13-letter words containing g, r, i, t, l
- floating ribs — the eleventh and twelfth pairs of ribs, not attached to the breastbone or to other ribs but only to the vertebrae
- floating roof — A floating roof is an internal roof of a fuel storage tank.
- floor trading — trading by personal contact on the floor of a market or exchange
- flugelhornist — One who plays the flugelhorn.
- flying doctor — a doctor listed with local authorities as willing to be flown to remote areas to give emergency medical care.
- foresightedly — In a foresighted manner.
- foresightless — lacking foresight
- fortnightlies — Plural form of fortnightly.
- fragmentarily — consisting of or reduced to fragments; broken; disconnected; incomplete: fragmentary evidence; fragmentary remains.
- free-floating — (of an emotional state) lacking an apparent cause, focus, or object; generalized: free-floating hostility.
- freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
- frighteningly — to make afraid or fearful; throw into a fright; terrify; scare.
- frightfulness — The quality of being frightful.
- front-loading — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- frustratingly — to make (plans, efforts, etc.) worthless or of no avail; defeat; nullify: The student's indifference frustrated the teacher's efforts to help him.
- fulbright act — an act of Congress (1946) by which funds derived chiefly from the sale of U.S. surplus property abroad are made available to U.S. citizens for study, research, and teaching in foreign countries as well as to foreigners to engage in similar activities in the U.S.
- futurological — Pertaining to futurology.
- gabrilowitsch — Ossip [aw-syip] /ˈɔ syɪp/ (Show IPA), 1878–1936, Russian pianist and conductor, in America.
- galactic year — the duration of a complete rotation of the Milky Way, approximately 200 million years.
- galois theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the application of the theory of finite groups to the solution of algebraic equations.
- galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
- gas:oil ratio — The gas:oil ratio is the volume of gas produced at standard temperature and pressure, in relation to the volume of oil produced at standard temperature and pressure, used as a measurement for reservoir fluids.
- gastric ulcer — a peptic ulcer located in the stomach's inner wall, caused in part by the corrosive action of the gastric juice on the mucous membrane.
- gastronomical — the art or science of good eating.
- geissler tube — a sealed glass tube with platinum connections at the ends, containing rarefied gas made luminous by an electrical discharge.
- general audit — an audit of all a company's accounts
- 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
- genital ridge — the area in the vertebrate embryo that develops into ovaries in the female and testes in the male.
- genital warts — a sexually transmitted disease caused by the human papilloma virus; the warts grow in the genital area
- geometrically — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
- germinability — the degree of ability of a seed to germinate or sprout.
- gerontologist — the branch of science that deals with aging and the problems of aged persons.
- gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
- gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
- girl-watching — the activity of looking at young women to enjoy their attractiveness, perhaps with a view to starting a relationship
- glacial drift — material, as gravel, sand, or clay, transported and deposited by a glacier or by glacial meltwater.
- glacier table — a stone slab supported over the surface of a mountain glacier by a column or columns of ice.
- gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
- glamorisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- glamorization — to make glamorous.
- glass curtain — a transparent or translucent curtain covering the interior of a window opening.
- glittertinden — the highest peak in Norway, in the S central part. 8110 feet (2473 meters).
- globetrotting — to travel throughout the world, especially regularly or frequently.
- glorification — a glorified or more splendid form of something.
- glutamatergic — (biochemistry, neurology) Of or pertaining to the neurotransmission of glutamate.
- 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.
- goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
- 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.
- governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.