12-letter words containing g, l, e, c
- great circle — a circle on a spherical surface such that the plane containing the circle passes through the center of the sphere. Compare small circle.
- green-collar — noting or pertaining to workers, jobs, or businesses that are involved in protecting the environment or solving environmental problems.
- griddlecakes — Plural form of griddlecake.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- groupuscules — Plural form of groupuscule.
- gubernacular — relating to a gubernaculum
- gubernaculum — a part or organ that directs the movement or course of another part.
- gynecologist — a physician specializing in gynecology. Abbreviation: GYN, gyn.
- h paul grice — H(erbert) Paul, 1913–88, English philosopher.
- hallucinogen — a substance that produces hallucinations.
- hedge garlic — an erect, cruciferous herb, Sisymbrium officinale, having a garlicky odor.
- hedge-school — a school held out of doors in favourable weather, indoors in winter
- helical gear — a cylindrical gear wheel whose teeth follow the pitch surface in a helical manner.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliographic — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- hendecagonal — (geometry) Having eleven sides an angles; similar to a hendecagon.
- hepaticology — the scientific study of bryophyte plants known as hepatics or liverworts
- herpetologic — Alternative form of herpetological.
- hiding place — location where sb is concealed
- hieroglyphic — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- high-colored — deep in color; vivid.
- highschooler — (US) A student at a high school.
- hydroecology — The study of support systems in wetlands such as the interactions between water and wildlife habitats.
- hygienically — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- hyperlogical — reasoning in accordance with the principles of logic, as a person or the mind: logical thinking.
- hypermagical — produced by or as if by magic: The change in the appearance of the room was magical.
- hypoallergic — Hypoallergenic.
- hypoglycemia — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
- hypoglycemic — an abnormally low level of glucose in the blood.
- ice climbing — sport: scaling icy cliffs
- illegitimacy — the state or quality of being illegitimate.
- incoagulable — of a nature that cannot be coagulated
- incognizable — Not cognizable; incapable of being recognised.
- incorrigible — not corrigible; bad beyond correction or reform: incorrigible behavior; an incorrigible liar.
- increasingly — growing larger or greater; enlarging; augmenting.
- indulgencies — indulgence.
- indulgencing — Present participle of indulgence.
- intelligence — capacity for learning, reasoning, understanding, and similar forms of mental activity; aptitude in grasping truths, relationships, facts, meanings, etc.
- intercollege — intercollegiate.
- interglacial — occurring or formed between times of glacial action.
- interlacings — Plural form of interlacing.
- interlocking — to fit into each other, as parts of machinery, so that all action is synchronized.
- invercargill — a city on S South Island, in New Zealand.
- irish gaelic — Irish (def 4).
- jungle juice — moonshine: home-made alcohol
- ladder logic — (programming) Source code formatted in two columns with conditions on the left that lead to outputs on the right: if (c1) s1 else if (c2) s2 else if (c3) s3 ... (2007-03-15)
- laguna beach — a town in S California.
- laryngectomy — excision of part or all of the larynx.
- laryngoscope — a rigid or flexible endoscope passed through the mouth and equipped with a source of light and magnification, for examining and performing local diagnostic and surgical procedures on the larynx.