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13-letter words containing g, a, l, t, o, n

  • polythene bag — a bag made of polythene, esp one used to store or protect food or household articles
  • ponta delgada — a seaport on SW São Miguel island, in the E Azores.
  • port language — ["Communicating Parallel Processes", J. Kerridge et al, Soft Prac & Exp 16(1):63-86 (Jan 1986)].
  • postinaugural — of or relating to the period after an inauguration
  • prelitigation — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
  • progenitorial — characteristic of a progenitor
  • prostaglandin — Biochemistry. any of a class of unsaturated fatty acids that are involved in the contraction of smooth muscle, the control of inflammation and body temperature, and many other physiological functions.
  • protolanguage — the reconstructed or postulated parent form of a language or a group of related languages.
  • re-regulation — a law, rule, or other order prescribed by authority, especially to regulate conduct.
  • recognitional — an act of recognizing or the state of being recognized.
  • regionalistic — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
  • regulator pin — either of two pins on the regulators of certain timepieces, one on each side of the hairspring, that can be moved to adjust the rate of the timepiece.
  • rote learning — memorization by repetition
  • running total — a running total is a total which changes because numbers keep being added to it as something progresses
  • salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
  • salpingostomy — the formation of an artificial opening into a Fallopian tube.
  • segregational — the act or practice of segregating; a setting apart or separation of people or things from others or from the main body or group: gender segregation in some fundamentalist religions.
  • self-ignorant — lacking in knowledge or training; unlearned: an ignorant man.
  • self-loathing — strong dislike or disgust; intense aversion.
  • shot-blasting — the cleaning of metal, etc, by a stream of shot
  • signalization — to make notable or conspicuous.
  • single combat — combat between two persons.
  • single-action — (of a firearm) requiring the cocking of the hammer before firing each shot: a single-action revolver.
  • solar heating — to heat (a building) by means of solar energy.
  • solidungulate — having a single, undivided hoof on each foot, as a horse.
  • sphagnologist — a person who studies sphagna
  • sporting lady — a prostitute.
  • starring role — a main role; the main role
  • strangulation — Pathology, Surgery. to compress or constrict (a duct, intestine, vessel, etc.) so as to prevent circulation or suppress function.
  • subdelegation — a group or body of delegates: Our club sent a delegation to the rally.
  • suffocatingly — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
  • tale of genji — a novel (1001–20?) by Lady Murasaki, dealing with Japanese court life.
  • talking point — a fact or feature that aids or supports one side, as in an argument or competition.
  • technological — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
  • telediagnosis — the detection of a disease by evaluating data transmitted to a receiving station from instruments monitoring a distant patient, as someone in a spacecraft.
  • telephone tag — repeated unsuccessful attempts by two persons to connect with one another by telephone.
  • temple orange — a hybrid fruit, Citrus nobilis, that is a cross between the sweet orange and the tangerine.
  • thanatologist — a person who engages in the academic study of death and dying
  • the paleogene — the Paleogene subdivision of the Tertiary Period or its rocks
  • thong leather — whang2 (def 2).
  • thyroid gland — a two-lobed endocrine gland, located at the base of the neck that secretes two hormones that regulate the rates of metabolism, growth, and development.
  • tone language — a language, as Swedish, Chinese, Yoruba, or Serbo-Croatian, in which words that are otherwise phonologically identical are distinguished by having different pitches or pitch contour.
  • touch-in-goal — the area at each end of the field outside of a touch-in-goal line.
  • town planning — city planning.
  • tracking poll — a type of poll repeated periodically with the same group of people to check and measure changes of opinion or knowledge.
  • trading floor — stock exchange: room where trading is done
  • triangulation — a technique for establishing the distance between any two points, or the relative position of two or more points, by using such points as vertices of a triangle or series of triangles, such that each triangle has a side of known or measurable length (base or base line) that permits the size of the angles of the triangle and the length of its other two sides to be established by observations taken either upon or from the two ends of the base line.
  • tropocollagen — the molecular unit which forms collagen, consisting of three polypeptide chains
  • troublemaking — a person who causes difficulties, distress, worry, etc., for others, especially one who does so habitually as a matter of malice.
  • uncategorical — without exceptions or conditions; absolute; unqualified and unconditional: a categorical denial.
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