11-letter words containing g, l, e, c
- glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
- glucosamine — an aminosugar occurring in many polysaccharides of vertebrate tissue and also as the major component of chitin.
- glucosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyses glucosides.
- glucuronide — a glycoside that yields glucuronic acid upon hydrolysis.
- glycerinate — to impregnate with glycerin.
- glycogenous — of or relating to the formation of sugar in the liver.
- glycosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside.
- glycosylate — (organic chemistry) To react with a sugar to form a glycoside (especially a glycoprotein).
- glyptotheca — a space devoted to sculpture
- goal crease — crease1 (def 4).
- goal scorer — somebody who scores goals
- goalscorers — Plural form of goalscorer.
- goblet cell — a type of epithelial cell that secretes mucin, so called after its shape.
- godchildren — Plural form of godchild.
- goldbricked — Simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick.
- goldbricker — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
- golden buck — a dish consisting of Welsh rabbit topped with a poached egg.
- golden calf — a golden idol set up by Aaron and worshiped by the Israelites. Ex. 32.
- golden club — an aquatic plant, Orontium aquaticum, of the arum family, native to the eastern U.S., having blue-green leaves and a clublike spadix covered with tiny yellow flowers.
- goldfinches — Plural form of goldfinch.
- golf course — the ground or course over which golf is played. A standard full-scale golf course has 125 to 175 acres (51 to 71 hectares), usually with 18 holes varying from 100 to 650 yards (91 to 594 meters) in length from tee to cup.
- googlewhack — A Google search result consisting of a single hit, in response to a search on two separate words.
- gracelessly — In a graceless manner.
- gracileness — The state or quality of being gracile.
- grand-scale — of large proportion, extent, magnitude, etc.: grand-scale efforts; a grand-scale approach.
- granduncles — Plural form of granduncle.
- granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
- great-uncle — a granduncle.
- greenlandic — a dialect of Inuit, spoken in Greenland.
- griddlecake — a thin cake of batter cooked on a griddle; pancake.
- groupuscule — A political or religious splinter group.
- gum elastic — rubber1 (def 1).
- gun culture — the attitudes, feelings, values, and behaviour of a society, or any social group, in which guns are used
- gun licence — an official document granting a person permission to own and use a gun, usually subject to various restrictions
- gynaecology — Alternative form of gynecology.
- gynecologic — the branch of medical science that deals with the health maintenance and diseases of women, especially of the reproductive organs. Abbreviation: GYN, gyn.
- gypsy scale — either of two scales that often form the basis of Hungarian Gypsy music.
- hatchelling — Present participle of hatchel.
- hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.
- hegemonical — having hegemony, or dominance: the ruling party's hegemonic control of all facets of society.
- helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
- hematologic — Of or relating to hematology.
- hierurgical — of or relating to sacred rites
- high places — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- hog cholera — an acute, usually fatal, highly contagious disease of swine caused by an RNA virus of the genus Pestivirus, characterized by high fever, lack of appetite, diarrhea, and lethargy.
- idealogical — Ideologic.
- ideological — of or relating to ideology.
- incogitable — Not cogitable; inconceivable.
- incongenial — Not congenial.
- indiligence — (obsolete) Lack of diligence.