19-letter words containing g, r, i, s, l
- gastroenterocolitis — (medicine) inflammation of the stomach, small intestines, and colon.
- gastroenterological — Of or pertaining to gastroenterology.
- gel electrophoresis — a technique for separating protein molecules of varying sizes in a mixture by moving them through a block of gel, as of agarose or polyacrylamide, by means of an electric field, with smaller molecules moving faster and therefore farther than larger ones.
- general anaesthesia — the use of a general anaesthetic
- general anaesthetic — sth administered to induce unconsciousness
- general linguistics — the study of the characteristics of language in general rather than of a particular language; theoretical, rather than applied, linguistics.
- general partnership — a partnership in which each of the partners is fully liable for the firm's debts.
- general post office — (in the U.S. postal system) the main post office of a city, county, etc., that also has branch post offices. Abbreviation: G.P.O., GPO.
- gentleman-pensioner — (formerly) a gentleman-at-arms.
- gestational carrier — surrogate mother (def 3).
- giant silkworm moth — any silkworm moth of the family Saturniidae.
- giraldus cambrensis — literary name of Gerald de Barri. ?1146–?1223, Welsh chronicler and churchman, noted for his accounts of his travels in Ireland and Wales
- glorious revolution — the events of 1688–89 in England that resulted in the ousting of James II and the establishment of William III and Mary II as joint monarchs
- glottalic airstream — a current of air in the pharynx produced by the action of the glottis.
- go round in circles — to engage in energetic but fruitless activity
- gold-rimmed glasses — spectacles with gold-coloured frames
- goodwill ambassador — an ambassador who shows goodwill to another country, organization, etc, on behalf of his or her own country, organization, etc
- gorzow wielkopolski — a city in NW Poland, on the Warta River.
- grand duke nicholas — of Cusa [kyoo-zuh] /ˈkyu zə/ (Show IPA), 1401–1464, German cardinal, mathematician, and philosopher. German Nikolaus von Cusa.
- greenhouse whitefly — See under whitefly.
- gregorian telescope — a telescope similar in design to the Cassegrainian telescope but less widely used.
- guillaume de lorris — 13th-century French poet who wrote the first 4058 lines of the allegorical romance, the Roman de la rose, continued by Jean de Meung
- haute vulgarisation — vulgarization, or popularization, on a higher level, esp. as done by academics, scholars, etc.
- high blood pressure — elevation of the arterial blood pressure or a condition resulting from it; hypertension. Abbreviation: HBP.
- highland clearances — in Scotland, the removal, often by force, of the people from some parts of the Highlands to make way for sheep, during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries
- historiographically — In a historiographical manner; by means of a historiography.
- honorable discharge — a discharge from military service of a person who has fulfilled obligations efficiently, honorably, and faithfully.
- hypersuggestibility — subject to or easily influenced by suggestion.
- hysterosalpingogram — An X-ray image taken during hysterosalpingography.
- industrial-strength — unusually strong, potent, or the like: heavy-duty: an industrial-strength soap.
- insulating material — anything that is used as insulation
- interchangeableness — Quality of being interchangeable.
- intergalactic space — the region of physical space that exists between galaxies. The density is negligible, and close to an almost total vacuum
- interlaced scanning — a system of scanning a television picture, first along the even-numbered lines, then along the odd-numbered lines, in one complete scan
- islet of langerhans — any of several masses of endocrine cells in the pancreas that secrete insulin, somatostatin, and glucagon.
- jacques montgolfier — Jacques Étienne [zhahk ey-tyen] /ʒɑk eɪˈtyɛn/ (Show IPA), 1745–99, and his brother Joseph Michel [zhaw-zef mee-shel] /ʒɔˈzɛf miˈʃɛl/ (Show IPA) 1740–1810, French aeronauts: inventors of the first practical balloon 1783.
- jumping bristletail — any of several thysanuran insects that live in dark, warm, moist places, as under leaves, bark, and dead tree trunks and along rocky seacoasts, and are active jumpers, making erratic leaps when disturbed.
- king charles's head — a fixed idea; personal obsession
- knights hospitalers — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- landscape gardening — the art or trade of designing or rearranging large gardens, estates, etc.
- lay one's finger on — to indicate, identify, or locate accurately
- learning disability — a disorder, as dyslexia, usually affecting school-age children of normal or above-normal intelligence, characterized by difficulty in understanding or using spoken or written language, and thought to be related to impairment or slowed development of perceptual motor skills.
- leveling instrument — an instrument used to establish a horizontal line of sight, usually by means of a spirit level.
- library of congress — one of the major library collections in the world, located in Washington, D.C., and functioning in some ways as the national library of the U.S. although not officially designated as such: established by Congress in 1800 for service to its members, but now also serving government agencies, other libraries, and the public.
- licensing agreement — an agreement that sets out the fees and terms of use for something available only under licence
- lighten sb's burden — If someone or something lightens your burden or your load, they make a bad or difficult situation better for you.
- like a dog's dinner — dressed smartly or ostentatiously
- logical shift right — logical shift
- lose your virginity — When you lose your virginity, you have sex for the first time.
- love at first sight — instant romantic attraction to sb