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13-letter words containing n, t, e, r

  • furniture van — a van designed to move the furniture of a house, office, etc, to another place
  • galvanometers — Plural form of galvanometer.
  • galvanometric — Of or pertaining to galvanometry.
  • gangster chic — a cinematic or literary genre which seeks to glamorize the criminal underworld
  • garden center — a store that sells gardening supplies, as seeds, plants, fertilizer, and tools.
  • garden centre — A garden centre is a large shop, usually with an outdoor area, where you can buy things for your garden such as plants and gardening tools.
  • garnetiferous — containing or yielding garnets.
  • garnisheement — the process of arresting a debtor's money or property from the hands of a third party
  • garret window — a skylight that lies along the slope of the roof
  • gartner group — (company)   One of the biggest IT industry research firms. Address: Connecticut, USA.
  • 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.
  • gene transfer — Biotechnology. the insertion of copies of a gene into living cells in order to induce synthesis of the gene's product: the desired gene may be microinjected directly into the cell or it may be inserted into the core of a virus by gene splicing and the virus allowed to infect the cell for replication of the gene in the cell's DNA.
  • general audit — an audit of all a company's accounts
  • general costs — the general expenses of running a business
  • general court — the state legislature of Massachusetts or New Hampshire.
  • general staff — a group of officers who are without command and whose duty is to assist high commanders in planning and carrying out orders in peace and war.
  • 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.
  • 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
  • generationism — the belief that some generations are superior to others
  • generic thunk — (programming)   A software mechanism that allows a 16-bit Windows application to load and call a Win32 DLL under Windows NT and Windows 95. See also flat thunk, universal thunk.
  • genetic drift — random changes in the frequency of alleles in a gene pool, usually of small populations.
  • genetotrophic — pertaining to nutrition and genetics
  • 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
  • genitourinary — of or relating to the genital and urinary organs; urogenital.
  • genre-busting — not conforming to established patterns, styles, etc
  • gentle breeze — a wind of 8–12 miles per hour (4–5 m/sec).
  • gentle-person — a person of good family and position; gentleman or lady.
  • geocentricism — the belief that the earth lies at the centre of the universe
  • geometricians — Plural form of geometrician.
  • george patton — Charley (Charlie Patton) 1881–1934, U.S. blues guitarist and singer.
  • geostationary — of or relating to a satellite traveling in an orbit 22,300 miles (35,900 km) above the earth's equator: at this altitude, the satellite's period of rotation, 24 hours, matches the earth's and the satellite always remains in the same spot over the earth: geostationary orbit.
  • geriatricians — Plural form of geriatrician.
  • germinability — the degree of ability of a seed to germinate or sprout.
  • gerodontology — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
  • gerontocratic — government by a council of elders.
  • gerontologist — the branch of science that deals with aging and the problems of aged persons.
  • gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
  • gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
  • get around to — When you get around to doing something that you have delayed doing or have been too busy to do, you finally do it.
  • ghiordes knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the parallel ends of looped yarn alternate with two threads of warp, producing an uneven pile effect.
  • giant ragweed — any of the composite plants of the genus Ambrosia, the airborne pollen of which is the most prevalent cause of autumnal hay fever, as the common North American species, A. trifida (great ragweed or giant ragweed) and A. artemisiifolia.
  • giant redwood — big tree.
  • gibson desert — a desert in W central Australia: scrub; salt marshes. About 85,000 sq. mi. (220,000 sq. km).
  • glittertinden — the highest peak in Norway, in the S central part. 8110 feet (2473 meters).
  • globetrotting — to travel throughout the world, especially regularly or frequently.
  • glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
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