13-letter words containing c, a, g, l, i
- fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
- flying boxcar — a large airplane designed to carry cargo.
- flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
- flying tackle — a tackle made by hurling one's body through the air at the player carrying the ball.
- folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
- fulbright act — an act of Congress (1946) by which funds derived chiefly from the sale of U.S. surplus property abroad are made available to U.S. citizens for study, research, and teaching in foreign countries as well as to foreigners to engage in similar activities in the U.S.
- futurological — Pertaining to futurology.
- gabrilowitsch — Ossip [aw-syip] /ˈɔ syɪp/ (Show IPA), 1878–1936, Russian pianist and conductor, in America.
- gaidhealtachd — the area of Scotland in which Scottish Gaelic is the vernacular speech
- gala occasion — a festive, social occasion
- galactic halo — a spheroidal aggregation of globular clusters, individual stars, dust, and gas that surrounds the Galaxy
- galactic pole — either of the two opposite points on the celestial sphere that are farthest north and south of the Milky Way.
- galactic year — the duration of a complete rotation of the Milky Way, approximately 200 million years.
- galactosaemia — Alternative spelling of galactosemia.
- galactosaemic — of, relating to, or affected by galactosaemia
- galactosamine — an amino sugar that is a major component of glycolipids and chondroitin.
- galactosidase — An enzyme, such as lactase, that is involved in the hydrolytic breakdown of a galactoside.
- galvanic cell — cell1 (def 7a).
- galvanic pile — voltaic pile.
- galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
- garcia robles — Alfonso [al-fon-soh,, -zoh;; Spanish ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ,, -zoʊ;; Spanish ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–91, Mexican diplomat: Nobel Prize 1982.
- gastric ulcer — a peptic ulcer located in the stomach's inner wall, caused in part by the corrosive action of the gastric juice on the mucous membrane.
- 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.
- genotypically — With reference to a genotype.
- geochemically — In a geochemical manner.
- geometrically — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
- geophysically — In a geophysical manner; in terms of geophysics.
- gesticulating — Present participle of gesticulate.
- gesticulation — the act of gesticulating.
- gesticulative — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
- giant scallop — sea scallop.
- girl-watching — the activity of looking at young women to enjoy their attractiveness, perhaps with a view to starting a relationship
- glacial drift — material, as gravel, sand, or clay, transported and deposited by a glacier or by glacial meltwater.
- glacial epoch — Also called glacial period, ice age. the geologically recent Pleistocene Epoch, during which much of the Northern Hemisphere was covered by great ice sheets.
- glacier cream — a barrier cream, esp against ultraviolet radiation, used when climbing above the snow line
- glacier table — a stone slab supported over the surface of a mountain glacier by a column or columns of ice.
- glaciological — Of or pertaining to glaciology.
- 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
- glass ceiling — an upper limit to professional advancement that is imposed upon women, minorities, and other nondominant groups and is not readily perceived or openly acknowledged: It’s more difficult for women of color to break through the glass ceiling.
- glass curtain — a transparent or translucent curtain covering the interior of a window opening.
- glibenclamide — (medicine) An oral anti-diabetes medication.
- 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.
- glossological — Of or pertaining to glossology.
- glottological — Of or pertaining to glottology.
- 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.