13-letter words containing g, o, i, a
- interrogatory — conveying or expressing a question; interrogative.
- intraregional — Within a region.
- introgressant — an individual resulting from introgression
- invaginations — Plural form of invagination.
- investigation — the act or process of investigating or the condition of being investigated.
- investigators — Plural form of investigator.
- investigatory — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- involute gear — a gear tooth form that is generated by involute geometry
- ion generator — a device for creating negatively charged particles in immediately surrounding air, promoted as a cure for various ills.
- ironing board — a flat, cloth-covered board or other surface, often foldable and having legs, on which clothing, linens, or similar articles are ironed.
- isoagglutinin — an agglutinin that can effect isoagglutination.
- isoamyl group — the univalent group C 5 H 11 .
- isogonal line — an imaginary line, or one drawn on a map, connecting all points of equal magnetic declination.
- it governance — information technology governance
- james gosling — (person) The software engineer who wrote GOSMACS, and served as Sun Microsystems, Inc. project leader for both NeWS, and Java. He is currently (1997) a Vice President and "Distinguished Engineer" at Sun.
- joint manager — sb who shares authority and responsibility for sth
- jordan engine — a machine for beating and refining pulp, used in manufacturing certain grades of paper.
- junior league — any local branch of a women's organization, the Association of the Junior Leagues of America, Inc., the members of which are engaged in volunteer welfare work, civic affairs, etc.
- junior rating — a military rank for non-officer personnel in the navy
- kangaroo vine — an Australian vine, Cissus antarctica, of the grape family, having shiny, leathery leaves.
- karaoke night — a social occasion when karaoke sessions are held for entertainment, often in a pub or bar
- kilomegacycle — a unit of frequency, equal to 10 9 cycles per second. Abbreviation: kMc.
- kim young sam — born 1927, president of South Korea 1993–98.
- kinematograph — cinematograph.
- king's ransom — an extremely large amount of money: The painting was sold for a king's ransom.
- labiogression — location of the anterior teeth forward of their natural position.
- labour-saving — A labour-saving device or idea makes it possible for you to do something with less effort than usual.
- lactoglobulin — A protein or mixture of similar proteins occurring in milk, obtained after the removal of casein and precipitated in a salt solution.
- lake maggiore — a lake in N Italy and S Switzerland, in the S Lepontine Alps
- landing force — the ground forces of an amphibious task force that effect the assault landing in an amphibious operation.
- large calorie — kilocalorie.
- laryngologist — A person who studies or specializes in laryngology; a subspeciality of otorhinolaryngology.
- laryngoscopic — Of or pertaining to laryngoscopy.
- laryngotomies — Plural form of laryngotomy.
- laser cooling — a technique using laser light to cool atoms to a very low temperature by removing momentum from the particles.
- late-blooming — of or characteristic of a late bloomer: late-blooming brilliance.
- laughingstock — an object of ridicule; the butt of a joke or the like: His ineptness as a public official made him the laughingstock of the whole town.
- leading block — lead block.
- leap-frogging — a game in which players take turns in leaping over another player bent over from the waist.
- legal fiction — an acceptance of something as true, for the sake of convenience; legal pretence
- legal holiday — a public holiday established by law, during which certain work, government business, etc., is restricted.
- legionary ant — army ant
- legislatorial — of or relating to a legislator, legislature, or legislation; legislative.
- leigh-mallory — Sir Trafford Leigh [traf-erd lee] /ˈtræf ərd li/ (Show IPA), 1892–1944, British Air Force officer.
- leucaemogenic — leukemogenic
- leukaemogenic — relating to the development of leukaemia, or causing leukaemia
- lexicographer — a writer, editor, or compiler of a dictionary.
- lexicographic — Like a dictionary, relating to lexicography (the writing of a dictionary).
- lexicological — the study of the formation, meaning, and use of words and of idiomatic combinations of words.
- lighthouseman — a lighthouse keeper