13-letter words containing g, l, e, c
- flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
- flying tackle — a tackle made by hurling one's body through the air at the player carrying the ball.
- fore clipping — a word formed by omitting the first part of the form from which it is derived.
- fowling piece — a shotgun for shooting wildfowl.
- free climbing — climbing without using pitons, étriers, etc, as direct aids to ascent, but using ropes, belays, etc, at discretion for security
- gaidhealtachd — the area of Scotland in which Scottish Gaelic is the vernacular speech
- galactagogues — Plural form of galactagogue.
- galactic pole — either of the two opposite points on the celestial sphere that are farthest north and south of the Milky Way.
- galactic year — the duration of a complete rotation of the Milky Way, approximately 200 million years.
- galactorrhoea — (British spelling) alternative spelling of galactorrhea.
- galactosaemia — Alternative spelling of galactosemia.
- galactosaemic — of, relating to, or affected by galactosaemia
- galactosamine — an amino sugar that is a major component of glycolipids and chondroitin.
- galactosidase — An enzyme, such as lactase, that is involved in the hydrolytic breakdown of a galactoside.
- gallo-romance — the vernacular language, a development from Latin, spoken in France from about a.d. 600 to 900. Abbreviation: Gallo-Rom.
- gallocatechol — An antioxidant that contains catechin, found in food.
- galvanic cell — cell1 (def 7a).
- galvanic pile — voltaic pile.
- galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
- games console — Also called game(s) console, gaming console, video-game console. a computer system specially made for playing video games by connecting it to a television or other display for video and sound.
- garcia robles — Alfonso [al-fon-soh,, -zoh;; Spanish ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ,, -zoʊ;; Spanish ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–91, Mexican diplomat: Nobel Prize 1982.
- gastric ulcer — a peptic ulcer located in the stomach's inner wall, caused in part by the corrosive action of the gastric juice on the mucous membrane.
- gelsenkirchen — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr valley.
- gemutlichkeit — warm cordiality; comfortable friendliness; congeniality.
- gene splicing — recombinant DNA technology.
- gene-splicing — recombinant DNA technology.
- general costs — the general expenses of running a business
- general court — the state legislature of Massachusetts or New Hampshire.
- general magic — A software company based in Mountain View, California. Products released in 1994 after four years in development include: Telescript - a communications-oriented programming language; Magic Cap - an OOPS designed for PDAs; and a new, third generation GUI. Motorola's Envoy, due for release in the third quarter of 1994, will use Magic Cap as its OS. What PostScript did for cross-platform, device-independent documents, Telescript aims to do for cross-platform, network-independent messaging. Telescript protects programmers from many of the complexities of network protocols. Competitors for Magic Cap include Microsoft's Windows for Pens/Winpad, PenPoint, Apple Computer's Newton Intelligence and GEOS by GeoWorks.
- genotypically — With reference to a genotype.
- genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
- geochemically — In a geochemical manner.
- geochronology — the chronology of the earth, as based on both absolute and relative methods of age determination.
- geodesic line — the shortest line lying on a given surface and connecting two given points.
- geohydrologic — relating to geohydrology
- geologic time — the succession of eras, periods, and epochs as considered in historical geology.
- geometrically — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
- geophysically — In a geophysical manner; in terms of geophysics.
- geotechnology — the application of science and technology in order to utilize the earth's natural resources
- gesticulating — Present participle of gesticulate.
- gesticulation — the act of gesticulating.
- gesticulative — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
- get-well card — a greeting card sent to a person who is unwell, expressing a wish for a speedy recovery
- glacial epoch — Also called glacial period, ice age. the geologically recent Pleistocene Epoch, during which much of the Northern Hemisphere was covered by great ice sheets.
- glacier cream — a barrier cream, esp against ultraviolet radiation, used when climbing above the snow line
- glacier table — a stone slab supported over the surface of a mountain glacier by a column or columns of ice.
- glamis castle — a castle near Glamis in Angus, Scotland: ancestral seat of the Lyons family, forebears of Elizabeth, the Queen Mother; famous for its legend of a secret chamber
- glass ceiling — an upper limit to professional advancement that is imposed upon women, minorities, and other nondominant groups and is not readily perceived or openly acknowledged: It’s more difficult for women of color to break through the glass ceiling.
- glibenclamide — (medicine) An oral anti-diabetes medication.