14-letter words containing gla
- acute glaucoma — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
- adrenal glands — one of a pair of ductless glands, located above the kidneys, consisting of a cortex, which produces steroidal hormones, and a medulla, which produces epinephrine and norepinephrine.
- alpine glacier — a glacier that descends from a high valley
- antennal gland — green gland.
- carnival glass — a colorful iridescent pressed glassware popular in the U.S. in the early 20th century.
- coaching glass — a small drinking glass of the early 19th century having no foot.
- cocktail glass — a glass for serving cocktails, typically bell-shaped and having a foot and a stem.
- cowper's gland — either of two small glands with ducts opening into the male urethra: during sexual excitement they secrete a mucous substance
- creme anglaise — a custardlike cream sauce, often flavored with vanilla, served with fresh fruit, rich chocolate desserts, etc.
- cylinder glass — a sheet of glass formed originally in the shape of a cylinder and then divided lengthwise and flattened.
- double glazing — glazing consisting of two thicknesses of glass with a dead air space between them.
- dressing glass — a small, adjustable mirror designed to stand on a dressing table.
- ductless gland — endocrine gland.
- exocrine gland — any gland, such as a salivary or sweat gland, that secretes its products through a duct onto an epithelial surface
- glacial period — Also called glacial period, ice age. the geologically recent Pleistocene Epoch, during which much of the Northern Hemisphere was covered by great ice sheets.
- glamourisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
- glamourization — Alternative form of glamorization.
- glancing angle — the angle between a ray incident on a plane surface and the surface, as of a beam of electrons incident on a crystal; the complement of the angle of incidence.
- glanduliferous — having glands or glandules
- 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.
- granny glasses — round spectacles
- jacobite glass — an English drinking glass of the late 17th or early 18th century, engraved with Jacobite mottoes and symbols.
- jardin anglais — a landscape garden having winding paths and irregular planting.
- lacrimal gland — either of two tear-secreting glands situated in the upper outer angle of the orbit.
- lymphoglandula — (anatomy) An alternative name for a lymph node.
- marrons glaces — chestnuts cooked in syrup and glazed
- metallic glass — glassy alloy.
- middle england — Journalists use Middle England to refer to middle class people in England who are believed not to like change.
- murrhine glass — glassware believed to resemble the murrhine cups of ancient Rome.
- pebble glasses — spectacles with round thick lenses with a high degree of magnification
- perineal gland — one of a pair of glands that are situated near the anus in some mammals and secrete an odorous substance
- prostate gland — an organ that surrounds the urethra of males at the base of the bladder, comprising a muscular portion, which controls the release of urine, and a glandular portion, which secretes an alkaline fluid that makes up part of the semen and enhances the motility and fertility of sperm.
- reducing glass — a lens or mirror that produces a virtual image of an object smaller than the object itself.
- salivary gland — any of several glands, as the submaxillary glands, that secrete saliva.
- sandwich glass — any of various forms of glassware manufactured at Sandwich, Mass., from 1825 to c1890.
- spangled glass — an American art glass having flakes of mica in a layer of clear glass flashed with colored glass.
- the everglades — a subtropical marshy region of Florida, south of Lake Okeechobee: contains the Everglades National Park established to preserve the flora and fauna of the swamps. Area: over 13 000 sq km (5000 sq miles)
- threaded glass — glass decorated with a pattern produced by variegated glass filaments.
- triple glazing — three layers of glass in windows or doors
- ultraglamorous — extremely glamorous
- venetian glass — ornamental glassware of the type made at Venice, especially that from the island of Murano.
- volcanic glass — a natural glass produced when molten lava cools very rapidly; obsidian.
- weatherglasses — Plural form of weatherglass.
- west glamorgan — a county in S Wales. 315 sq. mi. (815 sq. km).
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