16-letter words containing a, l, c, i, g, e

filter cigarette — a cigarette with a filter tip
flying ambulance — an aircraft used to take sick or injured people to hospital
frigate mackerel — a small, blue-green, black-striped fish, Auxis thazard, abundant in tropical seas, having dark, oily flesh that is sometimes used as food.
gabriel, richard — Richard Gabriel
galactic cluster — a comparatively young, irregularly shaped group of stars, often numbering up to several hundred, and held together by mutual gravitation; usually found along the central plane of the Milky Way and other galaxies.
galactic equator — the great circle on the celestial sphere that is equidistant from the galactic poles, being inclined approximately 62° to the celestial equator and lying about one degree north of the center line of the Milky Way.
galenic pharmacy — the art or practice of preparing and dispensing galenicals.
galvanic battery — battery (def 1a).
gas liquefaction — Gas liquefaction is the process of refrigerating a gas to a temperature that is below its critical temperature in order to form a liquid.
general american — any form of American English speech considered to show few regional peculiarities, usually including all dialects except for eastern New England, New York City, Southern, and South Midland (no longer in technical use). Abbreviation: GA.
general election — U.S. Politics. a regularly scheduled local, state, or national election in which voters elect officeholders. Compare primary (def 15). a state or national election, as opposed to a local election.
general electric — (company) (GE) A US company that manufactured computers from 1956 until 1970, when it sold its computer division to Honeywell and left the computer business. Notable GE computers were the GE-265, which supported the Dartmouth Time-sharing System (DTSS), and the GE-645 used for Multics development. See also GCOS. Not to be confused with the General Electric Company (GEC) in the UK (where FOLDOC's first seeds were sown).
general medicine — non-surgical branch of medicine
general practice — family practice.
genetic material — material that stores genetic information; DNA
geochronological — Of or pertaining to geochronology.
geological cycle — Geology. a continuous process by which rocks are created, changed from one form to another, destroyed, and then formed again.
geometrical pace — a pace of 5 feet (1.5 meters), representing the distance between the places at which the same foot rests on the ground in walking.
geomorphological — Of or pertaining to geomorphology.
germinal vesicle — the large, vesicular nucleus of an ovum before the polar bodies are formed.
gibberellic acid — a gibberellin C 18 H 21 O 4 COOH, produced as a metabolite by the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi, used as a stimulator of plant growth.
glycosylceramide — (organic chemistry) Any glycosyl derivative of a ceramide.
gold certificate — a former U.S. paper currency issued by the federal government for circulation from 1865 to 1933, equal to and redeemable for gold to a stated value.
granulocytopenia — a diminished number of granulocytes in the blood, which occurs in certain forms of anaemia
graphic language — For specifying graphic operations.
great-grandchild — a grandchild of one's son or daughter.
grid declination — the angular difference between true north and grid north on a map
hailing distance — the distance within which the human voice can be heard: They sailed within hailing distance of the island.
handling charges — a fee paid to cover the packaging, transport, etc, of a commodity
hanseatic league — a medieval league of towns of northern Germany and adjacent countries for the promotion and protection of commerce.
hieroglyphically — In hieroglyphics.
homeric laughter — loud, hearty laughter, as of the gods.
horsetail agaric — the shaggy-mane.
image consultant — imagemaker.
imago europe plc — A UK Internet provider. There sevice is called Imago On-line. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
interlaced image — progressive coding
kilogram calorie — kilocalorie.
lacto-vegetarian — a vegetarian whose diet includes dairy produce and eggs
lactovegetarians — Plural form of lactovegetarian.
leaf-cutting ant — any of several tropical American ants of the genus Atta that cut and chew bits of leaves and flowers into a mash that they use to cultivate a fungus garden.
leaf-cutting bee — any of the bees of the family Megachilidae that cut circular pieces from leaves or flowers to line their nests.
league champions — the team that has come top of the league
learning process — a process of learning
legal dictionary — a specialized dictionary covering terms used in the various branches of the legal profession, as civil law, criminal law, and corporate law. A comprehensive legal dictionary adds to its body of standard English entries many words and phrases that have made their way into modern legal practice from law French and Latin and are rarely found in a general English monolingual dictionary. Such a specialized dictionary is useful not only for law students and for attorneys themselves, but for members of the lay public who require legal services. Legal dictionaries published in print follow the normal practice of sorting entry terms alphabetically, while electronic dictionaries, such as the online Dictionary of Law on Dictionary.com, allow direct, immediate access to a search term.
like cat and dog — quarrelling savagely
logical operator — any of the Boolean symbols or functions, as AND, OR, and NOT, denoting a Boolean operation; Boolean operator.
logical relation — A relation R satisfying f R g <=> For all a, b, a R b => f a R g b This definition, by Plotkin, can be used to extend the definition of a relation on the types of a and b to a relation on functions.
lymphangiectasia — (medicine) dilation of the lymphatic vessels.
lymphangiectasis — Alt form lymphangiectasia.
machine language — machine code

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