13-letter words containing g, e, l, i, d
- gaidhealtachd — the area of Scotland in which Scottish Gaelic is the vernacular speech
- galactosidase — An enzyme, such as lactase, that is involved in the hydrolytic breakdown of a galactoside.
- general audit — an audit of all a company's accounts
- genital ridge — the area in the vertebrate embryo that develops into ovaries in the female and testes in the male.
- geodesic line — the shortest line lying on a given surface and connecting two given points.
- geohydrologic — relating to geohydrology
- germinal disk — blastodisk.
- gild the lily — to coat with gold, gold leaf, or a gold-colored substance.
- glibenclamide — (medicine) An oral anti-diabetes medication.
- gliding lemur — flying lemur.
- glittertinden — the highest peak in Norway, in the S central part. 8110 feet (2473 meters).
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- glyceric acid — a colorless, syrupy liquid, C 3 H 6 O 4 , obtained by oxidizing glycerol.
- glycopeptides — Plural form of glycopeptide.
- goal-oriented — (of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.
- gold chloride — a yellow to red, water-soluble compound, AuCl 3 , used chiefly in photography, gilding ceramic ware and glass, and in the manufacture of purple of Cassius.
- golden oriole — an Old World oriole, Oriolus oriolus, the male of which is bright yellow with black wings.
- golden shiner — a small, silvery freshwater minnow, Notemigonus crysoleucas, native to eastern North America and introduced into western North America: often used as live bait in sport fishing.
- goldie's fern — a wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana, of northeastern North America, having large, golden-green, leathery fronds with blades that tilt backward.
- golfe du lion — French name of the Gulf of Lions.
- grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
- grimes golden — a yellow variety of apple that ripens in late autumn.
- ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
- h and l hinge — a surface-mounted hinge that when applied resembles H and L combined.
- half-digested — to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
- hand in glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hand-in-glove — the terminal, prehensile part of the upper limb in humans and other primates, consisting of the wrist, metacarpal area, fingers, and thumb.
- hard feelings — Hard feelings are feelings of anger or bitterness towards someone who you have had an argument with or who has upset you. If you say 'no hard feelings', you are making an agreement with someone not to be angry or bitter about something.
- heli-boarding — the sport of snowboarding on mountains or glaciers accessible only by helicopter or skiplane
- high fidelity — sound reproduction over the full range of audible frequencies with very little distortion of the original signal.
- high old time — an enjoyable and exciting time
- high-coloured — (of the complexion) deep red or purplish; florid
- honey gilding — gilding of ceramics with a mixture of gold leaf and honey, later fired to fix the gold.
- housebuilding — The trade or activity of building houses.
- hunting lodge — a house or hut in the country or in the mountains where people stay on holiday when they want to go hunting
- hydrargillite — gibbsite.
- ideal gas law — the law that the product of the pressure and the volume of one gram molecule of an ideal gas is equal to the product of the absolute temperature of the gas and the universal gas constant.
- ideographical — Alternative form of ideographic.
- ideologically — of or relating to ideology.
- ill-disguised — badly concealed or hidden.
- illegitimized — illegitimatize.
- indefatigable — incapable of being tired out; not yielding to fatigue; untiring.
- indefatigably — In an extremely persistent and untiring manner; in an indefatigable manner.
- intellidating — the practice of going on a date at a venue, event, etc, associated with high culture or learning (rather than at a bar, cinema, etc)
- intermeddling — Present participle of intermeddle.
- interpleading — to litigate with each other in order to determine which of two parties is the rightful claimant against a third party.
- judgmentalism — Judgmental behaviour or attitude.
- l-head engine — an internal-combustion engine having the intake and exhaust valves arranged in a chamber along one side of the pistons.