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13-letter words containing a, n, g, i

  • garret window — a skylight that lies along the slope of the roof
  • garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
  • garrison town — a town containing a military base
  • gas explosion — an explosion caused by a gas leak in the presence of an ignition source
  • gas reversion — Gas reversion is a process which combines thermal cracking or reforming of naphtha with thermal polymerization or alkylation of hydrocarbon gases, which is carried out in the same reaction place.
  • 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.
  • gastroenteric — Gastrointestinal.
  • gastrokinetic — (pharmacology, of a drug) Serving to increase motility of the gastrointestinal tract.
  • gastronomical — the art or science of good eating.
  • gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
  • gazillionaire — An extremely rich person.
  • ge-pano-carib — a linguistic phylum comprising a large number of aboriginal languages with scattered distribution in South America east of the Andes.
  • geitonogamous — of or relating to geitonogamy
  • gender binary — a classification system consisting of two genders, male and female.
  • general audit — an audit of all a company's accounts
  • 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.
  • generalisable — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of generalizable.
  • generalissimo — the supreme commander of the armed forces.
  • generalizable — to infer (a general principle, trend, etc.) from particular facts, statistics, or the like.
  • generation xl — overweight children or young adults of the generation that spends a great deal of time on sedentary pursuits such as surfing the internet and playing computer games
  • generationism — the belief that some generations are superior to others
  • genethlialogy — the science of calculating positions of the heavenly bodies on nativities.
  • genital phase — the final stage of psychosexual development, in which a person achieves an affectionate, mature relationship with a sexual partner.
  • genital ridge — the area in the vertebrate embryo that develops into ovaries in the female and testes in the male.
  • genital warts — a sexually transmitted disease caused by the human papilloma virus; the warts grow in the genital area
  • genitourinary — of or relating to the genital and urinary organs; urogenital.
  • genotypically — With reference to a genotype.
  • gentianaceous — belonging to the plant family Gentianaceae.
  • gentisic acid — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, C 7 H 6 O 4 , used chiefly in the form of its sodium salt as an analgesic and diaphoretic.
  • gentlemanlike — a man of good family, breeding, or social position.
  • geometricians — Plural form of geometrician.
  • geonavigation — navigation by means of observations of terrestrial features.
  • geostationary — of or relating to a satellite traveling in an orbit 22,300 miles (35,900 km) above the earth's equator: at this altitude, the satellite's period of rotation, 24 hours, matches the earth's and the satellite always remains in the same spot over the earth: geostationary orbit.
  • geriatricians — Plural form of geriatrician.
  • german africa — the former German colonies in Africa, comprising German East Africa, German Southwest Africa, Cameroons, and Togoland.
  • 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.
  • gerontocratic — government by a council of elders.
  • gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
  • gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
  • gesticulating — Present participle of gesticulate.
  • gesticulation — the act of gesticulating.
  • get a line on — to obtain information about
  • ghettoization — The process of becoming a ghetto, an isolated and underprivileged urban area.
  • giant hogweed — a tall plant, Heracleum mantegazzianum, of the parsley family, native to Russia and now naturalized in the U.S., having very large leaves and broad, white flower heads somewhat resembling Queen Anne's lace: can cause an allergic rash when touched by susceptible persons.
  • giant pigfish — a wrass, Achoerodus gouldii, that occurs around the Great Barrier Reef
  • giant ragweed — any of the composite plants of the genus Ambrosia, the airborne pollen of which is the most prevalent cause of autumnal hay fever, as the common North American species, A. trifida (great ragweed or giant ragweed) and A. artemisiifolia.
  • giant redwood — big tree.
  • giant scallop — sea scallop.
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