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14-letter words containing g, l, o, t

  • ganglionectomy — the excision of a ganglion.
  • gastroduodenal — of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum
  • gastrovascular — serving for digestion and circulation, as a cavity.
  • gavel-to-gavel — from the opening to the closing of a formal session or series of sessions: gavel-to-gavel television coverage of the Congressional hearing.
  • gay liberation — a political and social movement to combat legal and social discrimination against homosexuals.
  • gelatification — the process of gelatinizing.
  • gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
  • gelatinisation — Alternative spelling of gelatinization.
  • gelatinization — to make gelatinous.
  • generalisation — The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
  • generalization — the act or process of generalizing.
  • generationally — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
  • genethlialogic — relating to the science of casting horoscopes
  • gentian violet — a dye derived from rosaniline, used in chemistry as an indicator and in medicine as a fungicide, bactericide, anthelmintic, and in the treatment of burns.
  • geocentrically — In a geocentric manner.
  • geognostically — with reference to a knowledge of the structure of the earth
  • geohydrologist — a person who studies geohydrology
  • geolinguistics — the study of the geographical distribution of languages
  • geopolitically — According to geopolitics.
  • george calvert — Charles (3rd Baron Baltimore) 1637–1715, English colonial administrator in America: governor (1661–75) and proprietor (1675–89) of Maryland (grandson of George Calvert).
  • gerontological — Of or pertaining to gerontology.
  • gesticulations — Plural form of gesticulation.
  • get hold of sb — If you get hold of someone, you manage to contact them.
  • ghetto blaster — a large, powerful portable radio, especially as carried and played by a pedestrian or used outdoors in an urban area.
  • glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
  • glamourization — Alternative form of glamorization.
  • glans-clitoris — the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
  • global product — a commercial product that is marketed throughout the world under the same brand name
  • globalizations — Plural form of globalization.
  • globe amaranth — a plant, Gomphrena globosa, native to the Old World tropics, having dense heads of variously colored flowers that retain their color when cut.
  • glottalisation — Alternative spelling of glottalization.
  • glottalization — (linguistics) The act or process of constricting or closing the glottis during the production of a speech sound that normally does not involve such constriction.
  • glucocorticoid — any of a class of steroid hormones that are synthesized by the adrenal cortex of vertebrates and have anti-inflammatory activity.
  • gluttonousness — The quality of being gluttonous.
  • glycogenolytic — Of, pertaining to, or capable of glycogenolysis, the catabolism of glycogen.
  • go all the way — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
  • go into detail — elaborate, recount more fully
  • go to the wall — any of various permanent upright constructions having a length much greater than the thickness and presenting a continuous surface except where pierced by doors, windows, etc.: used for shelter, protection, or privacy, or to subdivide interior space, to support floors, roofs, or the like, to retain earth, to fence in an area, etc.
  • go up the wall — to become crazy or furious
  • gold medallist — the winner of competition or race, who is awarded a gold medal
  • golden currant — a western North American shrub, Ribes aureum, of the saxifrage family, having purplish fruit and fragrant, drooping clusters of yellow flowers that turn reddish.
  • golden hamster — a small light-colored hamster, Mesocricetus auratus, native to Asia Minor and familiar as a laboratory animal and pet.
  • golden ragwort — any of various composite plants of the genus Senecio, as S. jacobaea, of the Old World, having yellow flowers and irregularly lobed leaves, or S. aureus (golden ragwort) of North America, also having yellow flowers.
  • golden section — a ratio between two portions of a line, or the two dimensions of a plane figure, in which the lesser of the two is to the greater as the greater is to the sum of both: a ratio of approximately 0.618 to 1.000.
  • golden thistle — Spanish oyster plant.
  • goliath beetle — any very large tropical scarabaeid beetle of the genus Goliathus, esp G. giganteus of Africa, which may grow to a length of 20 centimetres
  • good-time girl — a young woman whose chief concern is seeking pleasure and having fun
  • gothic revival — a Gothic style of architecture popular between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, exemplified by the Houses of Parliament in London (1840)
  • governmentally — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • grain elevator — elevator (def 4).
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