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13-letter words containing i, n, c, o, r, e

  • fuel injector — injector (def 2b).
  • functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
  • furaciousness — the quality of being furacious or thievish
  • galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
  • garcia moreno — Gabriel [gey-bree-uh l,, gah-bree-el;; Spanish gah-vree-el] /ˈgeɪ bri əl,, ˌgɑ briˈɛl;; Spanish ˌgɑ vriˈɛl/ (Show IPA), 1821–75, Ecuadorian journalist and political leader: president of Ecuador 1861–65; 1869–75.
  • gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
  • gastroenteric — Gastrointestinal.
  • gastrokinetic — (pharmacology, of a drug) Serving to increase motility of the gastrointestinal tract.
  • gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
  • ge-pano-carib — a linguistic phylum comprising a large number of aboriginal languages with scattered distribution in South America east of the Andes.
  • genetotrophic — pertaining to nutrition and genetics
  • geocentricism — the belief that the earth lies at the centre of the universe
  • geometricians — Plural form of geometrician.
  • gerontocratic — government by a council of elders.
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
  • going concern — viable business
  • goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
  • good riddance — the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
  • 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.
  • graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
  • great council — (in Norman England) an assembly composed of the king's tenants in chief that served as the principal council of the realm and replaced the witenagemot.
  • greater ionic — Architecture. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders that in ancient Greece consisted of a fluted column with a molded base and a capital composed of four volutes, usually parallel to the architrave with a pulvinus connecting a pair on each side of the column, and an entablature typically consisting of an architrave of three fascias, a richly ornamented frieze, and a cornice corbeled out on egg-and-dart and dentil moldings, with the frieze sometimes omitted. Roman and Renaissance examples are often more elaborate, and usually set the volutes of the capitals at 45° to the architrave. Compare composite (def 3), Corinthian (def 2), Doric (def 3), Tuscan (def 2).
  • ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
  • gynecocracies — Plural form of gynecocracy.
  • harmonic mean — the mean obtained by taking the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of a set of nonzero numbers.
  • harmonic tone — a tone produced by suppressing the fundamental tone and bringing into prominence one of its overtones.
  • heliocentrism — The theory that the sun is the center of the universe, (This theory is historically important and was widely accepted at the time of Copernicus, Galileo and Kepler.).
  • hero sandwich — a large sandwich, usually consisting of a small loaf of bread or long roll cut in half lengthwise and containing a variety of ingredients, as meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.
  • heroic stanza — elegiac stanza.
  • heroin addict — sb dependent on heroin
  • herringchoker — a native or resident of any of the Maritime Provinces but especially of New Brunswick.
  • heterochronic — a genetic shift in timing of the development of a tissue or anatomical part, or in the onset of a physiological process, relative to an ancestor.
  • heterogenetic — of, relating to, or characterized by heterogenesis.
  • hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
  • honor society — (in a college, university, or secondary school) a student society that admits members on the basis of academic merit and, sometimes, worthwhile contributions in extracurricular activities.
  • hydrokinetics — the branch of hydrodynamics that deals with the laws governing liquids or gases in motion.
  • hypercyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
  • hyperfunction — abnormally increased function, especially of glands or other organs.
  • hyperromantic — extremely or excessively romantic
  • hypertonicity — Physiology. of or relating to hypertonia.
  • hyposecretion — a diminished secretion.
  • iconic memory — the temporary persistence of visual impressions after the stimulus has been removed
  • iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
  • imperfections — A fault, blemish, or undesirable feature.
  • in due course — a direction or route taken or to be taken.
  • in receipt of — If you are in receipt of something, you have received it or you receive it regularly.
  • in respect of — with regard, with reference
  • in respect to — with regard to
  • in retrospect — contemplation of the past; a survey of past time, events, etc.
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