10-letter words containing o, r, g, a
- cavortings — sexual frolics
- cerography — the art of engraving on a waxed plate on which a printing surface is created by electrotyping
- changeover — A changeover is a change from one activity or system to another.
- changeroom — a room for use in changing one's clothes.
- charge off — to treat or regard as a loss
- charge-off — a write-off, especially of a bad loan by a bank.
- chargeoffs — Plural form of chargeoff.
- chirograph — an indenture
- chorograph — An instrument for constructing triangles in marine surveying, etc.
- chromagens — Plural form of chromagen.
- chromogram — a photograph that depicts an object in true-to-life colours that is obtained by putting together three different photographs
- chronogram — a phrase or inscription in which letters such as M, C, X, L, and V can be read as Roman numerals giving a date
- cigarillos — Plural form of cigarillo.
- cinemagoer — a person who attends the cinema
- cladograms — Plural form of cladogram.
- clamouring — a loud uproar, as from a crowd of people: the clamor of the crowd at the gates.
- clangorous — a loud, resonant sound; clang.
- climograph — A chart that summarizes the climate of a place by superimposing a line graph representing average monthly temperature on a bar chart representing average monthly precipitation.
- clinograph — (in mining, construction, etc.) an instrument that records the deviation of boreholes or the like from the vertical.
- co-manager — a person who manages something jointly with one or more other people
- coagulator — a substance that produces or aids coagulation.
- coarsening — Present participle of coarsen.
- coastguard — A coastguard is an official who watches the sea near a coast in order to get help for sailors when they need it and to stop illegal activities.
- coatbridge — an industrial town in central Scotland, in North Lanarkshire. Pop: 41 170 (2001)
- coathanger — Alternative spelling of coat hanger.
- cogenerate — To generate two forms of energy simultaneously.
- collagraph — An artistic print made through the printmaking process of collagraphy.
- colportage — the work of a colporteur.
- conga drum — a large tubular bass drum, used chiefly in Latin American and funk music and played with the hands
- congregant — Congregants are members of a congregation.
- congregate — When people congregate, they gather together and form a group.
- copper age — a phase in some human cultures between a Stone Age and a Bronze Age, characterized by the introduction and development of copper tools and weapons: in the Old World this phase is commonly thought of as being part of their Bronze Age
- coprophagy — feeding on dung, as certain beetles.
- cord grass — any of several grasses of the genus Spartina, of coastal regions.
- corigliano — John Paul, born 1938, U.S. composer.
- corn sugar — a dextrose made from cornstarch
- coronating — having or wearing a crown, coronet, or the like.
- corralling — an enclosure or pen for horses, cattle, etc.
- corrigenda — Plural form of corrigendum.
- corrugated — Corrugated metal or cardboard has been folded into a series of small parallel folds to make it stronger.
- corrugates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of corrugate.
- corrugator — a muscle whose contraction causes wrinkling of the brow
- costarring — Present participle of costar.
- courageous — Someone who is courageous shows courage.
- cradlesong — a lullaby
- craniology — the branch of science concerned with the shape and size of the human skull, esp with reference to variations between different races
- crazy golf — a putting game in which the ball has to be played via various obstacles
- cro magnon — an Upper Paleolithic population of humans, regarded as the prototype of modern Homo sapiens in Europe. Skeletal remains found in an Aurignacian cave in southern France indicate that the Cro-Magnon had long heads, broad faces, and sunken eyes, and reached a height of approximately 5 feet 9 inches (175 cm).
- cro-magnon — belonging to a prehistoric, Caucasoid type of human who lived on the European continent, distinguished by tallness and erect stature, and by the use of stone and bone implements, principally of Aurignacian culture
- crown gall — a disease of peaches, apples, roses, grapes, etc., characterized by the formation of galls on the roots or stems usually at or below ground level, caused by a bacterium, Agrobacterium tumefaciens.