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13-letter words containing g, l, e, n, o

  • general store — a store, usually in a rural area, that sells a wide variety of merchandise, as clothing, food, or hardware, but is not divided into departments.
  • general synod — the governing body, under Parliament, of the Church of England, made up of the bishops and elected clerical and lay representatives
  • generalissimo — the supreme commander of the armed forces.
  • generation xl — overweight children or young adults of the generation that spends a great deal of time on sedentary pursuits such as surfing the internet and playing computer games
  • genethlialogy — the science of calculating positions of the heavenly bodies on nativities.
  • genotypically — With reference to a genotype.
  • gentle-person — a person of good family and position; gentleman or lady.
  • gentlemanhood — the nature or position of a gentleman
  • genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
  • 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.
  • geotechnology — the application of science and technology in order to utilize the earth's natural resources
  • gerodontology — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
  • gerontologist — the branch of science that deals with aging and the problems of aged persons.
  • gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
  • gesticulation — the act of gesticulating.
  • get a line on — to obtain information about
  • gilmore, john — John Gilmore
  • gladstone bag — a small rectangular suitcase hinged to open into two compartments of equal size.
  • globetrotting — to travel throughout the world, especially regularly or frequently.
  • glockenspiels — Plural form of glockenspiel.
  • gluconeogenic — glucose formation in animals from a noncarbohydrate source, as from proteins or fats.
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • glutinousness — The quality of being glutinous.
  • glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
  • goal-oriented — (of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.
  • goat antelope — any of several wild goats with antelopelike features, including the chamois, goral, serow, and Rocky Mountain goat.
  • gobar numeral — any of a set of ancient numerals derived from Hindu numerals
  • 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)
  • 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.
  • golden number — a number between 1 and 19, used to indicate the position of any year in the Metonic cycle, calculated as the remainder when 1 is added to the given year and the sum is divided by 19. If the remainder is zero the number is 19
  • golden oriole — an Old World oriole, Oriolus oriolus, the male of which is bright yellow with black wings.
  • golden plover — either of two plovers of the genus Pluvialis, having the back marked with golden-yellow spots, P. apricaria, of Europe, or P. dominica, of America.
  • golden remedy — a very successful way of dealing with a problem
  • 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.
  • golden shower — a tree, Cassia fistula, of the legume family, native to India, having long, drooping clusters of yellow flowers.
  • golden valley — a town in SE Minnesota.
  • golden wattle — a broad-leaved, Australian acacia, Acacia pycnantha, of the legume family, having short clusters of yellow flowers and yielding tanbark and a useful gum.
  • golden yellow — of yellow with a tinge of gold
  • 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.
  • goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
  • gone to glory — dead
  • goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
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