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11-letter words containing o, g, n, r

  • bring forth — to give birth to
  • bring round — to restore (a person) to consciousness, esp after a faint
  • brobdingnag — in Swift's Gulliver's Travels, a land inhabited by giants about 60 feet tall
  • browbeating — to intimidate by overbearing looks or words; bully: They browbeat him into agreeing.
  • brown algae — any algae of the phylum Phaeophyta, such as the wracks and kelps, which contain a brown pigment in addition to chlorophyll
  • brown goods — Brown goods are electrical appliances such as televisions and audio equipment. Compare white goods.
  • brown sugar — Brown sugar is sugar that has not been refined, or is only partly refined. It is golden brown in color.
  • brownnosing — If you accuse someone of brownnosing, you are saying in a rather offensive way that they are agreeing with someone important in order to get their support.
  • bungee cord — a type of stretchy rope consisting of elastic strands often in a fabric casing. Bungee cords may be used in parachuting, bungee jumping or to secure loads. Ones used for securing loads often have hooks on either end.
  • buon giorno — good day; hello
  • burning out — to undergo rapid combustion or consume fuel in such a way as to give off heat, gases, and, usually, light; be on fire: The fire burned in the grate.
  • calf roping — a timed rodeo event in which a mounted rider chases and lassos a calf, dismounts, and throws the calf to the ground, tying three of the animal's legs with a short length of rope.
  • calyptrogen — a layer of rapidly dividing cells at the tip of a plant root, from which the root cap is formed. It occurs in grasses and many other plants
  • campgrounds — Plural form of campground.
  • caneworking — A glassblowing technique that uses rods of coloured glass to add intricate patterns and stripes to blown glass objects.
  • car bombing — an instance when a bomb which someone has hidden under or in a car explodes
  • carbonating — Present participle of carbonate.
  • carbonizing — Present participle of carbonize.
  • carcinogens — Plural form of carcinogen.
  • carcinology — the study of crustaceans
  • cardiogenic — originating in the heart, or resulting from a disorder of the heart
  • cargo liner — a cargo ship that sails regularly between designated ports according to a published schedule.
  • cargo pants — Cargo pants are large, loose pants with lots of pockets.
  • cargo plane — a plane carrying cargo
  • carloadings — the number of railroad carloads shipped in or out within a given period
  • carolingian — of or relating to the Frankish dynasty founded by Pepin the Short, son of Charles Martel, which ruled in France from 751–987 ad and in Germany until 911 ad
  • carousingly — in a carousing manner
  • carpogonium — the female sex organ of red algae, consisting of a swollen base containing the ovum and a long neck down which the male gametes pass
  • carrying-on — unconventional or questionable behaviour
  • casting rod — a fishing rod, generally 4–8 feet (1.2–2.4 meters) long, for casting bait or lures with a reel mounted near the handle that enables the thumb or finger to control the line during a cast, including rods used for bait casting and spinning.
  • centimorgan — a unit of chromosome length, used in genetic mapping, equal to the length of chromosome over which crossing over occurs with 1 per cent frequency
  • cga monitor — a type of (early) computer monitor designed to operate with CGA technology
  • change over — If you change over from one thing to another, you stop doing one thing and start doing the other.
  • changeovers — Plural form of changeover.
  • changeround — the process of changing position
  • chaperonage — The state of being a chaperon.
  • chaperoning — a person, usually a married or older woman, who, for propriety, accompanies a young unmarried woman in public or who attends a party of young unmarried men and women.
  • chirurgeons — Plural form of chirurgeon.
  • choir organ — a part of the full church organ, used for accompanying the choir
  • cholinergic — denoting nerve fibres that release acetylcholine when stimulated
  • chord organ — an electronic organ having a small keyboard for the right hand and for the left hand a set of buttons each of which produces a full chord when pushed.
  • chromogenic — producing colour
  • chronicling — a chronological record of events; a history.
  • chronograms — Plural form of chronogram.
  • chronograph — an accurate instrument for recording small intervals of time
  • chronologer — A chronologist.
  • chronologic — arranged in the order of time: a chronological list of events.
  • churchgoing — a person who goes to church, especially habitually.
  • cinemagoers — Plural form of cinemagoer.
  • clergywoman — a female member of the clergy
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