11-letter words containing a, g, o, i, c
- glucosamine — an aminosugar occurring in many polysaccharides of vertebrate tissue and also as the major component of chitin.
- glucosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyses glucosides.
- glycosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside.
- go critical — (of a nuclear power station or reactor) to reach a state in which a nuclear-fission chain reaction becomes self-sustaining
- goalkicking — the act of taking a goal kick
- gobsmacking — Causing one to be gobsmacked; astounding, flabbergasting.
- gonycampsis — abnormal curvature of the knee.
- gothic arch — a pointed arch, especially one having only two centers and equal radii.
- grain coast — a historic region on the Gulf of Guinea, in W Africa, in present-day Liberia.
- granolithic — (of concrete) containing fine granite chippings or crushed granite, used to render floors and surfaces.
- graptolitic — relating to, or containing, graptolites
- guinea corn — durra.
- gyrostatics — the science that deals with the laws of rotating bodies.
- hagioscopes — Plural form of hagioscope.
- hash coding — (programming, algorithm) (Or "hashing") A scheme for providing rapid access to data items which are distinguished by some key. Each data item to be stored is associated with a key, e.g. the name of a person. A hash function is applied to the item's key and the resulting hash value is used as an index to select one of a number of "hash buckets" in a hash table. The table contains pointers to the original items. If, when adding a new item, the hash table already has an entry at the indicated location then that entry's key must be compared with the given key to see if it is the same. If two items' keys hash to the same value (a "hash collision") then some alternative location is used (e.g. the next free location cyclically following the indicated one). For best performance, the table size and hash function must be tailored to the number of entries and range of keys to be used. The hash function usually depends on the table size so if the table needs to be enlarged it must usually be completely rebuilt. When you look up a name in the phone book (for example), you typically hash it by extracting its first letter; the hash buckets are the alphabetically ordered letter sections. See also: btree, checksum, CRC, pseudorandom number, random, random number, soundex.
- hegemonical — having hegemony, or dominance: the ruling party's hegemonic control of all facets of society.
- helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
- hematologic — Of or relating to hematology.
- hemorrhagic — a profuse discharge of blood, as from a ruptured blood vessel; bleeding.
- hercegovina — Herzegovina.
- high-octane — noting a gasoline with a relatively high octane number, characterized by high efficiency and freedom from knock.
- holographic — Also, holographic [hol-uh-graf-ik, hoh-luh-] /ˌhɒl əˈgræf ɪk, ˌhoʊ lə-/ (Show IPA), holographical. wholly written by the person in whose name it appears: a holograph letter.
- homogametic — producing only one type of gamete with respect to sex chromosomes.
- homographic — a word of the same written form as another but of different meaning and usually origin, whether pronounced the same way or not, as bear 1 “to carry; support” and bear 2 “animal” or lead 1 “to conduct” and lead 2 “metal.”.
- homological — homologous.
- horseracing — Alternative form of horse racing.
- hypogastric — of, relating to, or situated in the hypogastrium.
- ichnography — the art of drawing a ground plan or layout of a building.
- iconography — symbolic representation, especially the conventional meanings attached to an image or images.
- idealogical — Ideologic.
- ideogrammic — Being, or pertaining to, an ideogram.
- ideographic — an ideogram.
- ideological — of or relating to ideology.
- idiographic — pertaining to or involving the study or explication of individual cases or events (opposed to nomothetic).
- illogically — In an illogical manner, without following methods of sane and correct reasoning, in a manner lacking thought or logic.
- incogitable — Not cogitable; inconceivable.
- incogitancy — heedlessness; thoughtlessness
- incognitant — (obsolete) ignorant.
- incognizant — not cognizant; without knowledge or awareness; unaware (usually followed by of).
- incongenial — Not congenial.
- incouraging — Present participle of incourage.
- infographic — Often, infographics. a visual presentation of information in the form of a chart, graph, or other image accompanied by minimal text, intended to give an easily understood overview, often of a complex subject: a mass-transit infographic that uses different colors to represent different modes of transportation.
- inoculating — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- isomagnetic — noting or pertaining to points of equal magnetic force.
- jackarooing — Present participle of jackaroo.
- jargonistic — the language, especially the vocabulary, peculiar to a particular trade, profession, or group: medical jargon.
- kingcroaker — The weakfish or sea trout.
- kymographic — Of or pertaining to a kymograph.
- la-gioconda — Italian La Gioconda. a portrait (1503?–05?) by Leonardo da Vinci.
- lagomorphic — Shaped like a hare.