13-letter words containing o, l, g, i, c
- bottlenecking — a narrow entrance or passageway.
- bowling match — a game of bowls
- brace molding — keel1 (def 6).
- breechloading — loaded at the breech.
- cable molding — a molding in the form of a rope.
- cacographical — Synonym of cacographic.
- campanologist — the principles or art of making bells, bell ringing, etc.
- camping stool — a stool which is suitable for use in temporary quarters, on holiday, etc, esp by being portable and easy to set up
- cannonballing — Present participle of cannonball.
- canonical age — the age specified by canon law when a person becomes eligible to participate in a certain rite or hold a certain office.
- cape marigold — any composite plant of the genus Dimorphotheca, having variously colored, daisylike flowers.
- capital goods — Capital goods are used to make other products. Compare consumer goods.
- carbo-loading — Informal. carbohydrate loading.
- carcinologist — a person who specializes in carcinology
- card clothing — a very sturdy fabric with a leather or rubber fillet imbedded with wire teeth for disentangling and cleaning textile fibers, used to cover the rollers or flats of a carding machine.
- cardiological — the study of the heart and its functions in health and disease.
- cardiologists — Plural form of cardiologist.
- cardiomegalia — abnormal enlargement of the heart.
- carriage bolt — a round-headed bolt for timber, threaded along part of its shank, inserted into holes already drilled.
- cartilaginous — of or like cartilage; gristly
- cartiliginous — Alternative form of cartilaginous.
- cash holdings — the assets that you hold in ready cash, as opposed to property, shares, bonds, etc
- categorically — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
- categorisable — Alternative spelling of categorizable.
- categorizable — Capable of being categorized.
- chaise longue — A chaise longue is a kind of sofa with only one arm and usually a back along half its length.
- chaise lounge — A chaise lounge is the same as a chaise longue.
- chang tso-lin — 1873–1928, Chinese general: military ruler of Manchuria 1918–28.
- checkout girl — a female employee who works on a supermarket checkout
- chemosurgical — of or relating to chemosurgery
- chewing louse — See under louse (def 2).
- chicago style — a style of jazz flourishing in Chicago especially in the early 1920s, constituting a direct offshoot of New Orleans style, and differing from its predecessor chiefly in the diminished influence of native folk sources, the greater tension of its group improvisation, the increased emphasis on solos, and the regular use of the tenor saxophone as part of the ensemble.
- child prodigy — A child prodigy is a child with a very great talent.
- chlorargyrite — a mineral, the naturally occurring form of silver chloride, formed in the oxidation process of silver
- chloroforming — Present participle of chloroform.
- cholangiogram — an X-ray of the bile duct performed after administering dye into the ducts that shows up on the X-ray
- chronobiology — the branch of biology concerned with the periodicity occurring in living organisms
- chronological — If things are described or shown in chronological order, they are described or shown in the order in which they happened.
- chronologized — to arrange in chronological order.
- churn molding — a molding decorated with chevrons.
- circumvolving — Present participle of circumvolve.
- city of light — Paris2
- clear-coating — an automotive painting technique in which a coating of clear lacquer or other synthetic liquid is applied over the base color to enhance the shine and durability of the paint.
- clearing loan — a bank loan to finance the purchase of securities which is repayable within the calendar day on which it is made.
- clearinghouse — If an organization acts as a clearinghouse, it collects, sorts, and distributes specialized information.
- cleistogamous — having small, unopened, self-pollinating flowers, usually in addition to the showier flowers
- click through — to navigate around (a website) using the links provided to move onto different pages
- click-through — the act of clicking on an advertisement or other link to go to another website, especially a retail site: The store gets lots of clickthroughs from social media.
- climatography — an account of a region's climate
- climatologist — A climatologist is someone who studies climates.