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13-letter words containing a, c, r, i, g, u

  • fulbright act — an act of Congress (1946) by which funds derived chiefly from the sale of U.S. surplus property abroad are made available to U.S. citizens for study, research, and teaching in foreign countries as well as to foreigners to engage in similar activities in the U.S.
  • futurological — Pertaining to futurology.
  • gap insurance — GAP insurance pays the difference between what someone owes on their car loan and the actual cash value of the vehicle in the event that it is stolen or damaged.
  • gastric juice — the digestive fluid, containing pepsin and other enzymes, secreted by the glands of the stomach.
  • gastric ulcer — a peptic ulcer located in the stomach's inner wall, caused in part by the corrosive action of the gastric juice on the mucous membrane.
  • gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
  • gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
  • glass curtain — a transparent or translucent curtain covering the interior of a window opening.
  • glucaric acid — saccharic acid.
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • glutamatergic — (biochemistry, neurology) Of or pertaining to the neurotransmission of glutamate.
  • gnu c library — (library)   (glibc) The run-time library for the GNU C compiler, gcc, and others. glibc is the source code for libc.a. It is maintained separately from the compilers and is a superset of ANSI C and POSIX.1 and a large subset of POSIX.2. Mailing list: <[email protected]> (bugs).
  • good gracious — Some people say good gracious or goodness gracious in order to express surprise or annoyance.
  • graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
  • graticulation — the division of a design, plan, etc into squares in order to improve the accuracy of enlargement or reduction
  • great council — (in Norman England) an assembly composed of the king's tenants in chief that served as the principal council of the realm and replaced the witenagemot.
  • group captain — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a wing commander but junior to an air commodore in the RAF and certain other air forces
  • gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
  • hunting chair — a chair having a sliding frame in front serving as a footrest.
  • hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
  • incouragement — Archaic form of encouragement.
  • ipecac spurge — a spurge, Euphorbia ipecacuanhae, of the eastern U.S.
  • lingua franca — any language that is widely used as a means of communication among speakers of other languages.
  • lingual brace — a specialized dental brace that fits behind the teeth so that it is not visible when the wearer speaks or smiles.
  • logical truth — the property of being logically tautologous
  • macroglobulin — A plasma globulin of high molecular weight.
  • magnetic drum — a cylinder coated with magnetic material, on which data and programs can be stored.
  • manufacturing — the making of goods or wares by manual labor or by machinery, especially on a large scale: the manufacture of television sets.
  • matriculating — Present participle of matriculate.
  • measuring cup — a graduated cup used especially in cooking for measuring ingredients.
  • metallurgical — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
  • micrognuemacs — (text, tool)   (mg) A Public Domain Emacs-style editor modified from MicroEmacs to be more compatible with GNU Emacs. mg is essentially free, it is not associated with the GNU project, and does not have the GNU copyright restrictions. It is a small, fast, portable editor for people who can't run real Emacs thing for one reason or another. It has few if any of the MicroEmacs features that were incompatible with GNU Emacs and adds missing features that seemed essential. MicroGnuEmacs is derived from, and aims to replace, v30 of MicroEmacs, the latest version from the original MicroEmacs author Dave Conroy. The chief contributors were Mike Meyer <[email protected]>, Mic Kaczmarczik <[email protected]>, Bob Larson, and Dave Brower <[email protected]>. mg version 1a of 1986-11-16 works with 4.2BSD, 4.3BSD, Ultrix-32, OS9/68k, VMS, Amiga, System V, Eunice. It is included in base OpenBSD. It should also support MS-DOS, PC-DOS and the Rainbow.
  • microsurgical — Of or pertaining to microsurgery.
  • multicategory — (mathematics) A generalization of the concept of category that allows morphisms of multiple arity.
  • multiorgasmic — Capable of multiple orgasms without a refractory period.
  • multitracking — the process of recording separate audio tracks for later mixing into a single audio track.
  • neurosurgical — Of, or pertaining to neurosurgery.
  • nonliturgical — Not liturgical.
  • numerological — Of, pertaining to, or based on numerology.
  • pneumogastric — of or relating to the lungs and stomach.
  • program music — music intended to convey an impression of a definite series of images, scenes, or events.
  • public charge — a person who is in economic distress and is supported at government expense: He assured the American consul that the prospective immigrant would not become a public charge.
  • quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
  • raking course — a concealed course of bricks laid diagonally to the wall surface in a raking bond.
  • rambling club — a club for people who enjoy taking walks in the country
  • reacquainting — to make more or less familiar, aware, or conversant (usually followed by with): to acquaint the mayor with our plan.
  • revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
  • running track — a piece of ground, usually oval-shaped, that is used for races involving athletes
  • squirrel cage — a cage containing a cylindrical framework that is rotated by a squirrel or other small animal running inside of it.
  • sterculia gum — karaya gum.
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