12-letter words containing a, t, e, r, g
- carpetmonger — a person who frequently visits women's boudoirs
- carry weight — to be important, influential, etc.
- cartographer — A cartographer is a person whose job is drawing maps.
- cartwheeling — Present participle of cartwheel.
- caster angle — the forward or backward tilt of the steering axis in a vehicle, when considered from the side
- caster sugar — Caster sugar is white sugar that has been ground into fine grains. It is used in cooking.
- categorially — in a manner relating to or involving categories
- categoricity — The quality of being categorical.
- categorising — to arrange in categories or classes; classify.
- categorizing — Present participle of categorize.
- caterwauling — the shrieking and yowling made by a cat, for example when it is on heat or fighting
- cattle egret — a small, white egret (Bubulcus ibis), an Old World bird that has expanded its range to North and South America: it often feeds on insects attracted to cattle and other grazing animals
- cattle guard — A cattle guard is the same as a cattle grid.
- center stage — If something or someone takes center stage, they become very important or noticeable.
- centimorgans — Plural form of centimorgan.
- centralising — Present participle of centralise.
- centralizing — Present participle of centralize.
- centre stage — If something or someone takes centre stage, they become very important or noticeable.
- centrifugate — the denser of the centrifuged materials.
- change front — to redeploy (a force in the field) so that its main weight of weapons points in another direction
- chapter ring — a ringlike band on the dial of a clock that bears the numerals or other symbols of the hours.
- 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
- chew the rag — to converse idly; chat
- chukot range — mountain range in NE Siberia: highest peak, c. 7,500 ft (2,286 m)
- circumgyrate — to cause (something) to move in a circular motion
- citrangequat — A trigenic hybrid cross of two types of orange and a kumquat.
- city manager — (in the US) an administrator hired by a municipal council to manage its affairs
- clatteringly — With a clattering sound.
- clearcutting — the act of felling all trees in area
- clearsighted — seeing clearly
- co-parenting — a divorced or separated parent who shares equally with the other parent in the custody and care of a child.
- coast ranges — series of mountain ranges along the W coast of North America, extending from Alas. to Baja California: highest peak, Mt. Logan
- cobalt green — a medium, yellowish-green color.
- cogeneration — the process of generating electricity and steam from the same power plant
- cogenerators — Plural form of cogenerator.
- 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.
- cometography — the scientific description and recording of comets
- computer age — modern society regarded as the period when the widespread use of computers has fundamentally changed people's lives
- configurated — to give a configuration, form, or design to.
- conflagrated — Simple past tense and past participle of conflagrate.
- conglomerate — A conglomerate is a large business firm consisting of several different companies.
- congratulate — If you congratulate someone, you say something to show you are pleased that something nice has happened to them.
- congregating — Present participle of congregate.
- congregation — The people who are attending a church service or who regularly attend a church service are referred to as the congregation.
- congruential — (mathematics) That uses congruency (division by a modulus).
- consecrating — Present participle of consecrate.
- conservating — Present participle of conservate.
- contravening — to come or be in conflict with; go or act against; deny or oppose: to contravene a statement.
- conversating — to have a conversation; converse; talk.