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13-letter words containing i, n, s, c, a

  • gangster chic — a cinematic or literary genre which seeks to glamorize the criminal underworld
  • gap insurance — GAP insurance pays the difference between what someone owes on their car loan and the actual cash value of the vehicle in the event that it is stolen or damaged.
  • 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.
  • gastronomical — the art or science of good eating.
  • gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
  • gentianaceous — belonging to the plant family Gentianaceae.
  • gentisic acid — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, C 7 H 6 O 4 , used chiefly in the form of its sodium salt as an analgesic and diaphoretic.
  • geometricians — Plural form of geometrician.
  • geriatricians — Plural form of geriatrician.
  • gesticulating — Present participle of gesticulate.
  • gesticulation — the act of gesticulating.
  • giant scallop — sea scallop.
  • glass ceiling — an upper limit to professional advancement that is imposed upon women, minorities, and other nondominant groups and is not readily perceived or openly acknowledged: It’s more difficult for women of color to break through the glass ceiling.
  • glass curtain — a transparent or translucent curtain covering the interior of a window opening.
  • glocalisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of glocalization.
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • glycosylation — (chemistry, biochemistry) The reaction of a saccharide with a hydroxy or amino functional group to form a glycoside; especially the reaction with a protein or lipid to form a glycoprotein or glycolipid.
  • graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
  • grease pencil — a pencil of pigment and compressed grease encased in a spiral paper strip that can be partially unwound to expose a new point and used especially for writing on glossy surfaces.
  • gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
  • gymnastically — In a gymnastic manner.
  • gynaecologist — (UK, Canada, dated in US) A physician who specialises in diseases of the female reproductive system.
  • gynaecomastia — abnormal overdevelopment of the breasts in a man
  • gynecocracies — Plural form of gynecocracy.
  • haemodynamics — a branch of physiology that deals with the circulation of the blood
  • halicarnassus — an ancient city of Caria, in SW Asia Minor: site of the Mausoleum, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.
  • hallucinogens — Plural form of hallucinogen.
  • hand-stitched — stitched by hand rather than by a machine
  • handkerchiefs — Plural form of handkerchief.
  • harishchandra — also known as Bharatendu. 1850–85, Indian poet, dramatist, and essayist, who established Hindi as a literary language
  • harness hitch — a hitch forming a loop around a rope, especially one formed at the end of a bowline.
  • haruspication — the use of animal entrails for divination
  • hash function — (programming)   A hash coding function which assigns a data item distinguished by some "key" into one of a number of possible "hash buckets" in a hash table. The hash function is usually combined with another more precise function. For example a program might take a string of letters and put it in one of twenty six lists depending on its first letter. Ideally, a hash function should distribute items evenly between the buckets to reduce the number of hash collisions. If, for example, the strings were names beginning with "Mr.", "Miss" or "Mrs." then taking the first letter would be a very poor hash function because all names would hash the same.
  • haute cuisine — fine or gourmet cooking; food preparation as an art.
  • have occasion — If you have occasion to do something, it is necessary for you to do it.
  • heartsickness — The condition of being heartsick.
  • heartstricken — Shocked; dismayed.
  • 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.
  • hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
  • histaminergic — releasing histamine
  • honoris causa — for the sake of honour
  • housecleaning — the act of cleaning a house, room, etc., and its furnishings, especially the act of cleaning thoroughly and completely.
  • hydrodynamics — the branch of fluid dynamics that deals with liquids, including hydrostatics and hydrokinetics.
  • ichthyopsidan — a member of the class Ichthyopsida
  • iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
  • identicalness — The state or quality of being identical.
  • idiomaticness — Idiomaticity.
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