13-letter words containing g, a, t, e, c, r
- credit agency — an agency that checks whether people are able to pay for goods and services they wish to buy on credit, and provides them with a credit rating
- credit rating — Your credit rating is a judgment of how likely you are to pay money back if you borrow it or buy things on credit.
- crustaceology — The branch of zoology dealing with crustaceans.
- cryptographer — the science or study of the techniques of secret writing, especially code and cipher systems, methods, and the like. Compare cryptanalysis (def 2).
- cyberstalking — Cyberstalking is the use of the Internet to contact someone or find out information about them in a way that is annoying or frightening.
- cytopharynges — Plural form of cytopharynx.
- daughter cell — either of the two cells that result from the division of a cell, as in mitosis
- decarbonating — Present participle of decarbonate.
- decerebrating — Present participle of decerebrate.
- decorticating — Present participle of decorticate.
- decrepitating — Present participle of decrepitate.
- democratizing — Present participle of democratize.
- dentosurgical — relating to or used in both dentistry and surgery
- deprecatingly — to express earnest disapproval of.
- direct-acting — (of a steam pump) having the steam pistons connected directly to the pump pistons without a crankshaft or flywheel.
- dutch courage — courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking liquor.
- east germanic — a branch of the Germanic languages no longer extant, comprising Gothic and probably others of which there are no written records. Abbreviation: EGmc.
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.
- electromagnet — A soft metal core made into a magnet by the passage of electric current through a coil surrounding it.
- emergency tax — the tax a person pays on their income when it is not yet clear what tax band they should be assigned to
- encouragement — The action of giving someone support, confidence, or hope.
- enculturating — Present participle of enculturate.
- energetically — In an energetic manner.
- ergatomorphic — pertaining to an ergatomorph
- escort agency — an agency where people, esp young women, may be hired to accompany someone for entertainment, etc
- ethnographica — a collection of ethnographic items
- exchange rate — relative value of currency
- excoriatingly — So as to excoriate.
- expectorating — Present participle of expectorate.
- extragalactic — Situated, occurring, or originating outside the Milky Way galaxy.
- extravagances — Plural form of extravagance.
- ferrimagnetic — noting or pertaining to a substance, as a ferrite, in which the magnetic moments of some neighboring atoms point in opposite directions, with a net magnetization still resulting because of differences in magnitudes of the opposite moments.
- ferromagnetic — noting or pertaining to a substance, as iron, that below a certain temperature, the Curie point, can possess magnetization in the absence of an external magnetic field; noting or pertaining to a substance in which the magnetic moments of the atoms are aligned.
- fire watching — the job of watching for fires, especially those caused by aerial bombardment
- flag of truce — a white flag displayed as an invitation to the enemy to confer, or carried as a sign of peaceful intention by one sent to deal with the enemy.
- galactic year — the duration of a complete rotation of the Milky Way, approximately 200 million years.
- galactorrhoea — (British spelling) alternative spelling of galactorrhea.
- galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
- gangster chic — a cinematic or literary genre which seeks to glamorize the criminal underworld
- garbage chute — sloped channel for rubbish disposal
- garbage truck — lorry that collects refuse
- garden center — a store that sells gardening supplies, as seeds, plants, fertilizer, and tools.
- garden centre — A garden centre is a large shop, usually with an outdoor area, where you can buy things for your garden such as plants and gardening tools.
- garter stitch — a basic knitting pattern that produces an evenly pebbled texture on both sides of the work, created by consistently knitting or purling every stitch of every row.
- gastrectomies — Plural form of gastrectomy.
- gastric juice — the digestive fluid, containing pepsin and other enzymes, secreted by the glands of the stomach.
- gastric ulcer — a peptic ulcer located in the stomach's inner wall, caused in part by the corrosive action of the gastric juice on the mucous membrane.
- gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
- gastroenteric — Gastrointestinal.
- gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.