10-letter words containing i, l, c, o
- gill pouch — branchial pouch.
- girl scout — (sometimes initial capital letters) a member of an organization of girls (Girl Scouts) founded in the U.S. in 1912 by Juliette Low that seeks to develop certain skills, as well as health, citizenship, and character.
- glaciation — to cover with ice or glaciers.
- glaciology — the branch of geology that deals with the nature, distribution, and action of glaciers and with their effect on the earth's topography.
- glagolitic — noting or written in an alphabet, probably invented by St. Cyril in about a.d. 865, formerly used in writing Old Church Slavonic and other Slavic languages: almost completely replaced by Cyrillic starting about the 10th century.
- glasnostic — relating to the policy of glasnost
- glauconite — a greenish micaceous mineral consisting essentially of a hydrous silicate of potassium, aluminum, and iron and occurring in greensand, clays, etc.
- glochidium — glochid.
- glowsticks — Plural form of glowstick.
- glucogenic — the production of glucose by the decomposition of glycogen or from any nonglucose precursor.
- glucosides — Plural form of glucoside.
- glucosidic — Of or pertaining to a glucoside.
- glucosuria — glycosuria.
- glycogenic — of or relating to glycogen.
- glycolipid — any of a class of lipids, comprising the cerebrosides and gangliosides, that upon hydrolysis yield galactose or a similar sugar, a fatty acid, and sphingosine or dihydrosphingosine.
- glycolysis — the catabolism of carbohydrates, as glucose and glycogen, by enzymes, with the release of energy and the production of lactic or pyruvic acid.
- glycolytic — of, relating to, or causing glycolysis.
- glycosides — Plural form of glycoside.
- glycosidic — any of the class of compounds that yield a sugar and an aglycon upon hydrolysis.
- glycosuria — excretion of glucose in the urine, as in diabetes.
- gnomically — In a gnomic manner. (In a way apparently clear and simple, but eventually difficult to understand).
- gnomonical — Alternative form of gnomonic.
- goalkicker — a person who makes a goal kick
- gold brick — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
- gold stick — the gilded rod carried on state occasions by certain members of the royal household.
- goldilocks — (used with a singular verb) a person with golden hair.
- gothically — In a gothic way.
- graciously — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- gridlocked — Simple past tense and past participle of gridlock.
- guilloches — Plural form of guilloche.
- gynophilic — Woman-loving.
- haemolytic — of or relating to the disintegration of red blood cells
- hagiologic — Synonym of hagiological.
- halcyonian — calm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather.
- halobiotic — relating to habitation in the sea
- haloclines — Plural form of halocline.
- halophilic — any organism, as certain halobacteria and marine bacteria, that requires a salt-rich environment for its growth and survival.
- halophytic — Growing well under salty conditions.
- harmonical — Alternative form of harmonic.
- hectokilo- — one hundred thousand; the factor 105
- hectoliter — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- hectolitre — a unit of capacity equal to 100 liters, equivalent to 2.8378 U.S. bushels, or 26.418 U.S. gallons. Abbreviation: hl.
- helicoidal — coiled or curving like a spiral.
- helicopter — any of a class of heavier-than-air craft that are lifted and sustained in the air horizontally by rotating wings or blades turning on vertical axes through power supplied by an engine.
- helioscope — a telescope for viewing the sun, adapted to protect the eye of the viewer from the sun's glare.
- hellacious — remarkable; astonishing: They're raising a hellacious amount of money in taxes.
- hemophilic — characteristic of or affected by hemophilia.
- heroically — Also, heroical. of, relating to, or characteristic of a hero or heroine.
- highschool — a school attended after elementary school or junior high school and usually consisting of grades 9 or 10 through 12.
- histologic — the branch of biology dealing with the study of tissues.