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13-letter words containing a, l, t, o, i

  • golan heights — a range of hills in the Middle East, possession of which is disputed between Israel and Syria: under Syrian control until 1967 when they were stormed by Israeli forces; Jewish settlements have since been established. Highest peak: 2224 m (7297 ft)
  • goldtail moth — European moth with white wings and a soft white furry body with a yellow tail tuft
  • goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
  • governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
  • grain of salt — salt crystal
  • grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • graticulation — the division of a design, plan, etc into squares in order to improve the accuracy of enlargement or reduction
  • gravitational — Physics. the force of attraction between any two masses. Compare law of gravitation. an act or process caused by this force.
  • gravity clock — a clock driven by its own weight as it descends a rack, cord, incline, etc.
  • great calorie — calorie (sense 2)
  • 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.
  • great lobelia — a North American plant, Lobelia siphilitica, having long, showy clusters of blue flowers.
  • grylloblattid — a primitive insect of the order Grylloblattidea, having a soft, unpigmented wingless body with long antennae and no eyes, living under stones in moderately high mountains of the western U.S., Japan, and the U.S.S.R.
  • gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.
  • gynaecologist — (UK, Canada, dated in US) A physician who specialises in diseases of the female reproductive system.
  • haematologist — A scientist, usually a medical doctor, who specializes in haematology.
  • haemodilution — an increase in the fluid content of blood leading to a lower concentration of red blood cells
  • half-scottish — Also, Scots. of or relating to Scotland, its people, or their language.
  • hallucination — a sensory experience of something that does not exist outside the mind, caused by various physical and mental disorders, or by reaction to certain toxic substances, and usually manifested as visual or auditory images.
  • hallucinatory — pertaining to or characterized by hallucination: hallucinatory visions.
  • halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
  • heliotropical — heliotropic
  • hellenization — to make Greek in character.
  • hematological — Hematologic.
  • hematologists — Plural form of hematologist.
  • hematosalpinx — (medicine) A medical condition involving bleeding into the Fallopian tubes.
  • hemimetabolic — (zoology) Having an incomplete metamorphosis, the larvae differing from the adults chiefly in lacking wings.
  • hemolymphatic — a fluid in the body cavities and tissues of invertebrates, in arthropods functioning as blood and in some other invertebrates functioning as lymph.
  • heortological — of or relating to heortology
  • hepatobiliary — Of, pertaining to, or originating in the liver, bile ducts and gallbladder.
  • heteroblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing a marked difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
  • heteroglossia — (linguistics) the coexistence of distinct varieties within a single linguistic code.
  • heterological — (grammar) Of an adjective, not describing itself.
  • heteroplastic — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
  • heteropolitan — a heterosexual man, typically living in a city, whose attitudes and interests are regarded as masculine but not excessively so
  • heterothallic — having mycelia of two unlike types, both of which must participate in the sexual process. Compare homothallic (def 1).
  • histochemical — the branch of science dealing with the chemical components of cellular and subcellular tissue.
  • histodialysis — histolysis.
  • holometabolic — Of, pertaining to, or undergoing holometabolism.
  • homiletically — In a homiletic fashion.
  • homoepitaxial — (materials science) Having the same orientation.
  • homogenetical — of, involving or relating to homogeny
  • homoiothermal — having a body temperature that is relatively constant and mostly independent of the temperature of the environment; warm-blooded (opposed to poikilothermic).
  • homosexuality — sexual desire or behavior directed toward a person or persons of one's own sex.
  • honourability — A state or condition or being honourable.
  • horatio alger — of or characteristic of the heroes in the novels of Horatio Alger, who begin life in poverty and achieve success and wealth through honesty, hard work, and virtuous behavior: the Horatio Alger story of his rise in the business world.
  • horizontality — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
  • horripilation — a bristling of the hair on the skin from cold, fear, etc.; goose bumps.
  • horse trailer — lorry for transporting a horse
  • horticultural — the cultivation of a garden, orchard, or nursery; the cultivation of flowers, fruits, vegetables, or ornamental plants.
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