13-letter words containing o, i, r, e, a, c
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- ge-pano-carib — a linguistic phylum comprising a large number of aboriginal languages with scattered distribution in South America east of the Andes.
- geometrically — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
- geometricians — Plural form of geometrician.
- gerontocratic — government by a council of elders.
- gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
- good riddance — the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
- great calorie — calorie (sense 2)
- great council — (in Norman England) an assembly composed of the king's tenants in chief that served as the principal council of the realm and replaced the witenagemot.
- great society — the goal of the Democratic Party under the leadership of President Lyndon B. Johnson, chiefly to enact domestic programs to improve education, provide medical care for the aged, and eliminate poverty.
- greater ionic — Architecture. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders that in ancient Greece consisted of a fluted column with a molded base and a capital composed of four volutes, usually parallel to the architrave with a pulvinus connecting a pair on each side of the column, and an entablature typically consisting of an architrave of three fascias, a richly ornamented frieze, and a cornice corbeled out on egg-and-dart and dentil moldings, with the frieze sometimes omitted. Roman and Renaissance examples are often more elaborate, and usually set the volutes of the capitals at 45° to the architrave. Compare composite (def 3), Corinthian (def 2), Doric (def 3), Tuscan (def 2).
- gynecocracies — Plural form of gynecocracy.
- hair follicle — a small cavity in the epidermis and corium of the skin, from which a hair develops.
- halobacterium — Any of various extremophiles, of genus Halobacterium, found in water saturated or nearly saturated with salt.
- harmonic mean — the mean obtained by taking the reciprocal of the arithmetic mean of the reciprocals of a set of nonzero numbers.
- harmonic tone — a tone produced by suppressing the fundamental tone and bringing into prominence one of its overtones.
- heliotropical — heliotropic
- hemichordates — Plural form of hemichordate.
- heortological — of or relating to heortology
- hero sandwich — a large sandwich, usually consisting of a small loaf of bread or long roll cut in half lengthwise and containing a variety of ingredients, as meat, cheese, lettuce, and tomatoes.
- heroic stanza — elegiac stanza.
- heroin addict — sb dependent on heroin
- heteroblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing a marked difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- heterogametic — (of a species or individual organism) having two unlike gametes.
- heterographic — Misspelled; of or pertaining to an incorrect spelling or a spelling that differs from accepted standards.
- heterological — (grammar) Of an adjective, not describing itself.
- heteroplastic — the repair of lesions with tissue from another individual or species.
- heterothallic — having mycelia of two unlike types, both of which must participate in the sexual process. Compare homothallic (def 1).
- hieracosphinx — (in ancient Egyptian art) a hawk-headed sphinx
- hospital care — medical treatment provided in a hospital
- hydroaerobics — aerobic exercises performed in water, as in a swimming pool.
- hydrocephalic — of or relating to hydrocephalus.
- hygrometrical — Alternative form of hygrometric.
- hypercautious — Especially or unreasonably cautious.
- hypercyanotic — blueness or lividness of the skin, as from imperfectly oxygenated blood.
- hyperromantic — extremely or excessively romantic
- hypersarcosis — a fleshy outgrowth
- hypsometrical — Of or pertaining to hypsometry.
- hyracotherium — eohippus.
- iatrochemical — relating to iatrochemistry or iatrochemists
- iconographies — Plural form of iconography.
- ideogrammatic — Of or pertaining to ideograms.
- ideographical — Alternative form of ideographic.
- ides of march — 15th March: ominous date
- in-observance — lack of attention; inattention; heedlessness: drowsy inobservance.
- incarceration — the act of incarcerating, or putting in prison or another enclosure: The incarceration rate has increased dramatically.