13-letter words containing a, t, o, n, i, g
- giant redwood — big tree.
- giant scallop — sea scallop.
- giant sequoia — big tree.
- gin and tonic — a drink made with gin and quinine water, served in a tall glass and usually garnished with a slice of lime or lemon.
- glamorisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- glamorization — to make glamorous.
- globalisation — internationalisation
- globalization — the act of globalizing, or extending to other or all parts of the world: the globalization of manufacturing.
- glocalisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of glocalization.
- glocalization — The practice of conducting business according to both local and global considerations.
- glorification — a glorified or more splendid form of something.
- glycosylation — (chemistry, biochemistry) The reaction of a saccharide with a hydroxy or amino functional group to form a glycoside; especially the reaction with a protein or lipid to form a glycoprotein or glycolipid.
- go along with — permit, consent to
- goal-oriented — (of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.
- godwin-austen — Also called Godwin Austen [god-win aw-stin] /ˈgɒd wɪn ˈɔ stɪn/ (Show IPA), Dapsang [duh p-suhng] /dəpˈsʌŋ/ (Show IPA). a mountain in N Kashmir, in the Karakoram range: second highest peak in the world. 28,250 feet (8611 meters).
- 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)
- goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
- gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
- gonadotrophin — a gonadotropic substance.
- gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
- goods station — a railway station dealing solely with goods trains
- governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
- grain of salt — salt crystal
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- granitization — a hypothetical process of forming granite.
- granodioritic — relating to granodiorite
- graticulation — the division of a design, plan, etc into squares in order to improve the accuracy of enlargement or reduction
- gratification — the state of being gratified; great satisfaction.
- gravitational — Physics. the force of attraction between any two masses. Compare law of gravitation. an act or process caused by this force.
- 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.
- greater ionic — Architecture. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders that in ancient Greece consisted of a fluted column with a molded base and a capital composed of four volutes, usually parallel to the architrave with a pulvinus connecting a pair on each side of the column, and an entablature typically consisting of an architrave of three fascias, a richly ornamented frieze, and a cornice corbeled out on egg-and-dart and dentil moldings, with the frieze sometimes omitted. Roman and Renaissance examples are often more elaborate, and usually set the volutes of the capitals at 45° to the architrave. Compare composite (def 3), Corinthian (def 2), Doric (def 3), Tuscan (def 2).
- ground-to-air — (of weapons) designed to be fired at aircraft from the ground
- group annuity — a plan in which the members of a group, usually employees of the same company, receive annuities upon retirement.
- group captain — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a wing commander but junior to an air commodore in the RAF and certain other air forces
- gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.
- guesstimation — (pejorative) An estimation made without good justification and often biased.
- gynaecologist — (UK, Canada, dated in US) A physician who specialises in diseases of the female reproductive system.
- gynaecomastia — abnormal overdevelopment of the breasts in a man
- gyromagnetism — the condition or state of being gyromagnetic
- habit-forming — tending to cause or encourage addiction, especially through physiological dependence: habit-forming drugs.
- hatemongering — The behaviour of a hatemonger; the spreading of hatred.
- heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
- heating power — power that can be used to heat something
- hematogenesis — hematopoiesis.
- histogramming — (mathematics) The construction of histograms.
- homogenetical — of, involving or relating to homogeny
- horse gentian — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
- horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
- horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.