17-letter words containing g, l, c

floating currency — a currency that is free to fluctuate against other currencies in accordance with market forces
floating dry dock — a dock that floats and can be lowered in the water for the entrance of a ship, and then raised for use as a dry dock
flowering currant — an ornamental shrub, Ribes sanguineum, growing to 2 to 3 metres (6 to 9ft) in height, with red, crimson, yellow, or white flowers: family Saxifragaceae
flowering tobacco — any plant belonging to the genus Nicotiana, of the nightshade family, as N. alata and N. sylvestris, having clusters of fragrant flowers that usually bloom at night, grown as an ornamental.
fluorescent light — a fluorescent lamp in domestic or commercial use; a fluorescent strip
frequency polygon — a frequency curve consisting of connected line segments formed by joining the midpoints of the upper edges of the rectangles in a histogram whose class intervals are of uniform length.
fulgencio batista — Fulgencio [fool-hen-syaw] /fulˈhɛn syɔ/ (Show IPA), (Fulgencio Batista y Zaldívar) 1901–73, Cuban military leader: dictator of Cuba 1934–40; president 1940–44, 1952–59.
function inlining — (programming) Defining a member function's implementation within the class where it was also declared. This is usually reserved for small functions since the inline function must be re-compiled for every instance of the class.
functional change — a change in the grammatical function of a word, as in the use of the noun input as a verb or the noun fun as an adjective.
galactic latitude — the angular distance from the galactic equator of a point on the celestial sphere.
gamblers' fallacy — the fallacy that in a series of chance events the probability of one event occurring increases with the number of times another event has occurred in succession
garbage collector — refuse collector, dustman
garlic mayonnaise — mayonnaise flavoured with garlic
gause's principle — the principle that similar species cannot coexist for long in the same ecological niche
genealogical tree — family tree.
general discharge — a discharge from military service of a person who has served honorably but who has not met all the conditions of an honorable discharge.
general insurance — insurance (such as house insurance and car insurance) that does not insure someone's life
general secretary — the chief administrator of an organization
general semantics — a philosophical approach to language, developed by Alfred Korzybski, exploring the relationship between the form of language and its use and attempting to improve the capacity to express ideas.
genetic algorithm — (GA) An evolutionary algorithm which generates each individual from some encoded form known as a "chromosome" or "genome". Chromosomes are combined or mutated to breed new individuals. "Crossover", the kind of recombination of chromosomes found in sexual reproduction in nature, is often also used in GAs. Here, an offspring's chromosome is created by joining segments choosen alternately from each of two parents' chromosomes which are of fixed length. GAs are useful for multidimensional optimisation problems in which the chromosome can encode the values for the different variables being optimised.
geographical mile — nautical mile.
geological survey — U.S. Government. a division of the Department of the Interior, created in 1879, that studies the nation's water and mineral resources, makes topographic surveys, and classifies and leases public lands.
gestatorial chair — a ceremonial chair on which the pope is carried
gigaelectron volt — one billion electron-volts. Abbreviation: GeV, Gev.
glastonbury chair — a folding chair having legs crossed front-to-back and having arms connected to the back and to the front seat rail.
globus hystericus — the sensation of having a lump in the throat or difficulty in swallowing for which no medical cause can be found.
glove compartment — a compartment in the dashboard of an automobile for storing small items.
glycosaminoglycan — any of a class of polysaccharides derived from hexosamine that form mucins when complexed with proteins: formerly called mucopolysaccharide.
glycosphingolipid — (biochemistry) a lipid that contains at least one monosaccharide unit and either a sphingoid or a ceramide.
glymphatic system — Anatomy. the system or process by which cerebrospinal fluid moves through channels formed by glia, cleansing the mammalian brain of harmful waste.
go for the collar — to go without a hit in a game
go like hot cakes — to be sold very quickly or in large quantities
good-time charlie — an affable, sociable, pleasure-loving man.
graafian follicle — one of the small vesicles containing a developing ovum in the ovary of a mammal.
grand climacteric — Physiology. a period of decrease of reproductive capacity in men and women, culminating, in women, in the menopause.
grand union canal — a canal in S England linking London and the Midlands: opened in 1801
grandfather clock — a pendulum floor clock having a case as tall as or taller than a person; tall-case clock; long-case clock.
grandmother clock — a pendulum clock similar to a grandfather's clock but shorter.
graphic equalizer — an equalizer in an audio system that is controlled by sliders that show graphically and correct the frequency response within the preset frequency range.
greater celandine — celandine (def 1).
greenland current — the ocean current flowing clockwise around S Greenland.
greenwich village — a section of New York City, in lower Manhattan: inhabited and frequented by artists, writers, and students.
grey-faced petrel — a dark-coloured New Zealand petrel, Pterodroma macroptera gouldi
guglielmo marconi — Guglielmo [goo-lyel-maw] /guˈlyɛl mɔ/ (Show IPA), Marchese, 1874–1937, Italian electrical engineer and inventor, especially in the field of wireless telegraphy: Nobel Prize in physics 1909.
guilty conscience — Your conscience is the part of your mind that tells you whether what you are doing is right or wrong. If you have a guilty conscience, you feel guilty about something because you know it was wrong. If you have a clear conscience, you do not feel guilty because you know you have done nothing wrong.
gunboat diplomacy — diplomatic relations involving the use or threat of military force, especially by a powerful nation against a weaker one.
hard rock geology — (loosely) of or relating to igneous or metamorphic rocks, as in mining (hard-rock mining) and geology (hard-rock geology)
hemiglossectomies — Plural form of hemiglossectomy.
henry cabot lodge — Henry Cabot, 1850–1924, U.S. public servant and author: senator 1893–1924.
high-carbon steel — steel containing between 0.5 and 1.5 per cent carbon

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