13-letter words containing l, y, c, a
- factory floor — The factory floor refers to the workers in a factory, as opposed to the managers. It can also refer to the area where they work.
- facultatively — In a facultative manner.
- faculty board — the governing body of a faculty
- false economy — an attempt to save money which actually leads to greater expense
- family circle — the closely related members of a family as a group.
- family credit — (formerly, in Britain) a means-tested allowance paid to low-earning families with one or more dependent children and one or both parents in work: replaced by Working Families' Tax Credit in 1999
- family doctor — a general practitioner.
- fantastically — conceived or appearing as if conceived by an unrestrained imagination; odd and remarkable; bizarre; grotesque: fantastic rock formations; fantastic designs.
- fascinatingly — of great interest or attraction; enchanting; charming; captivating: a fascinating story; fascinating jewelry.
- fascistically — In a fascistic way.
- fatty alcohol — any of several long-chain alcohols from animals or plants, analogous to the fatty acids, used in pharmaceuticals, cosmetics, detergents, plastics, etc.
- faunistically — in a faunistic manner
- floristically — In a floristic manner.
- flying boxcar — a large airplane designed to carry cargo.
- flying saucer — any of various disk-shaped objects allegedly seen flying at high speeds and altitudes, often with extreme changes in speed and direction, and thought by some to be manned by intelligent beings from outer space.
- flying tackle — a tackle made by hurling one's body through the air at the player carrying the ball.
- formulaically — made according to a formula; composed of formulas: a formulaic plot.
- functionality — of or relating to a function or functions: functional difficulties in the administration.
- galactic year — the duration of a complete rotation of the Milky Way, approximately 200 million years.
- genotypically — With reference to a genotype.
- 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.
- gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
- glove factory — a factory where gloves are made
- glyceric acid — a colorless, syrupy liquid, C 3 H 6 O 4 , obtained by oxidizing glycerol.
- glycolic acid — a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble powder, C 2 H 4 O 3 , that is a major substrate for photorespiration in plants: used chiefly for textile printing and dyeing and in pesticides.
- glyconic acid — gluconic acid.
- 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.
- 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).
- grammatically — of or relating to grammar: grammatical analysis.
- grand larceny — larceny in which the value of the goods taken is above a certain legally specified amount.
- graphemically — In terms of or by means of graphemes.
- gravity clock — a clock driven by its own weight as it descends a rack, cord, incline, etc.
- gravity scale — a scale giving the relative density of fluids
- guanylic acid — GMP.
- gymnastically — In a gymnastic manner.
- gynaecologist — (UK, Canada, dated in US) A physician who specialises in diseases of the female reproductive system.
- gynecological — the branch of medical science that deals with the health maintenance and diseases of women, especially of the reproductive organs. Abbreviation: GYN, gyn.
- hallucinatory — pertaining to or characterized by hallucination: hallucinatory visions.
- haskell curry — (person) Haskell Brooks Curry (1900-09-12 - 1982-09-01). The logician who re-invented and developed combinatory logic. The functional programming language Haskell was named after him.
- heavenly city — the abode of God and His saints; heaven. Rev. 21:2.
- hemocytoblast — a primordial cell capable of developing into any type of blood cell.
- hemolymphatic — a fluid in the body cavities and tissues of invertebrates, in arthropods functioning as blood and in some other invertebrates functioning as lymph.
- heptasyllabic — having seven syllables
- heuristically — serving to indicate or point out; stimulating interest as a means of furthering investigation.
- hexadactylism — Sexdactyly.
- hexadactylous — hexadactylic
- hockey player — sportsperson: plays hockey
- holy alliance — a league formed by the principal sovereigns of Europe in 1815 with the professed object of promoting Christian brotherhood but the practical object of repressing democratic revolutions and institutions. The English and Turkish rulers and Pope Pius VII did not join the league.