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11-letter words containing c, g, s

  • gametocytes — Plural form of gametocyte.
  • gamma stock — any of the third rank of active securities on the London Stock Exchange. Prices displayed by market makers are given as an indication rather than an offer to buy or sell
  • gang switch — a collection of switches connected to separate circuits and operating simultaneously.
  • garlic salt — salt flavoured with ground garlic
  • gas bracket — a metal pipe projecting from the wall of an apartment, used to support gas lamps and to supply them with gas
  • gas carrier — a ship used for the transportation of compressed or liquefied natural gas
  • gas chamber — an enclosure used for the execution of prisoners by means of a poisonous gas.
  • gas furnace — a furnace using gas as a fuel.
  • gas vacuole — a gas-filled structure that provides buoyancy in some aquatic bacteria
  • gasconading — extravagant boasting; boastful talk.
  • gastrectomy — partial or total excision of the stomach.
  • gastrocolic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and colon.
  • gastromancy — a form of divination by interpreting words and sounds seeming to come from the stomach
  • gastronomic — the art or science of good eating.
  • gastroscope — a lighted flexible tubular instrument passed through the mouth for examining the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.
  • gastroscopy — the examination with a gastroscope to detect disease.
  • gastrotrich — any of the microscopic, multicellular animals of the class or phylum Gastrotricha, of fresh or salt waters, characterized by bands of cilia on the ventral surface of the bottle-shaped or ribbony body and by a protrusible feeding apparatus at the mouth.
  • gatecrashed — Simple past tense and past participle of gatecrash.
  • gatecrasher — a person who attends or enters a social function without an invitation, a theater without a ticket, etc.
  • gazingstock — (archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at (or gazed at) by many people.
  • gegenschein — a faint, elliptical patch of light in the night sky that appears opposite the sun, being a reflection of sunlight by meteoric material in space.
  • genderlects — a type or style of speech used by a particular gender.
  • genericness — The state or condition of being generic.
  • geneticists — Plural form of geneticist.
  • genius loci — the guardian spirit of a place.
  • gentileschi — Artemisia [ahr-tuh-mizh-uh,, -mizh-ee-uh;; Italian ahr-te-mee-zyah] /ˌɑr təˈmɪʒ ə,, -ˈmɪʒ i ə;; Italian ˌɑr tɛˈmi zyɑ/ (Show IPA), 1593?–1652? Italian painter.
  • geocentrism — A belief that Earth is the center of the universe and does not move.
  • geodynamics — (used with a singular verb) the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
  • geophysical — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
  • geopolitics — the study or the application of the influence of political and economic geography on the politics, national power, foreign policy, etc., of a state.
  • geosciences — Plural form of geoscience.
  • geostrophic — of or relating to the balance between the Coriolis force and the horizontal pressure force in the atmosphere.
  • geosyncline — a portion of the earth's crust subjected to downward warping during a large span of geologic time; a geosynclinal fold.
  • geotechnics — the application of science in order to utilize the earth's natural resources in engineering projects
  • gerodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
  • gesticulant — making or tending to make gestures or gesticulations: a gesticulant speaker.
  • gesticulate — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
  • ghost dance — a ritual dance intended to establish communion with the dead, especially such a dance as performed by various messianic western American Indian cults in the late 19th century.
  • ghostscript — (graphics, tool)   The GNU interpreter for PostScript and PDF, with previewers for serval systems and many fonts. Ghostscript was originally written by L. Peter Deutsch <[email protected]> of Aladdin Enterprises. The first public release was v1.0 on 1988-08-11.
  • glabrescent — becoming glabrous.
  • glaciations — Plural form of glaciation.
  • glass block — a translucent, hollow or solid block of glass for glazing openings or constructing partitions, usually square on the face, with the outer surfaces treated in any of various ways.
  • glass-faced — having the front or outer surfaces covered with glass.
  • glasscutter — a small hand tool that is specially designed for cutting sheets of glass, having a cutting wheel of steel or tungsten carbide and notches for snapping the glass
  • glaucescent — becoming glaucous; somewhat glaucous.
  • glossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of all or part of the tongue.
  • glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
  • glucosamine — an aminosugar occurring in many polysaccharides of vertebrate tissue and also as the major component of chitin.
  • glucosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyses glucosides.
  • glycogenous — of or relating to the formation of sugar in the liver.
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