13-letter words containing g, a, l, y
- judgmatically — in the manner of a judge
- kilomegacycle — a unit of frequency, equal to 10 9 cycles per second. Abbreviation: kMc.
- kingsley amis — Kingsley, 1922–95, English novelist.
- knowledgeably — possessing or exhibiting knowledge, insight, or understanding; intelligent; well-informed; discerning; perceptive.
- land registry — In Britain, a land registry is a government office where records are kept about each area of land in a country or region, including information about who owns it.
- landed gentry — land-owning class
- landing party — a component of a ship's company detached for special duty ashore.
- languishingly — In a languishing manner.
- laryngectomee — someone who has had a laryngectomy
- laryngologist — A person who studies or specializes in laryngology; a subspeciality of otorhinolaryngology.
- laryngoscopes — Plural form of laryngoscope.
- laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- laser surgery — the surgical use of lasers.
- lasik surgery — laser surgery to correct short sight
- lauroyl group — the monovalent organic group C 12 H 23 O–, derived from lauric acid.
- legacy system — (jargon) A computer system or application program which continues to be used because of the cost of replacing or redesigning it and often despite its poor competitiveness and compatibility with modern equivalents. The implication is that the system is large, monolithic and difficult to modify. If legacy software only runs on antiquated hardware the cost of maintaining this may eventually outweigh the cost of replacing both the software and hardware unless some form of emulation or backward compatibility allows the software to run on new hardware.
- legal holiday — a public holiday established by law, during which certain work, government business, etc., is restricted.
- legionary ant — army ant
- legislatively — By legislation, by the method of enacting laws.
- legume family — the large plant family Leguminosae (or Fabaceae), typified by herbaceous plants, shrubs, trees, and vines having usually compound leaves, clusters of irregular, keeled flowers, and fruit in the form of a pod splitting along both sides, and including beans, peas, acacia, alfalfa, clover, indigo, lentil, mesquite, mimosa, and peanut.
- leigh-mallory — Sir Trafford Leigh [traf-erd lee] /ˈtræf ərd li/ (Show IPA), 1892–1944, British Air Force officer.
- lethargically — of, relating to, or affected with lethargy; drowsy; sluggish; apathetic.
- light railway — a transport system using small trains or trams, often serving parts of a large metropolitan area
- light therapy — therapeutic exposure to full-spectrum artificial light that simulates sunlight, used to treat various conditions, as seasonal affective disorder.
- lightheadedly — In a lightheaded manner.
- like anything — of the same form, appearance, kind, character, amount, etc.: I cannot remember a like instance.
- lingayen gulf — a gulf in the Philippines, on the NW coast of Luzon.
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- lying-in ward — a room where women were confined in childbirth
- lymphangiomas — Plural form of lymphangioma.
- lymphographic — of or relating to lymphography
- lysergic acid — a crystalline solid, C 16 H 16 N 2 O 2 , obtained from ergot or synthesized: used in the synthesis of LSD.
- magdalena bay — a bay in NW Mexico, on the SW coast of Baja California. 17 miles (27 km) long; 12 miles (19 km) wide.
- magisterially — In a magisterial manner; authoritatively.
- magnanimously — In a magnanimous manner; with greatness of mind.
- magnificently — making a splendid appearance or show; of exceptional beauty, size, etc.: a magnificent cathedral; magnificent scenery.
- malonyl group — the bivalent group C 3 H 2 O 2 , derived from malonic acid.
- mammary gland — any of the compound accessory reproductive organs of female mammals that occur in pairs on the chest or ventral surface and contain milk-producing lobes with ducts that empty into an external nipple, becoming functional when young are born and secreting milk for the duration of suckling.
- manageability — that can be managed; governable; tractable; contrivable.
- martagon lily — Turk's-cap lily.
- martyrologies — Plural form of martyrology.
- meaninglessly — In a meaningless manner; nonsensically.
- megalocephaly — Cephalometry, Craniometry. macrocephalic.
- metallography — the study of the structure of metals and alloys by means of microscopy.
- methylglyoxal — pyruvic aldehyde.
- molly maguire — Irish History. a member of a secret terrorist society organized in Ireland in 1843 to prevent evictions by the government: so called because the members disguised themselves as women.
- monogenically — In a monogenic manner.
- monogynoecial — (of a fruit) developing from a single pistil.
- morgan le fay — the fairy sister of King Arthur.