13-letter words containing g, i, o, c, n
- hydrofracking — a process in which fractures in rocks below the earth's surface are opened and widened by injecting chemicals and liquids at high pressure: used especially to extract natural gas or oil.
- hypothecating — Present participle of hypothecate.
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
- ignition coil — (in an automotive ignition system) a transformer consisting of two wire windings or coils in which low-voltage direct current is fed through the primary winding to generate high-voltage spark pulses in the secondary winding.
- illogicalness — The quality of being illogical.
- immunological — (immunology) Of, or relating to immunology.
- incognoscible — (rare, dated) Not capable of being known; incomprehensible.
- incongruences — not congruent.
- incongruently — not congruent.
- incongruities — the quality or condition of being incongruous.
- incongruously — out of keeping or place; inappropriate; unbecoming: an incongruous effect; incongruous behavior.
- incorporating — to form into a legal corporation.
- incorrigibles — Plural form of incorrigible.
- incouragement — Archaic form of encouragement.
- indo-germanic — Indo-European
- inorganically — In an inorganic manner.
- insectologist — a person who studies insectology
- insulinogenic — Promoting the production of insulin.
- intercropping — Present participle of intercrop.
- intercrossing — Present participle of intercross.
- introspecting — to practice introspection; consider one's own internal state or feelings.
- irrecognition — lack or absence of recognition
- it governance — information technology governance
- john suckling — Sir John, 1609–42, English poet.
- knocking copy — advertising or publicity material designed to denigrate a competing product
- lactoglobulin — A protein or mixture of similar proteins occurring in milk, obtained after the removal of casein and precipitated in a salt solution.
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
- laser cooling — a technique using laser light to cool atoms to a very low temperature by removing momentum from the particles.
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
- leading block — lead block.
- legal fiction — an acceptance of something as true, for the sake of convenience; legal pretence
- leucaemogenic — leukemogenic
- leukaemogenic — relating to the development of leukaemia, or causing leukaemia
- light colonel — a lieutenant colonel.
- lignification — Turning to wood; the process of becoming ligneous.
- lincoln green — an olive-green color.
- locking piece — (in a striking train) a hooked part, rising and falling on a locking plate and arresting the rotation of the plate after the proper number of strokes.
- locking plate — a narrow wheel geared to a striking train or other mechanism and having a notched rim engaging with another mechanism permitting it to rotate through a specific arc.
- logarithmancy — Divination using logarithms.
- long vacation — the summer vacation customary in the law courts and universities.
- long-distance — of, from, or between distant places: a long-distance phone call.
- macrodiagonal — the longer of two diagonals
- macroglobulin — A plasma globulin of high molecular weight.
- macroorganism — an organism that can be seen with the naked eye.
- magnetic core — Computers. core1 (def 12a).
- magnetic pole — the region of a magnet toward which the lines of magnetic induction converge (south pole) or from which the lines of induction diverge (north pole)
- magnetic wood — wood containing fine particles of nickel-zinc ferrite which absorb microwave radio signals, used to line rooms where mobile phone use is undesirable
- magnetometric — Pertaining to, or employed in, the measurement of magnetic forces; obtained by means of a magnetometer; as, 'magnetometric' instruments; 'magnetometric' measurements.
- magnetooptics — the branch of physics that deals with magnetooptic phenomena.