11-letter words containing l, i, s, c
- glaciations — Plural form of glaciation.
- glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
- glucosamine — an aminosugar occurring in many polysaccharides of vertebrate tissue and also as the major component of chitin.
- glucosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyses glucosides.
- glycolipids — Plural form of glycolipid.
- glycosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside.
- goldfinches — Plural form of goldfinch.
- goldschmidt — Richard Benedikt. 1878–1958, US geneticist, born in Germany. He advanced the theory that heredity is determined by the chemical configuration of the chromosome molecule rather than by the qualities of the individual genes
- gracileness — The state or quality of being gracile.
- gulf crisis — the unstable period prior to the war of 1991 between US-led UN forces and Iraq
- gum elastic — rubber1 (def 1).
- gymnastical — Alternative form of gymnastic.
- harmolodics — the technique of each musician in a group simultaneously improvising around the melodic and rhythmic patterns in a tune, rather than one musician improvising on its underlying harmonic pattern while the others play an accompaniment
- hectoliters — Plural form of hectoliter.
- helichrysum — any of the numerous composite plants of the genus Helichrysum, having alternate leaves and solitary or clustered flower heads, including the strawflower.
- helicopters — Plural form of helicopter.
- helicospore — a coiled cylindrical fungal spore.
- helioscopic — of or relating to observations of the sun
- heliostatic — an instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, for reflecting the sun's rays in a fixed direction.
- helispheric — spiral
- hellenistic — pertaining to Hellenists.
- helminthics — Plural form of helminthic.
- hemiacetals — Plural form of hemiacetal.
- hemistichal — of or relating to a hemistich
- heracleides — ?390–?322 bc, Greek astronomer and philosopher: the first to state that the earth rotates on its axis
- heuristical — Of or pertaining to heuristics.
- hexastichal — of or pertaining to a hexastich
- high places — (in ancient Semitic religions) a place of worship, usually a temple or altar on a hilltop.
- high school — a school attended after elementary school or junior high school and usually consisting of grades 9 or 10 through 12.
- highschools — Plural form of highschool.
- hills cloud — a hypothetical dense, disc-shaped area within the Oort cloud
- holluschick — a young male fur seal.
- holoblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing total cleavage, resulting in equal blastomeres.
- holocaustic — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- homoblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing no difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- homoplastic — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- hyperplasic — Relating to hyperplasia.
- hypoblastic — Of, or relating to the hypoblast.
- hypoplastic — Pathology. abnormal deficiency of cells or structural elements.
- ice flowers — formations of ice crystals on the surface of a still, slowly freezing body of water.
- iconoclasts — Plural form of iconoclast.
- iconophiles — a connoisseur of icons or images.
- icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
- ileocolitis — inflammation of the mucous membrane of the ileum and colon.
- ill effects — If something has ill effects, it causes problems or damage.
- illicitness — not legally permitted or authorized; unlicensed; unlawful.
- imprecisely — In an imprecise manner.
- in articles — formerly, undergoing training, according to the terms of a written contract, in the legal profession
- in close-up — If you see something in close-up, you see it in great detail in a photograph or piece of film which has been taken very near to the subject.
- in lockstep — When members of the armed forces march in lockstep, they march very close to each other.