13-letter words containing g, i, t
- group captain — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a wing commander but junior to an air commodore in the RAF and certain other air forces
- growing point — the undifferentiated end of a root, shoot, or vegetative axis consisting of a single cell or group of cells that divide to form primary meristematic tissue.
- grylloblattid — a primitive insect of the order Grylloblattidea, having a soft, unpigmented wingless body with long antennae and no eyes, living under stones in moderately high mountains of the western U.S., Japan, and the U.S.S.R.
- guard against — prevent
- gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.
- guesstimating — Present participle of guesstimate.
- guesstimation — (pejorative) An estimation made without good justification and often biased.
- 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.
- guiltlessness — The state of being guiltless; innocence.
- gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- gut-wrenching — involving great distress or anguish; agonizing: a gut-wrenching decision.
- guttersnipish — Resembling or characteristic of a guttersnipe.
- gymnastically — In a gymnastic manner.
- gynaecologist — (UK, Canada, dated in US) A physician who specialises in diseases of the female reproductive system.
- gynaecomastia — abnormal overdevelopment of the breasts in a man
- gynecologists — Plural form of gynecologist.
- gypsy setting — a setting, as on a ring, completely enclosing the girdle of the stone.
- gyromagnetism — the condition or state of being gyromagnetic
- habit-forming — tending to cause or encourage addiction, especially through physiological dependence: habit-forming drugs.
- haematologist — A scientist, usually a medical doctor, who specializes in haematology.
- hairsplitting — the making of unnecessarily fine distinctions.
- half-digested — to convert (food) in the alimentary canal into absorbable form for assimilation into the system.
- half-integral — noting or pertaining to a fractional number obtained by dividing an odd integer by two, as 1/2.
- hallucinating — Present participle of hallucinate.
- hang in there — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
- hanging plant — a plant that grows downwards or hangs, often from a hanging basket or a high surface
- hanging stile — the stile of a door, shutter, etc., by which it is hung.
- hard standing — a hard-surfaced area on which heavy vehicles or airplanes can be parked.
- hasty pudding — New England. cornmeal mush.
- hate campaign — A hate campaign is a series of actions which are intended to harm or upset someone, or to make other people have a low opinion of them.
- hatemongering — The behaviour of a hatemonger; the spreading of hatred.
- hazard lights — Usually, hazard lights. an indicator light on a vehicle that flashes to warn that it is unexpectedly slowing down, reversing, or not moving.
- head register — the high register of the human voice.
- health-giving — conducive to health; salutary
- heart-rending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- heart-warming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- heartbreaking — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
- heating plant — a building or facility containing a boiler or furnace that provides heat to a building or a number of buildings
- heating power — power that can be used to heat something
- heavy lifting — hard work: A team of researchers did the heavy lifting for the author.
- heavy petting — Informal. intense petting that involves mutual stimulation of the genitals but not sexual intercourse.
- hedge trimmer — garden tool for cutting hedges
- hellgrammites — Plural form of hellgrammite (Alternative spelling of hellgramites).
- helminthology — the scientific study of worms, especially of parasitic worms.
- hemagglutinin — A substance, such as a viral protein, that causes hemagglutination.
- hematogenesis — hematopoiesis.
- hematological — Hematologic.
- hematologists — Plural form of hematologist.
- heortological — of or relating to heortology