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13-letter words containing g, a, e, l, i

  • 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 slipper — an imaginary ladies' shoe made of glass, as worn by Cinderella in the fairy tale of that name
  • glazing agent — substance used to varnish
  • glibenclamide — (medicine) An oral anti-diabetes medication.
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • glutamatergic — (biochemistry, neurology) Of or pertaining to the neurotransmission of glutamate.
  • glyceric acid — a colorless, syrupy liquid, C 3 H 6 O 4 , obtained by oxidizing glycerol.
  • go fly a kite — to move through the air using wings.
  • goal-oriented — (of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.
  • golan heights — a range of hills in the Middle East, possession of which is disputed between Israel and Syria: under Syrian control until 1967 when they were stormed by Israeli forces; Jewish settlements have since been established. Highest peak: 2224 m (7297 ft)
  • goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
  • gomez palacio — a city in Durango state, N central Mexico.
  • governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
  • gram-variable — of or relating to bacteria that stain irregularly with Gram's stain, being neither Gram-positive nor Gram-negative.
  • grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
  • grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
  • graphemically — In terms of or by means of graphemes.
  • graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
  • graphitizable — (chemistry, of carbon) Able to be converted to graphite.
  • gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
  • gravity scale — a scale giving the relative density of fluids
  • gray squirrel — a common, grayish squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, of eastern North America.
  • grease nipple — a metal nipple designed to engage with a grease gun for injecting grease into a bearing, etc
  • grease pencil — a pencil of pigment and compressed grease encased in a spiral paper strip that can be partially unwound to expose a new point and used especially for writing on glossy surfaces.
  • great calorie — calorie (sense 2)
  • 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.
  • great lobelia — a North American plant, Lobelia siphilitica, having long, showy clusters of blue flowers.
  • greek revival — a style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevalent in the U.S. and in parts of Europe in the first half of the 19th century, characterized by a more or less close imitation of ancient Greek designs and ornamented motifs.
  • gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.
  • guerrilla gig — an impromptu musical performance in an unlikely public space, such as an underground train or on the roof of a building, organized by text-message communication between the band and its fans
  • guerrilla war — a war between an established army and a guerrilla group
  • gynaecologist — (UK, Canada, dated in US) A physician who specialises in diseases of the female reproductive system.
  • gynecological — the branch of medical science that deals with the health maintenance and diseases of women, especially of the reproductive organs. Abbreviation: GYN, gyn.
  • h and l hinge — a surface-mounted hinge that when applied resembles H and L combined.
  • haematologist — A scientist, usually a medical doctor, who specializes in haematology.
  • half-digested — to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
  • half-integral — noting or pertaining to a fractional number obtained by dividing an odd integer by two, as 1/2.
  • hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
  • hand in glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • hand-in-glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
  • hanging stile — the stile of a door, shutter, etc., by which it is hung.
  • hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
  • harlequin bug — a black stink bug, Murgantia histrionica, having red and yellow markings, that feeds on cabbages and other cruciferous plants.
  • health-giving — conducive to health; salutary
  • heating plant — a building or facility containing a boiler or furnace that provides heat to a building or a number of buildings
  • heavy lifting — hard work: A team of researchers did the heavy lifting for the author.
  • heilong jiang — Amur.
  • heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
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