10-letter words containing c, g, e, l
- granduncle — an uncle of one's father or mother; a great-uncle.
- grapholect — an established and standardized written language
- graticules — Plural form of graticule.
- gray scale — a scale of achromatic colors having several, usually ten, equal gradations ranging from white to black, used in television and photography.
- gray-scale — (spelling) US spelling of "grey-scale".
- greencloth — the green covering of a billiard or gaming table
- grey-scale — (graphics) (US "gray-scale") 1. Composed of (discrete) shades of grey. If the pixels of a grey-scale image have N bits, they may take values from zero, representing black up to 2^N-1, representing white with intermediate values representing increasingly light shades of grey. If N=1 the image is not called grey-scale but could be called monochrome. 2. A range of acurately known shades of grey printed out for use in calibrating those shades on a display or printer.
- gridlocked — Simple past tense and past participle of gridlock.
- guard cell — either of two specialized epidermal cells that flank the pore of a stoma and usually cause it to open and close.
- guilloches — Plural form of guilloche.
- gun tackle — a tackle composed of a fall rove through two single blocks and secured to one of them so as to secure a mechanical advantage of two or three, neglecting friction, depending on the arrangement.
- gynecology — the branch of medical science that deals with the health maintenance and diseases of women, especially of the reproductive organs. Abbreviation: GYN, gyn.
- hatcheling — Present participle of hatchel.
- hemiplegic — paralysis of one side of the body.
- high place — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- hygienical — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- hypergolic — (especially of rocket-fuel propellant constituents) igniting spontaneously upon contact with a complementary substance.
- incedingly — in a stately or measured way
- indulgence — the act or practice of indulging; gratification of desire.
- indulgency — indulgence.
- inelegance — the quality or state of being inelegant; lack of elegance.
- inelegancy — inelegance.
- inflecting — Present participle of inflect.
- lace glass — glass in a filigree pattern.
- lacemaking — the art, act, or process of making lace.
- lacerating — Present participle of lacerate.
- lacquering — a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- lactogenic — stimulating lactation.
- large cane — a stick or short staff used to assist one in walking; walking stick.
- leg muscle — any of various muscles in the leg of a human or animal
- legalistic — strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit.
- legitimacy — the state or quality of being legitimate.
- lego brick — a toy plastic brick with studs which can be connected to other plastic bricks and used to construct toy buildings, vehicles, etc
- lexicology — the study of the formation, meaning, and use of words and of idiomatic combinations of words.
- light face — a type characterized by thin, light lines. This is a sample of lightface.
- lightfaced — Written, printed or drawn in lightface using a font that has a low ration of ink to white space. The opposite of boldfaced.
- lightfaces — Plural form of lightface.
- lignocaine — lidocaine.
- like magic — very quickly
- logic cell — a logic circuit forming part of a chip
- logic gate — gate1 (def 16b).
- logopedics — the study and treatment of speech defects.
- logorrheic — pathologically incoherent, repetitious speech.
- long beach — a city in SW California, S of Los Angeles: a seaside resort.
- long since — for a long time now
- long-faced — having an unhappy or gloomy expression; glum.
- lounge car — club car.
- lug wrench — a wrench for loosening or tightening lug nuts.
- magnetical — (obsolete) Pertaining to the magnet; possessing the properties of the magnet, or corresponding properties; magnetic.
- malignance — the quality or condition of being malignant.