11-letter words containing a, g, m, l
- grimacingly — With a grimace.
- grimm's law — the statement of the regular pattern of consonant correspondences presumed to represent changes from Proto-Indo-European to Germanic, according to which voiced aspirated stops became voiced obstruents, voiced unaspirated stops became unvoiced stops, and unvoiced stops became unvoiced fricatives: first formulated in 1820–22 by Jakob Grimm, though the facts had been noted earlier by Rasmus Rask.
- guildswoman — a woman who is a member of a guild
- gulf stream — a warm ocean current flowing N from the Gulf of Mexico, along the E coast of the U.S., to an area off the SE coast of Newfoundland, where it becomes the western terminus of the North Atlantic Current.
- gum elastic — rubber1 (def 1).
- gutturalism — The quality of being guttural.
- gymnastical — Alternative form of gymnastic.
- gymnorhinal — (of a bird) having the nostrils exposed, not covered by feathers.
- haematology — (medicine) The scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs.
- haemoglobin — (protein) alternative spelling of hemoglobin.
- hallmarking — Present participle of hallmark.
- hegelianism — the philosophy of Hegel and his followers, characterized by the use of the Hegelian dialectic.
- hegemonical — having hegemony, or dominance: the ruling party's hegemonic control of all facets of society.
- hellgramite — The aquatic larval form of the dobsonfly, having a segmented body with legs on each segment, and a head with prominent pincers, prized as fish bait.
- hematologic — Of or relating to hematology.
- high fulham — a die loaded at one corner either to favor a throw of 4, 5, or 6 (high fulham) or to favor a throw of 1, 2, or 3 (low fulham)
- homolignane — (organic chemistry) Any compound derived from a lignane by adding extra carbon atoms in a ring or sidechain.
- homologated — Simple past tense and past participle of homologate.
- homological — homologous.
- hooliganism — a ruffian or hoodlum.
- humbuggable — capable of being humbugged
- humiliating — lowering the pride, self-respect, or dignity of a person; mortifying: Such a humiliating defeat was good for his overblown ego.
- imaginarily — existing only in the imagination or fancy; not real; fancied: an imaginary illness; the imaginary animals in the stories of Dr. Seuss.
- immitigable — unable to be mitigated; not to be mitigated.
- immitigably — In an immitigable manner.
- impanelling — Present participle of impanel.
- implicating — Present participle of implicate.
- impregnable — susceptible to impregnation, as an egg.
- impregnably — In an impregnable manner; in a manner to defy attack.
- integralism — the belief that one's religious convictions should dictate one's political and social actions.
- judgemental — involving the use or exercise of judgment.
- kalsomining — to wash or cover with calcimine.
- kilometrage — The total distance, in kilometres, travelled.
- king salmon — chinook salmon.
- la camargue — a delta region in S France, between the channels of the Grand and Petit Rhône: cattle, esp bulls for the Spanish bullrings, and horses are reared
- lagomorphic — Shaped like a hare.
- lamb of god — Christ.
- lamb's lugs — a perennial herb, Stachys lanata, planted for its foliage, which is covered with white woolly down; the purplish or striped flowers are small
- lamentingly — to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
- lammergeier — the largest Eurasian bird of prey, Gypaëtus barbatus, ranging in the mountains from southern Europe to China, having a wingspread of 9 to 10 feet (2.7 to 3 meters) and black feathers hanging from below the bill like a mustache.
- lammergeyer — Alternative form of lammergeier.
- lamotrigine — An anticonvulsant drug used in the treatment of epilepsy.
- lamplighter — a person employed to light and extinguish street lamps, especially those burning gas.
- lampshading — The practice of decorating lampshades.
- lampworking — the method or process of producing articles made of glass tubes or rods formed or shaped while softened by the flame of a lamp or blast lamp.
- lan manager — (operating system) Microsoft's OS/2-based network operating system. Developed in conjunction with 3Com, Lan Manager runs as a task under OS/2. Because of this, a file server may concurrently be used for other tasks, such as database services. It offers good mulitasking.
- laryngismus — Laryngospasm.
- laryngotomy — incision of the larynx.
- leading man — an actor who plays the principal male role in a motion picture or play.
- ledger beam — a reinforced-concrete beam having projecting ledges for receiving the ends of joists or the like.