13-letter words containing l, i, n, t
- galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
- gastronomical — the art or science of good eating.
- general audit — an audit of all a company's accounts
- 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.
- gentlemanlike — a man of good family, breeding, or social position.
- genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
- germinability — the degree of ability of a seed to germinate or sprout.
- gerontologist — the branch of science that deals with aging and the problems of aged persons.
- gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
- gesticulating — Present participle of gesticulate.
- gesticulation — the act of gesticulating.
- get a line on — to obtain information about
- giant scallop — sea scallop.
- giant-killing — In sport, when a weaker team or competitor beats a much stronger, well-known team or competitor, their success is sometimes called a giant-killing.
- gill filament — one of the threadlike processes forming the respiratory surface of a gill.
- girl-watching — the activity of looking at young women to enjoy their attractiveness, perhaps with a view to starting a relationship
- glamorisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- glamorization — to make glamorous.
- glass curtain — a transparent or translucent curtain covering the interior of a window opening.
- glazing agent — substance used to varnish
- gliding joint — arthrodia.
- glittertinden — the highest peak in Norway, in the S central part. 8110 feet (2473 meters).
- globalisation — internationalisation
- globalization — the act of globalizing, or extending to other or all parts of the world: the globalization of manufacturing.
- globetrotting — to travel throughout the world, especially regularly or frequently.
- glocalisation — (British spelling) Alternative form of glocalization.
- glocalization — The practice of conducting business according to both local and global considerations.
- glorification — a glorified or more splendid form of something.
- glutinousness — The quality of being glutinous.
- glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
- 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.
- go along with — permit, consent to
- goal-oriented — (of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.
- golan heights — a range of hills in the Middle East, possession of which is disputed between Israel and Syria: under Syrian control until 1967 when they were stormed by Israeli forces; Jewish settlements have since been established. Highest peak: 2224 m (7297 ft)
- goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
- 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.
- governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- grain of salt — salt crystal
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- graticulation — the division of a design, plan, etc into squares in order to improve the accuracy of enlargement or reduction
- gravitational — Physics. the force of attraction between any two masses. Compare law of gravitation. an act or process caused by this force.
- 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.
- green vitriol — a bluish-green, crystalline, saline-tasting, water-soluble heptahydrated solid, FeSO 4 ⋅7H 2 O, used chiefly in the manufacture of other iron salts, in water purification, fertilizer, inks, pigments, tanning, photography, and in medicine in the treatment of anemia.
- groundnut oil — a mild-tasting oil extracted from peanuts and used in cooking
- gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.