiece of wood, ivory, etc, used for holding a cigar while it is smoked
- circle graph — pie chart.
- 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
- clatteringly — With a clattering sound.
- clean energy — energy, as electricity or nuclear power, that does not pollute the atmosphere when used, as opposed to coal and oil, that do.
- clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- 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.
- closegrained — having a fine, compact grain or texture
- coal-burning — fuelled by burning coal
- cobalt green — a medium, yellowish-green color.
- 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.
- college park — a city in N Georgia.
- colour guard — a military guard in a parade, ceremony, etc, that carries and escorts the flag or regimental colours
- configurable — to design or adapt to form a specific configuration or for some specific purpose: The planes are being configured to hold more passengers in each row.
- conflagrated — Simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate.
- conflagrator — (rare) One who starts a fire.
- congenerical — congeneric
- conglomerate — A conglomerate is a large business firm consisting of several different companies.
- congratulant — expressing congratulation
- congratulate — If you congratulate someone, you say something to show you are pleased that something nice has happened to them.
- congruential — (mathematics) That uses congruency (division by a modulus).
- cook-general — (formerly, esp in the 1920s and '30s) a domestic servant who did cooking and housework
- cooling rack — a wire frame used for cooling food on
- coral fungus — any of a group of brightly colored fungi having erect, branching fruiting bodies that resemble coral.
- coral gables — a city in SE Florida, near Miami.