11-letter words containing g, c, t
- give notice — warn, inform
- glabrescent — becoming glabrous.
- glaciations — Plural form of glaciation.
- glasscutter — a small hand tool that is specially designed for cutting sheets of glass, having a cutting wheel of steel or tungsten carbide and notches for snapping the glass
- glaucescent — becoming glaucous; somewhat glaucous.
- glauconitic — a greenish micaceous mineral consisting essentially of a hydrous silicate of potassium, aluminum, and iron and occurring in greensand, clays, etc.
- glitter ice — ice or a sheet of ice formed on a surface by a quickly freezing rain.
- glochidiate — (botany) Having barbs.
- glossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of all or part of the tongue.
- glottogonic — relating to the origin of language
- glycerinate — to impregnate with glycerin.
- glycosylate — (organic chemistry) To react with a sugar to form a glycoside (especially a glycoprotein).
- glyptotheca — a space devoted to sculpture
- gnatcatcher — any tiny insect-eating, New World warbler of the genus Polioptila, having a long, mobile tail and a slender bill.
- gnotobiotic — (of germfree animals) inoculated with microorganisms of a given type.
- go critical — (of a nuclear power station or reactor) to reach a state in which a nuclear-fission chain reaction becomes self-sustaining
- go crook at — to rebuke or upbraid
- go to court — to take legal action
- goat cheese — a cheese containing goat's milk, either alone or mixed with cow's milk, usually having a stronger flavor than one made of cow's milk alone.
- goatsuckers — Plural form of goatsucker.
- goblet cell — a type of epithelial cell that secretes mucin, so called after its shape.
- goitrogenic — tending to produce goiter.
- goldschmidt — Richard Benedikt. 1878–1958, US geneticist, born in Germany. He advanced the theory that heredity is determined by the chemical configuration of the chromosome molecule rather than by the qualities of the individual genes
- gonadectomy — (surgery) The procedure to remove an ovary or testis.
- goniometric — Of, relating to, or determined by a goniometer.
- gothic arch — a pointed arch, especially one having only two centers and equal radii.
- grain coast — a historic region on the Gulf of Guinea, in W Africa, in present-day Liberia.
- grammatical — of or relating to grammar: grammatical analysis.
- granolithic — (of concrete) containing fine granite chippings or crushed granite, used to render floors and surfaces.
- granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
- graptolitic — relating to, or containing, graptolites
- grass cloth — a cloth made from plant fibres, such as jute or hemp
- grass court — an outdoor tennis court having a grass surface.
- grasscutter — a device used to cut grass, as a lawn mower.
- gravimetric — of or relating to measurement by weight.
- great abaco — two islands (Great Abaco and Little Abaco) in the N Bahamas. 776 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
- great-niece — a daughter of one's nephew or niece; grandniece.
- great-uncle — a granduncle.
- greenockite — a yellow mineral, cadmium sulfide, CdS, associated with zinc ores and used as a source of cadmium.
- greenschist — schist colored green by an abundance of chlorite, epidote, or actinolite.
- ground itch — a disease of the skin of the feet, caused by penetration of hookworm larvae, characterized by a blisterlike eruption and itching.
- groundcloth — A groundcloth is a piece of waterproof material which you put on the ground to sleep on when you are camping.
- growth cone — a flattened area at the end of a growing axon or dendrite, having radiating filopodia and lemellopodia that function as guides for the outgrowth of embryonic nerve fibers.
- gum elastic — rubber1 (def 1).
- gun control — government regulation of the sale and ownership of firearms.
- gun culture — the attitudes, feelings, values, and behaviour of a society, or any social group, in which guns are used
- gunn effect — the onset of microwave oscillations in a thin slice of a semiconductor when a voltage exceeding a given value is applied across the slice.
- gymnastical — Alternative form of gymnastic.
- gynaecomast — a man who suffers from gynaecomastia
- gynecopathy — any disease occurring only in women.