13-letter words containing l, o, r, g, n
- forge welding — the welding of pieces of hot metal with pressure or blows.
- forgetfulness — apt to forget; that forgets: a forgetful person.
- formularising — Present participle of formularise.
- formularizing — Present participle of formularize.
- fortnightlies — Plural form of fortnightly.
- fossil energy — heat energy released by burning fossil fuel
- four-wheeling — traveling in a vehicle using four-wheel drive.
- free-floating — (of an emotional state) lacking an apparent cause, focus, or object; generalized: free-floating hostility.
- fringilliform — resembling a finch
- front-loading — Also, front-loaded. front-loading (def 1).
- frontal gyrus — any of several convolutions on the outer surface of the frontal lobe of the cerebrum.
- gallo-romance — the vernacular language, a development from Latin, spoken in France from about a.d. 600 to 900. Abbreviation: Gallo-Rom.
- galvanometers — Plural form of galvanometer.
- galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
- garrison life — the life of troops who maintain and guard a military base or fortified place
- garrulousness — Garrulity.
- gastronomical — the art or science of good eating.
- gazillionaire — An extremely rich person.
- geminiflorous — having flowers arranged in pairs.
- general costs — the general expenses of running a business
- general court — the state legislature of Massachusetts or New Hampshire.
- general order — any one of a set of permanent orders from a headquarters establishing policy for a command or announcing official acts.
- 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
- generalissimo — the supreme commander of the armed forces.
- 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
- gentle-person — a person of good family and position; gentleman or lady.
- geochronology — the chronology of the earth, as based on both absolute and relative methods of age determination.
- gerodontology — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
- gerontologist — the branch of science that deals with aging and the problems of aged persons.
- gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
- gilmore, john — John Gilmore
- giulio romano — (Giulio Pippi de' Giannuzzi) 1492?–1546, Italian painter and architect.
- glamorisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- glamorization — to make glamorous.
- globetrotting — to travel throughout the world, especially regularly or frequently.
- glorification — a glorified or more splendid form of something.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
- 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.
- golden number — a number between 1 and 19, used to indicate the position of any year in the Metonic cycle, calculated as the remainder when 1 is added to the given year and the sum is divided by 19. If the remainder is zero the number is 19
- golden oriole — an Old World oriole, Oriolus oriolus, the male of which is bright yellow with black wings.
- golden plover — either of two plovers of the genus Pluvialis, having the back marked with golden-yellow spots, P. apricaria, of Europe, or P. dominica, of America.
- golden remedy — a very successful way of dealing with a problem
- golden shiner — a small, silvery freshwater minnow, Notemigonus crysoleucas, native to eastern North America and introduced into western North America: often used as live bait in sport fishing.
- golden shower — a tree, Cassia fistula, of the legume family, native to India, having long, drooping clusters of yellow flowers.
- goldie's fern — a wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana, of northeastern North America, having large, golden-green, leathery fronds with blades that tilt backward.
- goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.