15-letter words containing gl
- estuary english — a variety of standard British English in which the pronunciation reflects various features characteristic of London and the Southeast of England
- ethylene glycol — a colorless, viscous liquid, HOCH2CH2OH, used as an antifreeze, as a solvent, in resins, etc.
- feelinglessness — Lack of feeling or emotion.
- ferrihemoglobin — methemoglobin.
- get a wiggle on — to hurry up
- gladbach-rheydt — a former city in W Germany; now part of Mönchengladbach.
- glandular fever — infectious mononucleosis.
- glanville-hicks — Peggy, 1912–1990, U.S. composer and music critic, born in Australia.
- glass harmonica — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated, revolving glass bowls, the rims of which are moistened and set in vibration by friction from the fingertips.
- glass menagerie — a play (1945) by Tennessee Williams.
- glazier's point — a small, pointed piece of sheet metal, for holding a pane of glass in a sash until the putty has hardened.
- gleichschaltung — the enforcement of standardization and the elimination of all opposition within the political, economic, and cultural institutions of a state
- glen canyon dam — Adam Clayton, Jr. 1908–72, U.S. clergyman, politician, and civil-rights leader: congressman 1945–67, 1969–71.
- globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
- globe lightning — ball lightning.
- globus pallidus — anatomy: part of the brain
- glossographical — relating to glossography
- gloucester city — a city in W New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
- gloucestershire — a county in SW England. 1255 sq. mi. (2640 sq. km). County seat: Gloucester.
- glucocorticoids — Plural form of glucocorticoid.
- gluconeogenesis — glucose formation in animals from a noncarbohydrate source, as from proteins or fats.
- gluconeogenetic — Of or pertaining to gluconeogenesis.
- glucuronic acid — Biochemistry. an acid, C 6 H 10 O 7 , formed by the oxidation of glucose, found combined with other products of metabolism in the blood and urine.
- gluteus maximus — the broad, thick, outermost muscle of the buttocks, involved in the rotation and extension of the thigh.
- gluteus minimus — the innermost muscle of the buttocks, involved in the abduction and rotation of the thigh.
- glycaemic index — an index indicating the effects of various foods on blood sugar. Fast-releasing foods that raise blood sugar levels quickly are high on the index, while slow-releasing foods, at the bottom of the index, give a slow but sustained release of sugar
- glycogenic acid — gluconic acid.
- glyconeogenesis — gluconeogenesis.
- glycuronic acid — glucuronic acid.
- golden triangle — (sometimes lowercase) an area of Southeast Asia encompassing parts of Burma, Laos, and Thailand, significant as a major source of opium and heroin.
- haemagglutinate — to cause the clumping of red blood cells in (a blood sample)
- haemoglobinuria — the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- haemoglobinuric — relating to the presence of haemoglobin in the urine
- hanging glacier — a glacier situated on a shelf above a valley or another glacier; it may be joined to the lower level by an icefall or separate from it
- heartbreakingly — causing intense anguish or sorrow.
- hemiglossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of a portion of the tongue.
- hiberno-english — Also called Anglo-Irish. the English language as spoken in Ireland.
- hieroglyphology — the study of hieroglyphic writing.
- high-angle shot — a shot taken from a camera positioned above the action
- immunoglobulins — Plural form of immunoglobulin.
- interrogatingly — So as to interrogate; with urgent or bullying questioning.
- intertanglement — the state or condition of being intertangled
- intertwistingly — by intertwisting
- invisible glass — glass that has been curved to eliminate reflections.
- jingling johnny — crescent (def 6).
- juxtaglomerular — (anatomy) Near, or adjoining a renal glomerulus.
- laminated glass — Laminated glass is safety glass in which a transparent plastic film is placed between plates of glass.
- meaninglessness — without meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeless; insignificant: a meaningless reply; a meaningless existence.
- measuring glass — a graduated glass container used to measure quantities of liquid
- meibomian gland — any of the small sebaceous glands in the eyelid, beneath the conjunctiva