13-letter words containing l, a, g, r
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- glutamatergic — (biochemistry, neurology) Of or pertaining to the neurotransmission of glutamate.
- glyceric acid — a colorless, syrupy liquid, C 3 H 6 O 4 , obtained by oxidizing glycerol.
- gnu assembler — (GAS) A Unix assembler for the GNU project. Many CPU types are handled and COFF and IEEE-695 formats are supported as well as standard a.out. Current version 2.2 ported to Sun-3, Sun-4, i386, 386BSD, BSD/386, Linux, PS/2-AIX, VAX, Ultrix, BSD, VMS. The assembler has been merged with GNU Binutils. E-mail: <[email protected]>.
- gnu c library — (library) (glibc) The run-time library for the GNU C compiler, gcc, and others. glibc is the source code for libc.a. It is maintained separately from the compilers and is a superset of ANSI C and POSIX.1 and a large subset of POSIX.2. Mailing list: <[email protected]> (bugs).
- goal-oriented — (of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.
- gobar numeral — any of a set of ancient numerals derived from Hindu numerals
- gold standard — a monetary system with gold of specified weight and fineness as the unit of value.
- goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
- goodheartedly — In a goodhearted manner.
- goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
- googlewhacker — One who searches for googlewhacks.
- governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- gracelessness — The state of being graceless.
- graham island — an island in the Pacific Ocean, in W British Columbia, Canada: largest and northernmost of the Queen Charlotte Islands. 2485 sq. mi. (6436 sq. km).
- grain alcohol — alcohol (def 1).
- grain of salt — salt crystal
- gram molecule — that quantity of a substance whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the molecular weight of the substance.
- gram-variable — of or relating to bacteria that stain irregularly with Gram's stain, being neither Gram-positive nor Gram-negative.
- graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
- grammatically — of or relating to grammar: grammatical analysis.
- grand guignol — a short drama stressing horror and sensationalism.
- grand larceny — larceny in which the value of the goods taken is above a certain legally specified amount.
- grand marshal — marshal (def 8).
- grand old man — a highly respected, usually elderly man who has been a major or the most important figure in a specific field for many years.
- grand slammer — Bridge. the winning of all thirteen tricks of a deal. Compare little slam.
- grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
- grandfatherly — of or characteristic of a grandfather.
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- grandiloquous — grandiloquent
- grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
- grandparental — Of or relating to a grandparent.
- granular snow — a rare form of opaque precipitation consisting of very tiny ice crystals
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- granulomatous — an inflammatory tumor or growth composed of granulation tissue.
- graph plotter — plotter
- graphemically — In terms of or by means of graphemes.
- graphic algol — (language) A extension of ALGOL 60 for real-time generation of shaded perspective pictures.
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- graphitizable — (chemistry, of carbon) Able to be converted to graphite.
- graphological — Relating to graphology.
- grapple plant — a procumbent, thorny plant, Harpagophytum procumbens, of southern Africa.
- graticulation — the division of a design, plan, etc into squares in order to improve the accuracy of enlargement or reduction
- grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
- gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
- gravitational — Physics. the force of attraction between any two masses. Compare law of gravitation. an act or process caused by this force.
- gravity clock — a clock driven by its own weight as it descends a rack, cord, incline, etc.
- gravity fault — a fault along an inclined plane in which the upper side or hanging wall appears to have moved downward with respect to the lower side or footwall (opposed to reverse fault).
- gravity scale — a scale giving the relative density of fluids
- gray squirrel — a common, grayish squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, of eastern North America.