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11-letter words containing s, c, o, g

  • gametocytes — Plural form of gametocyte.
  • gamma stock — any of the third rank of active securities on the London Stock Exchange. Prices displayed by market makers are given as an indication rather than an offer to buy or sell
  • gas vacuole — a gas-filled structure that provides buoyancy in some aquatic bacteria
  • gasconading — extravagant boasting; boastful talk.
  • gastrectomy — partial or total excision of the stomach.
  • gastrocolic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and colon.
  • gastromancy — a form of divination by interpreting words and sounds seeming to come from the stomach
  • gastronomic — the art or science of good eating.
  • gastroscope — a lighted flexible tubular instrument passed through the mouth for examining the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.
  • gastroscopy — the examination with a gastroscope to detect disease.
  • gastrotrich — any of the microscopic, multicellular animals of the class or phylum Gastrotricha, of fresh or salt waters, characterized by bands of cilia on the ventral surface of the bottle-shaped or ribbony body and by a protrusible feeding apparatus at the mouth.
  • gazingstock — (archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at (or gazed at) by many people.
  • genius loci — the guardian spirit of a place.
  • geocentrism — A belief that Earth is the center of the universe and does not move.
  • geodynamics — (used with a singular verb) the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
  • geophysical — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
  • geopolitics — the study or the application of the influence of political and economic geography on the politics, national power, foreign policy, etc., of a state.
  • geosciences — Plural form of geoscience.
  • geostrophic — of or relating to the balance between the Coriolis force and the horizontal pressure force in the atmosphere.
  • geosyncline — a portion of the earth's crust subjected to downward warping during a large span of geologic time; a geosynclinal fold.
  • geotechnics — the application of science in order to utilize the earth's natural resources in engineering projects
  • gerodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
  • ghost dance — a ritual dance intended to establish communion with the dead, especially such a dance as performed by various messianic western American Indian cults in the late 19th century.
  • ghostscript — (graphics, tool)   The GNU interpreter for PostScript and PDF, with previewers for serval systems and many fonts. Ghostscript was originally written by L. Peter Deutsch <[email protected]> of Aladdin Enterprises. The first public release was v1.0 on 1988-08-11.
  • glaciations — Plural form of glaciation.
  • glass block — a translucent, hollow or solid block of glass for glazing openings or constructing partitions, usually square on the face, with the outer surfaces treated in any of various ways.
  • glossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of all or part of the tongue.
  • glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
  • glucosamine — an aminosugar occurring in many polysaccharides of vertebrate tissue and also as the major component of chitin.
  • glucosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyses glucosides.
  • glycogenous — of or relating to the formation of sugar in the liver.
  • glycolipids — Plural form of glycolipid.
  • glycosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside.
  • glycosylate — (organic chemistry) To react with a sugar to form a glycoside (especially a glycoprotein).
  • goal crease — crease1 (def 4).
  • goal scorer — somebody who scores goals
  • goalscorers — Plural form of goalscorer.
  • goat cheese — a cheese containing goat's milk, either alone or mixed with cow's milk, usually having a stronger flavor than one made of cow's milk alone.
  • goatsuckers — Plural form of goatsucker.
  • gob-smacked — utterly astounded; astonished.
  • gobsmacking — Causing one to be gobsmacked; astounding, flabbergasting.
  • goldfinches — Plural form of goldfinch.
  • goldschmidt — Richard Benedikt. 1878–1958, US geneticist, born in Germany. He advanced the theory that heredity is determined by the chemical configuration of the chromosome molecule rather than by the qualities of the individual genes
  • golf course — the ground or course over which golf is played. A standard full-scale golf course has 125 to 175 acres (51 to 71 hectares), usually with 18 holes varying from 100 to 650 yards (91 to 594 meters) in length from tee to cup.
  • gonochorism — (biology) The situation in which the individuals of a species are of one of two distinct sexes, and retain that sexuality throughout their lives.
  • gonycampsis — abnormal curvature of the knee.
  • good graces — If you are in someone's good graces, they are pleased with you.
  • goose creek — a town in SE South Carolina.
  • gopherspace — (networking)   The sum of all files that can be reached using gopher.
  • grain coast — a historic region on the Gulf of Guinea, in W Africa, in present-day Liberia.
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