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13-letter words containing c, o, n, g

  • gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
  • ge-pano-carib — a linguistic phylum comprising a large number of aboriginal languages with scattered distribution in South America east of the Andes.
  • general costs — the general expenses of running a business
  • general court — the state legislature of Massachusetts or New Hampshire.
  • genetotrophic — pertaining to nutrition and genetics
  • genotypically — With reference to a genotype.
  • gentianaceous — belonging to the plant family Gentianaceae.
  • genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
  • geo-economics — the study or application of the influence of geography on domestic and international economics.
  • geocentricism — the belief that the earth lies at the centre of the universe
  • geochronology — the chronology of the earth, as based on both absolute and relative methods of age determination.
  • geodesic line — the shortest line lying on a given surface and connecting two given points.
  • geometricians — Plural form of geometrician.
  • geoscientific — relating to geoscience
  • geotechnology — the application of science and technology in order to utilize the earth's natural resources
  • gerontocratic — government by a council of elders.
  • gesticulation — the act of gesticulating.
  • giant scallop — sea scallop.
  • 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.
  • glocalisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of glocalization.
  • glocalization — The practice of conducting business according to both local and global considerations.
  • glockenspiels — Plural form of glockenspiel.
  • glorification — a glorified or more splendid form of something.
  • gluconeogenic — glucose formation in animals from a noncarbohydrate source, as from proteins or fats.
  • 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
  • glyconic acid — gluconic acid.
  • glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
  • 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.
  • god's country — an area or region supposed to be favored by God, especially a naturally beautiful rural area.
  • going concern — viable business
  • golden fleece — a fleece of pure gold, kept at Colchis by King Aeëtes from whom it was stolen by Jason and the Argonauts with the help of Aeëtes's daughter, Medea.
  • goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
  • gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
  • gonochoristic — Of or pertaining to gonochorism.
  • good riddance — the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
  • gopher client — (networking)   A program which runs on your local computer and provides a user interface to the Gopher protocol and to gopher servers. Web browsers can act as Gopher clients and simple Gopher-only clients are available for ordinary terminals, the X Window System, GNU Emacs, and other systems.
  • gossip column — newspaper: celebrity news article
  • grain alcohol — alcohol (def 1).
  • graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
  • granodioritic — relating to granodiorite
  • graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
  • 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.
  • 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).
  • grossglockner — a mountain in S Austria: highest peak in the Hohe Tauern range. 12,457 feet (3799 meters).
  • ground attack — an attack using ground forces, as opposed to air or naval forces
  • ground cherry — Also called husk tomato. any of several plants belonging to the genus Physalis, of the nightshade family, the several species bearing an edible berry enclosed in an enlarged calyx.
  • ground colour — a colour on which other colours are superimposed to create a pattern
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