13-letter words containing g
- animadverting — Present participle of animadvert.
- animal rights — People who are concerned with animal rights believe very strongly that animals should not be exploited or harmed by humans.
- ankyloglossia — tongue-tie.
- another-guess — of another kind.
- anthologizing — Present participle of anthologize.
- anthropogenic — relating to anthropogenesis
- anthropologic — the science that deals with the origins, physical and cultural development, biological characteristics, and social customs and beliefs of humankind.
- anthropophagi — cannibals
- anthropophagy — cannibalism
- anthrozoology — The study of the interactions between humans and animals.
- anti-aliasing — a technique for smoothing out jagged lines in graphical computer output.
- anti-allergic — intended to prevent or minimize an allergic reaction
- anti-androgen — any of a class of drugs that oppose the action of androgens; used in the treatment of prostate cancer and various male sexual disorders
- anti-burglary — the felony of breaking into and entering the house of another at night with intent to steal, extended by statute to cover the breaking into and entering of any of various buildings, by night or day.
- anti-dogmatic — relating to or of the nature of a dogma or dogmas or any strong set of principles concerning faith, morals, etc., as those laid down by a church; doctrinal: We hear dogmatic arguments from both sides of the political spectrum.
- anti-hygienic — conducive to good health; healthful; sanitary.
- anticigarette — opposing cigarette smoking
- anticoagulant — acting to prevent or impair coagulation, esp of blood
- antiespionage — Countering or opposing espionage.
- antiforeigner — opposed to foreigners or foreign countries
- antigenically — Immunology. any substance that can stimulate the production of antibodies and combine specifically with them.
- antigonus (i) — 382-301 b.c.; Macedonian general under Alexander the Great: king of Macedonia (306-301)
- antiguerrilla — acting against guerrilla activity
- antiimmigrant — Opposing immigrants or immigration.
- antilittering — (of a campaign) intended to discourage litter dropping
- antilogarithm — a number whose logarithm to a given base is a given number
- antimutagenic — capable of reducing the frequency of mutation.
- antioestrogen — a drug that inhibits the activity of oestrogens
- antioncogenes — Plural form of antioncogene.
- antioxidizing — to convert (an element) into an oxide; combine with oxygen.
- antique glass — pot metal (def 4).
- antireligious — opposed to religious ideas, beliefs, and organizations
- antismuggling — acting to prevent or reduce smuggling
- anything goes — If people say 'anything goes', they mean that anything people say or do is considered acceptable, and usually they mean that they do not approve of this.
- anythingarian — a person who adheres to no particular creed
- apogeotropism — negative geotropism, as shown by plant stems
- apologeticism — An instance of the use of apologetics.
- apophlegmatic — having the ability to remove phlegm
- apostolic age — the earliest period of Christianity, lasting through the death of the last apostle.
- apothegmatise — to speak in apothegms
- apotheosizing — Present participle of apotheosize.
- appealingness — the quality of being appealing
- appoggiaturas — Plural form of appoggiatura.
- apprenticeage — (obsolete) Apprenticeship.
- appropriating — Present participle of appropriate.
- approximating — Present participle of approximate.
- apron strings — If you say that someone is tied to another person's apron strings, you mean that they are controlled or influenced too much by the other person.
- arc cotangent — the angle, measured in radians, that has a cotangent equal to a given number. Symbol: cot −1. Abbreviation: arc cot.
- archaelogical — Nonstandard spelling of archaeological.
- archaeologian — (archaic) An archaeologist.