13-letter words containing g, l, e, i
- glibenclamide — (medicine) An oral anti-diabetes medication.
- gliding lemur — flying lemur.
- glittertinden — the highest peak in Norway, in the S central part. 8110 feet (2473 meters).
- globe thistle — any of various Old World, thistlelike, composite plants of the genus Echinops, having dense heads of tubular blue or white flowers.
- globetrotting — to travel throughout the world, especially regularly or frequently.
- globuliferous — containing or producing globules.
- glockenspiels — Plural form of glockenspiel.
- glossectomies — Plural form of glossectomy.
- gluconeogenic — glucose formation in animals from a noncarbohydrate source, as from proteins or fats.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- glue sniffing — the inhaling of the fumes of certain kinds of glue for the hallucinogenic or euphoric effect.
- glue-sniffing — the inhaling of the fumes of certain kinds of glue for the hallucinogenic or euphoric effect.
- glutamatergic — (biochemistry, neurology) Of or pertaining to the neurotransmission of glutamate.
- glutinousness — The quality of being glutinous.
- 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.
- go fly a kite — to move through the air using wings.
- goal-oriented — (of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.
- golan heights — a range of hills in the Middle East, possession of which is disputed between Israel and Syria: under Syrian control until 1967 when they were stormed by Israeli forces; Jewish settlements have since been established. Highest peak: 2224 m (7297 ft)
- 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 oriole — an Old World oriole, Oriolus oriolus, the male of which is bright yellow with black wings.
- golden shiner — a small, silvery freshwater minnow, Notemigonus crysoleucas, native to eastern North America and introduced into western North America: often used as live bait in sport fishing.
- goldie's fern — a wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana, of northeastern North America, having large, golden-green, leathery fronds with blades that tilt backward.
- golfe du lion — French name of the Gulf of Lions.
- 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.
- googlebombing — an effort to move a website to the top of search-engine results for a particular word or phrase, by creating a large number of links that contain this search text.
- goose pimples — Goose pimples are the same as goose bumps.
- 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.
- gospel singer — a singer performing gospel music
- governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- gram-variable — of or relating to bacteria that stain irregularly with Gram's stain, being neither Gram-positive nor Gram-negative.
- grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- graphemically — In terms of or by means of graphemes.
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- graphitizable — (chemistry, of carbon) Able to be converted to graphite.
- gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
- gravity scale — a scale giving the relative density of fluids
- gray squirrel — a common, grayish squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, of eastern North America.
- grease nipple — a metal nipple designed to engage with a grease gun for injecting grease into a bearing, etc
- 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.
- great lobelia — a North American plant, Lobelia siphilitica, having long, showy clusters of blue flowers.
- greek revival — a style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevalent in the U.S. and in parts of Europe in the first half of the 19th century, characterized by a more or less close imitation of ancient Greek designs and ornamented motifs.