12-letter words containing ge
- caper spurge — a spurge, Euphorbia lathyris, producing latex that is considered a possible source of crude oil and gasoline.
- carcinogenic — A substance that is carcinogenic is likely to cause cancer.
- care package — Also, CARE package. a package containing food, clothing, or other items sent as necessities to the needy.
- carpetbagged — Simple past tense and past participle of carpetbag.
- carpetbagger — If you call someone a carpetbagger, you disapprove of them because they are trying to become a politician in an area which is not their home, simply because they think they are more likely to succeed there.
- carpetmonger — a person who frequently visits women's boudoirs
- carriage dog — Dalmatian (sense 4)
- carriageable — (of a road, etc) able to be travelled in a carriage
- carriageways — Plural form of carriageway.
- cell lineage — the developmental history of a tissue or part of an organism from particular cells in the fertilized egg or embryo through to their fully differentiated state
- center stage — If something or someone takes center stage, they become very important or noticeable.
- centre stage — If something or someone takes centre stage, they become very important or noticeable.
- chalcogenide — a binary compound consisting of a chalcogen and at least one other electropositive element
- change color — to become pale
- change front — to redeploy (a force in the field) so that its main weight of weapons points in another direction
- change hands — to pass from one owner to another
- change point — a point to which a foresight and backsight are taken in levelling; turning point
- change purse — A change purse is a very small bag that people, especially women, keep their money in.
- change round — to place in or adopt a different or opposite position
- change-maker — a person or thing that changes bills or coins for ones of smaller denominations.
- changearound — the act of changing to a different position
- changelessly — In a changeless manner.
- changepocket — a small pocket or compartment for holding coins.
- charge nurse — A charge nurse is a nurse who is in charge of a hospital ward.
- 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.
- charge sheet — a document on which a police officer enters details of the charge against a prisoner and the court in which he will appear
- cheeseburger — A cheeseburger is a flat round piece of cooked meat called a burger with a slice of cheese on top, served in a bread roll.
- cheesemonger — a person dealing in cheese, butter, etc
- chemosurgery — a method of treating cancer involving the use of chemicals to destroy malignant tissue or skin
- chiliburgers — Plural form of chiliburger.
- chirurgeonly — in the manner of a surgeon
- chord change — a movement from one chord to another
- chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
- chump change — Slang. a small or insignificant amount of money.
- cip language — language> (CIP-L, Computer-aided Intuition-guided Programming Language) A wide-spectrum language for incremental program transformation. There are ALGOL- and Pascal-like variants.
- citrangequat — A trigenic hybrid cross of two types of orange and a kumquat.
- city college — an educational institution providing higher education and lower-level tertiary education in the US and Canada
- city manager — (in the US) an administrator hired by a municipal council to manage its affairs
- cladogenesis — adaptive evolution leading to a greater variety of species
- cladogenetic — relating to cladogenesis
- clam diggers — casual pants that end slightly below the knee.
- clam-diggers — calf-length trousers
- 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.
- coast ranges — series of mountain ranges along the W coast of North America, extending from Alas. to Baja California: highest peak, Mt. Logan
- cocarcinogen — a substance that can promote cancer when acting with other substances, but which does not promote cancer by itself
- coccygectomy — (surgery) Surgical removal of the coccyx.
- cogeneration — the process of generating electricity and steam from the same power plant
- cogenerators — Plural form of cogenerator.
- coin changer — a machine that gives change rapidly, as to a customer, typically operated by a manual keyboard and often used in association with a cash register.