13-letter words containing g, e, m, c
- emergency tax — the tax a person pays on their income when it is not yet clear what tax band they should be assigned to
- encephalogram — An image, trace, or other record of the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
- encouragement — The action of giving someone support, confidence, or hope.
- enigmatically — Acting in a manner that suggests an enigma.
- entomological — Of or pertaining to entomology.
- epidemiologic — Of or pertaining to epidemiology.
- ergatomorphic — pertaining to an ergatomorph
- ergonomically — In an ergonomic manner.
- fence-mending — the practice of reestablishing or strengthening personal, business, or political contacts and relationships by conciliation or negotiation, as after a dispute, disagreement, or period of inactivity.
- fencing match — a match between fencers
- 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.
- flame cutting — a method of cutting ferrous metals in which the metal is heated by a torch to about 800°C and is oxidized by a stream of oxygen from the torch
- free climbing — climbing without using pitons, étriers, etc, as direct aids to ascent, but using ropes, belays, etc, at discretion for security
- galactosaemia — Alternative spelling of galactosemia.
- galactosaemic — of, relating to, or affected by galactosaemia
- galactosamine — an amino sugar that is a major component of glycolipids and chondroitin.
- gallo-romance — the vernacular language, a development from Latin, spoken in France from about a.d. 600 to 900. Abbreviation: Gallo-Rom.
- galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
- game-changing — having the potential to change significantly the outcome of something
- games console — Also called game(s) console, gaming console, video-game console. a computer system specially made for playing video games by connecting it to a television or other display for video and sound.
- garcia moreno — Gabriel [gey-bree-uh l,, gah-bree-el;; Spanish gah-vree-el] /ˈgeɪ bri əl,, ˌgɑ briˈɛl;; Spanish ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1821–75, Ecuadorian journalist and political leader: president of Ecuador 1861–65; 1869–75.
- gastrectomies — Plural form of gastrectomy.
- 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.
- gemutlichkeit — warm cordiality; comfortable friendliness; congeniality.
- general magic — A software company based in Mountain View, California. Products released in 1994 after four years in development include: Telescript - a communications-oriented programming language; Magic Cap - an OOPS designed for PDAs; and a new, third generation GUI. Motorola's Envoy, due for release in the third quarter of 1994, will use Magic Cap as its OS. What PostScript did for cross-platform, device-independent documents, Telescript aims to do for cross-platform, network-independent messaging. Telescript protects programmers from many of the complexities of network protocols. Competitors for Magic Cap include Microsoft's Windows for Pens/Winpad, PenPoint, Apple Computer's Newton Intelligence and GEOS by GeoWorks.
- geo-economics — the study or application of the influence of geography on domestic and international economics.
- geocentricism — the belief that the earth lies at the centre of the universe
- geochemically — In a geochemical manner.
- geodesic dome — a light, domelike structure developed by R. Buckminster Fuller to combine the properties of the tetrahedron and the sphere and consisting essentially of a grid of compression or tension members lying upon or parallel to great circles running in three directions in any given area, the typical form being the projection upon a sphere of an icosahedron, the triangular faces of which are filled with a symmetrical triangular, hexagonal, or quadrangular grid.
- geologic time — the succession of eras, periods, and epochs as considered in historical geology.
- geometrically — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
- geometricians — Plural form of geometrician.
- german africa — the former German colonies in Africa, comprising German East Africa, German Southwest Africa, Cameroons, and Togoland.
- glacier cream — a barrier cream, esp against ultraviolet radiation, used when climbing above the snow line
- glamis castle — a castle near Glamis in Angus, Scotland: ancestral seat of the Lyons family, forebears of Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; famous for its legend of a secret chamber
- glibenclamide — (medicine) An oral anti-diabetes medication.
- glossectomies — Plural form of glossectomy.
- glutamatergic — (biochemistry, neurology) Of or pertaining to the neurotransmission of glutamate.
- golgi complex — an organelle, consisting of layers of flattened sacs, that takes up and processes secretory and synthetic products from the endoplasmic reticulum and then either releases the finished products into various parts of the cell cytoplasm or secretes them to the outside of the cell.
- golgi-complex — an organelle, consisting of layers of flattened sacs, that takes up and processes secretory and synthetic products from the endoplasmic reticulum and then either releases the finished products into various parts of the cell cytoplasm or secretes them to the outside of the cell.
- gomez palacio — a city in Durango state, N central Mexico.
- graecia magna — Magna Graecia.
- gram molecule — that quantity of a substance whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the molecular weight of the substance.
- grammaticized — Simple past tense and past participle of grammaticize.
- graphemically — In terms of or by means of graphemes.
- gray eminence — a person who wields unofficial power, especially through another person and often surreptitiously or privately.
- green machine — A computer or peripheral device that has been designed and built to military specifications for field equipment (that is, to withstand mechanical shock, extremes of temperature and humidity, and so forth). Comes from the olive-drab "uniform" paint used for military equipment.
- guilt complex — If you say that someone has a guilt complex about something, you mean that they feel very guilty about it, in a way that you consider is exaggerated, unreasonable, or unnecessary.
- gynaecomastia — abnormal overdevelopment of the breasts in a man