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13-letter words containing c, a, d, g

  • dynamic range — the range of signal amplitudes over which an electronic communications channel can operate within acceptable limits of distortion. The range is determined by system noise at the lower end and by the onset of overload at the upper end
  • floating dock — a submersible, floating structure used as a dry dock, having a floor that is submerged, slipped under a floating vessel, and then raised so as to raise the vessel entirely out of the water.
  • folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
  • fondant icing — icing made from fondant
  • gaidhealtachd — the area of Scotland in which Scottish Gaelic is the vernacular speech
  • galactosidase — An enzyme, such as lactase, that is involved in the hydrolytic breakdown of a galactoside.
  • garden center — a store that sells gardening supplies, as seeds, plants, fertilizer, and tools.
  • garden centre — A garden centre is a large shop, usually with an outdoor area, where you can buy things for your garden such as plants and gardening tools.
  • garden orache — a plant of the goosefoot family, Atriplex hortensis, which is cultivated as a vegetable and used like spinach
  • 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.
  • get-well card — a greeting card sent to a person who is unwell, expressing a wish for a speedy recovery
  • 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.
  • glacial drift — material, as gravel, sand, or clay, transported and deposited by a glacier or by glacial meltwater.
  • glibenclamide — (medicine) An oral anti-diabetes medication.
  • glucaric acid — saccharic acid.
  • gluconic acid — a colorless, water-soluble acid, C 6 H 12 O 7 , obtained by the oxidation of glucose, used commercially in a 50-percent solution for cleaning metals.
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • 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;
  • glyceric acid — a colorless, syrupy liquid, C 3 H 6 O 4 , obtained by oxidizing glycerol.
  • glycolic acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 2 H 4 O 3 , that is a major substrate for photorespiration in plants: used chiefly for textile printing and dyeing and in pesticides.
  • glyconic acid — gluconic acid.
  • gnathic index — Craniometry. the ratio of the distance from basion to prosthion to the distance from basion to nasion, expressed in percent of the latter.
  • gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
  • good gracious — Some people say good gracious or goodness gracious in order to express surprise or annoyance.
  • good riddance — the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
  • grade cricket — competitive cricket, in which cricket club teams are arranged in grades
  • grammaticized — Simple past tense and past participle of grammaticize.
  • grand duchess — the wife or widow of a grand duke.
  • grand larceny — larceny in which the value of the goods taken is above a certain legally specified amount.
  • grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
  • granodioritic — relating to granodiorite
  • graphics card — graphics adaptor
  • gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
  • greeting card — card1 (def 4).
  • ground attack — an attack using ground forces, as opposed to air or naval forces
  • ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
  • guanylic acid — GMP.
  • hydraulicking — a type of mining that uses water to move rock
  • hydrocracking — the cracking of petroleum or the like in the presence of hydrogen.
  • hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
  • ideogrammatic — Of or pertaining to ideograms.
  • ideographical — Alternative form of ideographic.
  • ideologically — of or relating to ideology.
  • indian agency — headquarters of an Indian agent.
  • indo-germanic — Indo-European
  • judgmatically — in the manner of a judge
  • judgment call — Sports. an observational ruling by a referee or umpire that is necessarily subjective because of the disputable nature of the play in question, and one that may be appealed but not protested, as opposed to a matter of official rule interpretation: Balks and close plays at first are of course judgment calls, and umpires are human.
  • juglandaceous — belonging to the plant family Juglandaceae.
  • kangaroo code — spaghetti code
  • landing clerk — a representative of a shipping line who boards its incoming passenger ships to give passengers information and advice.
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