13-letter words containing n, e, c, s
- franchisement — a privilege of a public nature conferred on an individual, group, or company by a government: a franchise to operate a bus system.
- french pastry — fine, rich, or fancy dessert pastry, especially made from puff paste and filled with cream or fruit preparations.
- french polish — French polish is a type of varnish which is painted onto wood so that the wood has a hard shiny surface.
- french system — a method of spinning in which fibers of extremely short-staple wool are not twisted before being spun.
- french-polish — to finish or treat (a piece of furniture) with French polish.
- frontispieces — Plural form of frontispiece.
- frumentaceous — of the nature of or resembling wheat or other grain.
- fugaciousness — (obsolete) fugacity.
- full sentence — any sentence the form of which exemplifies the most frequently used structural pattern of a particular language, as, in English, any sentence that contains a subject and a predicate; a sentence from which elliptical sentences may be derived by grammatical transformations.
- functionalise — to make functional.
- functionaries — Plural form of functionary.
- furaciousness — the quality of being furacious or thievish
- galactosamine — an amino sugar that is a major component of glycolipids and chondroitin.
- games console — Also called game(s) console, gaming console, video-game console. a computer system specially made for playing video games by connecting it to a television or other display for video and sound.
- gangster chic — a cinematic or literary genre which seeks to glamorize the criminal underworld
- gap insurance — GAP insurance pays the difference between what someone owes on their car loan and the actual cash value of the vehicle in the event that it is stolen or damaged.
- gastrocnemius — the largest muscle in the calf of the leg, the action of which extends the foot, raises the heel, and assists in bending the knee.
- gastroenteric — Gastrointestinal.
- gastrokinetic — (pharmacology, of a drug) Serving to increase motility of the gastrointestinal tract.
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- gelsenkirchen — a city in W Germany, in the Ruhr valley.
- gene sequence — the arrangement of the nucleotides of a particular gene
- gene splicing — recombinant DNA technology.
- gene-splicing — recombinant DNA technology.
- general costs — the general expenses of running a business
- gentianaceous — belonging to the plant family Gentianaceae.
- gentisic acid — a crystalline, water-soluble compound, C 7 H 6 O 4 , used chiefly in the form of its sodium salt as an analgesic and diaphoretic.
- genuflections — Plural form of genuflection.
- geo-economics — the study or application of the influence of geography on domestic and international economics.
- geocentricism — the belief that the earth lies at the centre of the universe
- geodesic line — the shortest line lying on a given surface and connecting two given points.
- geometricians — Plural form of geometrician.
- geoscientific — relating to geoscience
- geriatricians — Plural form of geriatrician.
- gesticulating — Present participle of gesticulate.
- gesticulation — the act of gesticulating.
- glass ceiling — an upper limit to professional advancement that is imposed upon women, minorities, and other nondominant groups and is not readily perceived or openly acknowledged: It’s more difficult for women of color to break through the glass ceiling.
- glockenspiels — Plural form of glockenspiel.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
- gracelessness — The state of being graceless.
- grand duchess — the wife or widow of a grand duke.
- grease pencil — a pencil of pigment and compressed grease encased in a spiral paper strip that can be partially unwound to expose a new point and used especially for writing on glossy surfaces.
- greensickness — chlorosis (def 2).
- grossglockner — a mountain in S Austria: highest peak in the Hohe Tauern range. 12,457 feet (3799 meters).
- ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
- gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- gynaecologist — (UK, Canada, dated in US) A physician who specialises in diseases of the female reproductive system.
- gynaecomastia — abnormal overdevelopment of the breasts in a man
- gynecocracies — Plural form of gynecocracy.