14-letter words containing t, a, l, g
- galactopoiesis — increasing the secretion of milk.
- galactopoietic — increasing the secretion of milk.
- galeopithecine — of, relating to, or resembling the flying lemur (Galeopithecus)
- galeopithecoid — of or resembling a flying lemur
- gallatin range — a mountain range in NW Wyoming and SW Montana. High point, Electric Peak, 10,992 feet (3350 meters).
- gallery forest — a narrow strip of woods or forest along the banks of a watercourse flowing through open country.
- galley kitchen — a household kitchen designed with kitchen units on both sides and no kitchen table
- gallinas point — a cape in NE Colombia: the northernmost point of South America
- galvanizations — Plural form of galvanization.
- galvanocautery — a cautery heated by a galvanic current.
- galvanoplastic — pertaining to reproduction by electrotypy.
- galvanotherapy — treatment employing electric current.
- galvanotropism — the directional growth of an organism, esp a plant, in response to an electrical stimulus
- galveston plan — commission plan.
- gambling debts — debts acquired as a result of money spent gambling
- ganglionectomy — the excision of a ganglion.
- garlic mustard — a plant, Alliaria petiolata, of N temperate regions, with small white flowers and an odour of garlic: family Brassicaceae (crucifers)
- gastric lavage — the washing out of the stomach; lavage.
- gastroduodenal — of or relating to the stomach and the duodenum
- gastrovascular — serving for digestion and circulation, as a cavity.
- gate-leg table — a table having drop leaves supported by gate legs.
- gavel-to-gavel — from the opening to the closing of a formal session or series of sessions: gavel-to-gavel television coverage of the Congressional hearing.
- gay liberation — a political and social movement to combat legal and social discrimination against homosexuals.
- gelatification — the process of gelatinizing.
- gelatiniferous — Yielding gelatine on boiling with water; capable of gelatination.
- gelatinisation — Alternative spelling of gelatinization.
- gelatinization — to make gelatinous.
- gender-neutral — noting or relating to a word or phrase that does not refer to one gender only: Firefighter and flight attendant are gender-neutral terms.
- general strike — a mass strike in all or many trades and industries in a section or in all parts of a country.
- generalisation — The formulation of general concepts from specific instances by abstracting common properties.
- generalization — the act or process of generalizing.
- generationally — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
- genethliacally — from a genethliac point of view
- genethlialogic — relating to the science of casting horoscopes
- genital herpes — a sexually transmitted disease caused by herpes simplex virus type 2, characterized primarily by transient blisters on and around the genitals.
- gentian family — the plant family Gentianaceae, typified by herbaceous plants having simple opposite leaves, usually blue flowers with five united petals, and fruit in the form of a capsule, and including the closed gentian, fringed gentian, centaury, exacum, and marsh pink.
- gentian violet — a dye derived from rosaniline, used in chemistry as an indicator and in medicine as a fungicide, bactericide, anthelmintic, and in the treatment of burns.
- geocentrically — In a geocentric manner.
- geognostically — with reference to a knowledge of the structure of the earth
- geopolitically — According to geopolitics.
- george calvert — Charles (3rd Baron Baltimore) 1637–1715, English colonial administrator in America: governor (1661–75) and proprietor (1675–89) of Maryland (grandson of George Calvert).
- gerontological — Of or pertaining to gerontology.
- gesticulations — Plural form of gesticulation.
- ghetto blaster — a large, powerful portable radio, especially as carried and played by a pedestrian or used outdoors in an urban area.
- giant puffball — a puffball, Calvatia gigantea, that is the largest of its kind, known to have grown to more than 5 feet (1.6 meters) in circumference.
- gilbert patten — Gilbert ("Burt L. Standish") 1866–1945, U.S. writer of adventure stories.
- glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- glamourization — Alternative form of glamorization.
- glans-clitoris — the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- glauber's salt — the decahydrate form of sodium sulfate, a colorless, crystalline, water-soluble solid, Na 2 SO 4 ·10H 2 O, used chiefly in textile dyeing and as a cathartic.