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13-letter words containing l, a, e, g

  • gallocatechol — An antioxidant that contains catechin, found in food.
  • gallowglasses — Plural form of gallowglass.
  • gallows frame — headframe.
  • galois theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the application of the theory of finite groups to the solution of algebraic equations.
  • galvanic cell — cell1 (def 7a).
  • galvanic pile — voltaic pile.
  • galvanometers — Plural form of galvanometer.
  • galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
  • galveston bay — an inlet of the Gulf of Mexico.
  • game of skill — a game in which the outcome is determined by skill rather than by chance, as chess.
  • games console — Also called game(s) console, gaming console, video-game console. a computer system specially made for playing video games by connecting it to a television or other display for video and sound.
  • games library — a type of library for video games where games (usually downloaded via the internet) can be paid for per use rather than be bought at full price
  • gametothallus — a gamete-producing thallus.
  • garcia robles — Alfonso [al-fon-soh,, -zoh;; Spanish ahl-fawn-saw] /ælˈfɒn soʊ,, -zoʊ;; Spanish ɑlˈfɔn sɔ/ (Show IPA), 1911–91, Mexican diplomat: Nobel Prize 1982.
  • garden balsam — a fleshy annual garden impatiens (Impatiens balsamina) with roselike white, lavender, yellow, pink, or red blossoms borne along the main stem in leaf axils
  • garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
  • garrulousness — Garrulity.
  • gas explosion — an explosion caused by a gas leak in the presence of an ignition source
  • 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.
  • gateleg table — a table with one or two drop leaves that are supported when in use by a hinged leg swung out from the frame
  • gazillionaire — An extremely rich person.
  • gelada baboon — a NE African baboon, Theropithecus gelada, with dark brown hair forming a mane over the shoulders, a bare red chest, and a ridged muzzle: family Cercopithecidae
  • gelandelaufer — a participant in cross-country skiing.
  • gelandesprung — a jump, usually over an obstacle, in which one plants both poles in the snow in advance of the skis, bends close to the ground, and propels oneself chiefly by the use of the poles.
  • general audit — an audit of all a company's accounts
  • general costs — the general expenses of running a business
  • general court — the state legislature of Massachusetts or New Hampshire.
  • general magic — A software company based in Mountain View, California. Products released in 1994 after four years in development include: Telescript - a communications-oriented programming language; Magic Cap - an OOPS designed for PDAs; and a new, third generation GUI. Motorola's Envoy, due for release in the third quarter of 1994, will use Magic Cap as its OS. What PostScript did for cross-platform, device-independent documents, Telescript aims to do for cross-platform, network-independent messaging. Telescript protects programmers from many of the complexities of network protocols. Competitors for Magic Cap include Microsoft's Windows for Pens/Winpad, PenPoint, Apple Computer's Newton Intelligence and GEOS by GeoWorks.
  • general order — any one of a set of permanent orders from a headquarters establishing policy for a command or announcing official acts.
  • general staff — a group of officers who are without command and whose duty is to assist high commanders in planning and carrying out orders in peace and war.
  • general store — a store, usually in a rural area, that sells a wide variety of merchandise, as clothing, food, or hardware, but is not divided into departments.
  • general synod — the governing body, under Parliament, of the Church of England, made up of the bishops and elected clerical and lay representatives
  • generalisable — Non-Oxford British standard spelling of generalizable.
  • generalissimo — the supreme commander of the armed forces.
  • generalizable — to infer (a general principle, trend, etc.) from particular facts, statistics, or the like.
  • 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
  • genethlialogy — the science of calculating positions of the heavenly bodies on nativities.
  • genital phase — the final stage of psychosexual development, in which a person achieves an affectionate, mature relationship with a sexual partner.
  • 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
  • genotypically — With reference to a genotype.
  • gentlemanhood — the nature or position of a gentleman
  • gentlemanlike — a man of good family, breeding, or social position.
  • geochemically — In a geochemical manner.
  • geometrically — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
  • geophysically — In a geophysical manner; in terms of geophysics.
  • german silver — any of various alloys of copper, zinc, and nickel, usually white and used for utensils, drawing instruments, etc.; nickel silver.
  • germinability — the degree of ability of a seed to germinate or sprout.
  • germinal disk — blastodisk.
  • gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
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