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13-letter words containing g, l, e, c

  • global search — a word-processing operation in which a complete computer file or set of files is searched for every occurrence of a particular word or other sequence of characters
  • glockenspiels — Plural form of glockenspiel.
  • glossectomies — Plural form of glossectomy.
  • glove factory — a factory where gloves are made
  • glucochlorose — chloralose.
  • gluconeogenic — glucose formation in animals from a noncarbohydrate source, as from proteins or fats.
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • glutamatergic — (biochemistry, neurology) Of or pertaining to the neurotransmission of glutamate.
  • glyceric acid — a colorless, syrupy liquid, C 3 H 6 O 4 , obtained by oxidizing glycerol.
  • glycopeptides — Plural form of glycopeptide.
  • glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
  • gold chloride — a yellow to red, water-soluble compound, AuCl 3 , used chiefly in photography, gilding ceramic ware and glass, and in the manufacture of purple of Cassius.
  • golden fleece — a fleece of pure gold, kept at Colchis by King Aeëtes from whom it was stolen by Jason and the Argonauts with the help of Aeëtes's daughter, Medea.
  • golgi complex — an organelle, consisting of layers of flattened sacs, that takes up and processes secretory and synthetic products from the endoplasmic reticulum and then either releases the finished products into various parts of the cell cytoplasm or secretes them to the outside of the cell.
  • golgi-complex — an organelle, consisting of layers of flattened sacs, that takes up and processes secretory and synthetic products from the endoplasmic reticulum and then either releases the finished products into various parts of the cell cytoplasm or secretes them to the outside of the cell.
  • goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
  • gomez palacio — a city in Durango state, N central Mexico.
  • googlewhacker — One who searches for googlewhacks.
  • gopher client — (networking)   A program which runs on your local computer and provides a user interface to the Gopher protocol and to gopher servers. Web browsers can act as Gopher clients and simple Gopher-only clients are available for ordinary terminals, the X Window System, GNU Emacs, and other systems.
  • gracelessness — The state of being graceless.
  • gram molecule — that quantity of a substance whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the molecular weight of the substance.
  • grand larceny — larceny in which the value of the goods taken is above a certain legally specified amount.
  • grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
  • graphemically — In terms of or by means of graphemes.
  • graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
  • grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
  • gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
  • gravity scale — a scale giving the relative density of fluids
  • grease pencil — a pencil of pigment and compressed grease encased in a spiral paper strip that can be partially unwound to expose a new point and used especially for writing on glossy surfaces.
  • great calorie — calorie (sense 2)
  • great council — (in Norman England) an assembly composed of the king's tenants in chief that served as the principal council of the realm and replaced the witenagemot.
  • green channel — the route followed in passing through customs in an airport, etc by passengers claiming to have no dutiable goods to declare
  • grossglockner — a mountain in S Austria: highest peak in the Hohe Tauern range. 12,457 feet (3799 meters).
  • ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
  • ground tackle — equipment, as anchors, chains, or windlasses, for mooring a vessel away from a pier or other fixed moorings.
  • guilt complex — If you say that someone has a guilt complex about something, you mean that they feel very guilty about it, in a way that you consider is exaggerated, unreasonable, or unnecessary.
  • gynaecologist — (UK, Canada, dated in US) A physician who specialises in diseases of the female reproductive system.
  • gynecological — the branch of medical science that deals with the health maintenance and diseases of women, especially of the reproductive organs. Abbreviation: GYN, gyn.
  • gynecologists — Plural form of gynecologist.
  • hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
  • hematological — Hematologic.
  • heortological — of or relating to heortology
  • heterological — (grammar) Of an adjective, not describing itself.
  • hieroglyphics — 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-coloured — (of the complexion) deep red or purplish; florid
  • high-velocity — having an above average velocity
  • homeschooling — a school set up in the home.
  • homogenetical — of, involving or relating to homogeny
  • housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
  • human ecology — ecology (def 4).
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