11-letter words containing g, l, e, c
- serological — the science dealing with the immunological properties and actions of serum.
- shellacking — lac that has been purified and formed into thin sheets, used for making varnish.
- side glance — a look sideways at someone or something
- side-glance — a glance directed to the side; an oblique or sideways look: a side-glance of displeasure at her interrupter.
- singlestick — a short, heavy stick.
- singletrack — (of a railroad or section of a railroad's route) having but one set of tracks, so that trains going in opposite directions must be scheduled to meet only at points where there are sidings.
- slag cement — a cement composed of about 80 percent granulated slag and about 20 percent hydrated lime.
- sociologese — the recondite writing characteristic of sociology and sociologists
- sockdolager — something unusually large, heavy, etc.
- sockdoliger — a conclusive argument; a hard blow
- sockdologer — a decisive blow or remark
- spaceflight — the flying of manned or unmanned spacecraft into or in outer space.
- specialogue — a mail-order catalogue aimed at a specific group of customers
- spectrology — the study of ghosts, phantoms, or apparitions.
- speculating — to engage in thought or reflection; meditate (often followed by on, upon, or a clause).
- stencilling — a device for applying a pattern, design, words, etc., to a surface, consisting of a thin sheet of cardboard, metal, or other material from which figures or letters have been cut out, a coloring substance, ink, etc., being rubbed, brushed, or pressed over the sheet, passing through the perforations and onto the surface.
- strategical — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- swage block — an iron block containing holes and grooves of various sizes, used for heading bolts and shaping objects not easily worked on an anvil.
- synoecology — the science of relationships between species
- technologic — of or relating to technology; relating to science and industry.
- tegucigalpa — a republic in NE Central America. 43,277 sq. mi. (112,087 sq. km). Capital: Tegucigalpa.
- telecottage — a communal workplace, situated in a rural area, which contains computers and other facilities linked into a communications network, thereby enabling people to work from remote locations
- telegraphic — of or relating to the telegraph.
- telescoping — an optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer. One of the two principal forms (refracting telescope) consists essentially of an objective lens set into one end of a tube and an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses set into the other end of a tube that slides into the first and through which the enlarged object is viewed directly; the other form (reflecting telescope) has a concave mirror that gathers light from the object and focuses it into an adjustable eyepiece or combination of lenses through which the reflection of the object is enlarged and viewed. Compare radio telescope.
- tense logic — the study of the logical properties of tense operators, and of the logical relations between sentences having tense, by means of consideration of appropriate formal systems
- theogonical — of or relating to theogony
- theological — of, relating to, or involved with theology: a theological student.
- toe-curling — If you describe something as toe-curling, you mean that it makes you feel very embarrassed.
- toll charge — traffic fee payable on a road
- ulcerogenic — producing or inducing the formation of an ulcer.
- unblenching — not blenching or turning aside; unflinching
- unceasingly — not ceasing or stopping; continuous: an unceasing flow of criticism.
- uncongenial — agreeable, suitable, or pleasing in nature or character: congenial surroundings.
- undeclining — upright or erect
- unglaciated — to cover with ice or glaciers.
- unguiculate — bearing or resembling a nail or claw.
- unrecalling — not undone or unacted
- unwelcoming — not friendly, hostile
- vellicating — to pluck; twitch.
- victuallage — supplies or food; victuals
- wages clerk — a worker in an office who calculates staff wages
- wallaceburg — a town in SE Ontario, in S Canada.
- welcomingly — In a welcoming manner.
- welsh corgi — one of either of two Welsh breeds of dogs having short legs, erect ears, and a foxlike head. Compare Cardigan (def 2), Pembroke (def 3).
- wrenchingly — In a wrenching manner; with a sudden jerk or emotional shock.