13-letter words containing g, l, e, c
- normoglycemic — (medicine) Having the normal amount of glucose in the blood.
- numerological — Of, pertaining to, or based on numerology.
- oceanological — relating to the science and analysis of the ocean
- octagon scale — a scale used in laying out octagonal figures of various sizes.
- olympic games — international sports event
- optical wedge — a wedge-shaped filter whose transmittance decreases from one end to the other: used as an exposure control device in sensitometry.
- overbalancing — Present participle of overbalance.
- palaeoecology — the study of fossil animals and plants in order to deduce their ecology and the environmental conditions in which they lived
- paleomagnetic — Geology. magnetic polarization acquired by the minerals in a rock at the time the rock was deposited or solidified.
- panic selling — widespread selling of a security or investment, causing sharp price declines. Usually caused by an unexpected event seen to devalue the security.
- paring chisel — a woodworking chisel moved by steady hand pressure to make long, light cuts.
- parking place — an reserved area or a space in a street where a car may be parked
- passing place — a wider place on a narrow road where vehicles can pass
- pedagogically — of or relating to a pedagogue or pedagogy.
- pelvic girdle — (in vertebrates) a bony or cartilaginous arch supporting the hind limbs or analogous parts.
- peptidoglycan — a polymer, consisting of polysaccharide and peptide chains, responsible for the structure of the cell wall of bacteria
- phlebographic — relating to phlebography or the X-ray imaging of a vein that has been injected with a dye that is visible on the image taken
- phlogisticate — to integrate or blend phlogiston with
- photoallergic — photosensitive.
- photogeologic — of or relating to photogeology
- phyllogenetic — of or relating to the development of leaves.
- pickerel frog — a meadow frog, Rana palustris, common in eastern North America, similar to the leopard frog but with squarish dark spots on the back.
- place pigalle — a square in Paris, France: noted for its night clubs.
- place setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
- place-setting — the group of dishes, silverware, glasses, etc., set at the place of each person at a meal.
- placer mining — mining of placer deposits by washing, dredging, or other hydraulic methods
- plagiocephaly — a deformity of the skull in which one side is more developed in the front, and the other side is more developed in the rear.
- polemological — the analysis of human conflict and war, particularly international war.
- polling place — a place at or in which votes in an election are cast.
- polygalaceous — any plant of the genus Polygala, comprising the milkworts.
- polygonaceous — belonging to the Polygonaceae, the buckwheat family of plants.
- prague school — a school of linguistics emphasizing structure, active in the 1920s and 1930s.
- praxeological — of or pertaining to praxeology
- prebiological — of or relating to chemicals or environmental conditions existing before the development of the first living things.
- preganglionic — of, relating to, or consisting of ganglia.
- public charge — a person who is in economic distress and is supported at government expense: He assured the American consul that the prospective immigrant would not become a public charge.
- quadriplegics — Plural form of quadriplegic.
- quindecagonal — (geometry) Shaped like a quindecagon; fifteen-sided.
- ragged school — (in Britain, formerly) a free elementary school for poor children
- rayleigh disc — a small light disc suspended in the path of a sound wave, used to measure the intensity of the sound by analysing the resulting deflection of the disc
- recognitional — an act of recognizing or the state of being recognized.
- reflectograph — a type of mechanical instrument used for communication with spirits or the dead
- regionalistic — Government. the principle or system of dividing a city, state, etc., into separate administrative regions.
- relief agency — an organization that provides aid for people in need, esp in disaster areas
- resting place — grave
- revictualling — victuals, food supplies; provisions.
- rheologically — in a rheological manner
- rocking valve — (on a steam engine) a valve mechanism oscillating through an arc to open and close.
- salpingectomy — excision of the Fallopian tube.
- salvage costs — the costs involved in salvaging goods or property from fire, shipwreck, etc