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14-letter words containing g, e, t, a, l, o

  • galactopoiesis — increasing the secretion of milk.
  • galactopoietic — increasing the secretion of milk.
  • galeopithecine — of, relating to, or resembling the flying lemur (Galeopithecus)
  • galeopithecoid — of or resembling a flying lemur
  • gallery forest — a narrow strip of woods or forest along the banks of a watercourse flowing through open country.
  • galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
  • galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.
  • galveston plan — commission plan.
  • ganglionectomy — the excision of a ganglion.
  • gastroduodenal — of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum
  • gavel-to-gavel — from the opening to the closing of a formal session or series of sessions: gavel-to-gavel television coverage of the Congressional hearing.
  • gay liberation — a political and social movement to combat legal and social discrimination against homosexuals.
  • gelatification — the process of gelatinizing.
  • gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
  • gelatinisation — Alternative spelling of gelatinization.
  • gelatinization — to make gelatinous.
  • generalisation — The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
  • generalization — the act or process of generalizing.
  • generationally — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
  • genethlialogic — relating to the science of casting horoscopes
  • gentian violet — a dye derived from rosaniline, used in chemistry as an indicator and in medicine as a fungicide, bactericide, anthelmintic, and in the treatment of burns.
  • geocentrically — In a geocentric manner.
  • geognostically — with reference to a knowledge of the structure of the earth
  • geopolitically — According to geopolitics.
  • george calvertCharles (3rd Baron Baltimore) 1637–1715, English colonial administrator in America: governor (1661–75) and proprietor (1675–89) of Maryland (grandson of George Calvert).
  • gerontological — Of or pertaining to gerontology.
  • gesticulations — Plural form of gesticulation.
  • ghetto blaster — a large, powerful portable radio, especially as carried and played by a pedestrian or used outdoors in an urban area.
  • globe amaranth — a plant, Gomphrena globosa, native to the Old World tropics, having dense heads of variously colored flowers that retain their color when cut.
  • go all the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • go into detail — elaborate, recount more fully
  • go to the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
  • go up the wall — to become crazy or furious
  • gold medallist — the winner of competition or race, who is awarded a gold medal
  • golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
  • golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
  • golden ragwort — any of various composite plants of the genus Senecio, as S. jacobaea, of the Old World, having yellow flowers and irregularly lobed leaves, or S. aureus (golden ragwort) of North America, also having yellow flowers.
  • goliath beetle — any very large tropical scarabaeid beetle of the genus Goliathus, esp G. giganteus of Africa, which may grow to a length of 20 centimetres
  • gothic revival — a Gothic style of architecture popular between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, exemplified by the Houses of Parliament in London (1840)
  • governmentally — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • grain elevator — elevator (def 4).
  • granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
  • graphite cloth — a nonwoven fabric made by embedding carbon fibers in a plastic bonding material, used in layers as a substitute for sheet metal, as in the construction of aircraft wings.
  • graveyard slot — the hours from late night until early morning when the number of people watching television is at its lowest
  • great doxology — Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
  • great gray owl — a large, dish-faced, gray owl, Strix nebulosa, of northern North America and western Eurasia, having streaked and barred plumage.
  • greater londonJack, 1876–1916, U.S. short-story writer and novelist.
  • greek catholic — a member of the Greek Orthodox Church.
  • groote eylandt — an island in the Gulf of Carpentaria off the coast of NE Australia. 950 sq. mi. (2461 sq. km).
  • gyrostabiliser — (British spelling) Alternative form of gyrostabilizer.
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