13-letter words containing a, m, l
- gametothallus — a gamete-producing thallus.
- garden balsam — a fleshy annual garden impatiens (Impatiens balsamina) with roselike white, lavender, yellow, pink, or red blossoms borne along the main stem in leaf axils
- gastronomical — the art or science of good eating.
- general magic — A software company based in Mountain View, California. Products released in 1994 after four years in development include: Telescript - a communications-oriented programming language; Magic Cap - an OOPS designed for PDAs; and a new, third generation GUI. Motorola's Envoy, due for release in the third quarter of 1994, will use Magic Cap as its OS. What PostScript did for cross-platform, device-independent documents, Telescript aims to do for cross-platform, network-independent messaging. Telescript protects programmers from many of the complexities of network protocols. Competitors for Magic Cap include Microsoft's Windows for Pens/Winpad, PenPoint, Apple Computer's Newton Intelligence and GEOS by GeoWorks.
- generalissimo — the supreme commander of the armed forces.
- gentlemanhood — the nature or position of a gentleman
- gentlemanlike — a man of good family, breeding, or social position.
- geochemically — In a geochemical manner.
- geometrically — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
- german silver — any of various alloys of copper, zinc, and nickel, usually white and used for utensils, drawing instruments, etc.; nickel silver.
- germinability — the degree of ability of a seed to germinate or sprout.
- germinal disk — blastodisk.
- gill filament — one of the threadlike processes forming the respiratory surface of a gill.
- ginger family — the plant family Zingiberaceae, characterized by tropical, often aromatic herbaceous plants having rhizomes, long sheathing leaves, and clusters of tubular flowers, and including cardamon, ginger, and turmeric.
- giulio romano — (Giulio Pippi de' Giannuzzi) 1492?–1546, Italian painter and architect.
- glacier cream — a barrier cream, esp against ultraviolet radiation, used when climbing above the snow line
- glamis castle — a castle near Glamis in Angus, Scotland: ancestral seat of the Lyons family, forebears of Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; famous for its legend of a secret chamber
- glamorisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- glamorization — to make glamorous.
- glamour model — a woman who models topless or nude for photographs
- glamour stock — a popular stock that rises quickly or continuously in price and attracts large numbers of investors.
- glibenclamide — (medicine) An oral anti-diabetes medication.
- glutamatergic — (biochemistry, neurology) Of or pertaining to the neurotransmission of glutamate.
- glutamic acid — an amino acid, HOOCCH 2 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, obtained by hydrolysis from wheat gluten and sugar-beet residues, used commercially chiefly in the form of its sodium salt to intensify the flavor of meat or other food. Symbol: E. Abbreviation: Glu;
- gnu assembler — (GAS) A Unix assembler for the GNU project. Many CPU types are handled and COFF and IEEE-695 formats are supported as well as standard a.out. Current version 2.2 ported to Sun-3, Sun-4, i386, 386BSD, BSD/386, Linux, PS/2-AIX, VAX, Ultrix, BSD, VMS. The assembler has been merged with GNU Binutils. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- gnu smalltalk — (language) A GNU version of Smalltalk, by Steven Byrne <[email protected]>. Version 1.1.1,
- gobar numeral — any of a set of ancient numerals derived from Hindu numerals
- goldtail moth — European moth with white wings and a soft white furry body with a yellow tail tuft
- gomez palacio — a city in Durango state, N central Mexico.
- graham island — an island in the Pacific Ocean, in W British Columbia, Canada: largest and northernmost of the Queen Charlotte Islands. 2485 sq. mi. (6436 sq. km).
- gram molecule — that quantity of a substance whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the molecular weight of the substance.
- gram-variable — of or relating to bacteria that stain irregularly with Gram's stain, being neither Gram-positive nor Gram-negative.
- graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
- grammatically — of or relating to grammar: grammatical analysis.
- grand marshal — marshal (def 8).
- grand old man — a highly respected, usually elderly man who has been a major or the most important figure in a specific field for many years.
- grand slammer — Bridge. the winning of all thirteen tricks of a deal. Compare little slam.
- grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
- granulomatous — an inflammatory tumor or growth composed of granulation tissue.
- graphemically — In terms of or by means of graphemes.
- gresham's law — the tendency of the inferior of two forms of currency to circulate more freely than, or to the exclusion of, the superior, because of the hoarding of the latter.
- guzman blanco — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1829–99, Venezuelan political leader: president 1870–88.
- gymnastically — In a gymnastic manner.
- haematologist — A scientist, usually a medical doctor, who specializes in haematology.
- haemodialyses — Plural form of haemodialysis.
- haemodialysis — (medicine) the use of dialysis to remove waste products from the blood in the case of kidney failure.
- haemodialyzer — a piece of equipment used in haemodialysis to screen the blood to remove unwanted substances
- haemodilution — an increase in the fluid content of blood leading to a lower concentration of red blood cells
- hail columbia — hell (used as a euphemism): He caught Hail Columbia for coming home late.
- half measures — inadequate measures or actions