13-letter words containing g, a, l, c
- glorification — a glorified or more splendid form of something.
- glossological — Of or pertaining to glossology.
- glottological — Of or pertaining to glottology.
- glove factory — a factory where gloves are made
- 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.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- glutamatergic — (biochemistry, neurology) Of or pertaining to the neurotransmission of glutamate.
- glutamic acid — an amino acid, HOOCCH 2 CH 2 CH(NH 2)COOH, obtained by hydrolysis from wheat gluten and sugar-beet residues, used commercially chiefly in the form of its sodium salt to intensify the flavor of meat or other food. Symbol: E. Abbreviation: Glu;
- glyceric acid — a colorless, syrupy liquid, C 3 H 6 O 4 , obtained by oxidizing glycerol.
- glycolic acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 2 H 4 O 3 , that is a major substrate for photorespiration in plants: used chiefly for textile printing and dyeing and in pesticides.
- glyconic acid — gluconic acid.
- 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.
- gnu c library — (library) (glibc) The run-time library for the GNU C compiler, gcc, and others. glibc is the source code for libc.a. It is maintained separately from the compilers and is a superset of ANSI C and POSIX.1 and a large subset of POSIX.2. Mailing list: <[email protected]> (bugs).
- goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
- gomez palacio — a city in Durango state, N central Mexico.
- googlewhacker — One who searches for googlewhacks.
- gracelessness — The state of being graceless.
- grain alcohol — alcohol (def 1).
- gram molecule — that quantity of a substance whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the molecular weight of the substance.
- graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
- grammatically — of or relating to grammar: grammatical analysis.
- grand larceny — larceny in which the value of the goods taken is above a certain legally specified amount.
- grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
- graphemically — In terms of or by means of graphemes.
- graphic algol — (language) A extension of ALGOL 60 for real-time generation of shaded perspective pictures.
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- graphological — Relating to graphology.
- graticulation — the division of a design, plan, etc into squares in order to improve the accuracy of enlargement or reduction
- grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
- gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
- gravity clock — a clock driven by its own weight as it descends a rack, cord, incline, etc.
- gravity scale — a scale giving the relative density of fluids
- 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.
- green channel — the route followed in passing through customs in an airport, etc by passengers claiming to have no dutiable goods to declare
- ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
- guanylic acid — GMP.
- guzman blanco — Antonio [ahn-taw-nyaw] /ɑnˈtɔ nyɔ/ (Show IPA), 1829–99, Venezuelan political leader: president 1870–88.
- gymnastically — In a gymnastic manner.
- 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.
- half coupling — a flange fixed at the end of each of the two shafts that are connected in a flange coupling
- hallucinating — Present participle of hallucinate.
- hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
- hematological — Hematologic.
- heortological — of or relating to heortology
- heterological — (grammar) Of an adjective, not describing itself.
- high-low-jack — all fours (def 2).