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13-letter words containing g, i, l

  • fore clipping — a word formed by omitting the first part of the form from which it is derived.
  • forefeelingly — by way of forefeeling
  • foresightedly — In a foresighted manner.
  • foresightless — lacking foresight
  • forge welding — the welding of pieces of hot metal with pressure or blows.
  • formularising — Present participle of formularise.
  • formularizing — Present participle of formularize.
  • fortnightlies — Plural form of fortnightly.
  • fossil energy — heat energy released by burning fossil fuel
  • foul-smelling — having a very unpleasant smell
  • four-wheeling — traveling in a vehicle using four-wheel drive.
  • fowling piece — a shotgun for shooting wildfowl.
  • foxtail wedge — a wedge in the split end of a tenon, bolt, or the like, for spreading and securing it when driven into a blind mortise or hole.
  • fragmentarily — consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains.
  • free climbing — climbing without using pitons, étriers, etc, as direct aids to ascent, but using ropes, belays, etc, at discretion for security
  • free-floating — (of an emotional state) lacking an apparent cause, focus, or object; generalized: free-floating hostility.
  • free-wheeling — operating in the manner of a freewheel.
  • freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
  • frelinghuysenFrederick Theodore, 1817–85, U.S. statesman.
  • frighteningly — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
  • frightfulness — The quality of being frightful.
  • fringilliform — resembling a finch
  • front-loading — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
  • frustratingly — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
  • fulbright act — an act of Congress (1946) by which funds derived chiefly from the sale of U.S. surplus property abroad are made available to U.S. citizens for study, research, and teaching in foreign countries as well as to foreigners to engage in similar activities in the U.S.
  • furshlugginer — crazy; foolish
  • futurological — Pertaining to futurology.
  • gabriel fauré — Gabriel Urbain [ga-bree-el oor-ban] /ga briˈɛl urˈbɛ̃/ (Show IPA), 1845–1924, French composer.
  • gabrilowitsch — Ossip [aw-syip] /ˈɔ syɪp/ (Show IPA), 1878–1936, Russian pianist and conductor, in America.
  • gaidhealtachd — the area of Scotland in which Scottish Gaelic is the vernacular speech
  • gala occasion — a festive, social occasion
  • galactic halo — a spheroidal aggregation of globular clusters, individual stars, dust, and gas that surrounds the Galaxy
  • galactic pole — either of the two opposite points on the celestial sphere that are farthest north and south of the Milky Way.
  • galactic year — the duration of a complete rotation of the Milky Way, approximately 200 million years.
  • 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.
  • galactosidase — An enzyme, such as lactase, that is involved in the hydrolytic breakdown of a galactoside.
  • galah session — an occasion on which people from remote areas converse with each other by radio
  • galerie house — (in French Louisiana) a house with its main story above the ground floor and with verandas (galeries) for both stories in tiers on at least one side.
  • gallimaufries — Plural form of gallimaufry.
  • galois theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the application of the theory of finite groups to the solution of algebraic equations.
  • galvanic cell — cell1 (def 7a).
  • galvanic pile — voltaic pile.
  • galvanisation — Alternative form of galvanization.
  • galvanization — to stimulate by or as if by a galvanic current.
  • galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
  • game of skill — a game in which the outcome is determined by skill rather than by chance, as chess.
  • games library — a type of library for video games where games (usually downloaded via the internet) can be paid for per use rather than be bought at full price
  • garcia robles — Alfonso [al-fon-soh,, -zoh;; Spanish ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ,, -zoʊ;; Spanish ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–91, Mexican diplomat: Nobel Prize 1982.
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