11-letter words containing a, g, n, i, l
- glutaminase — an enzyme used to treat cancer
- glutathione — a crystalline, water-soluble peptide of glutamic acid, cysteine, and glycine, C 10 H 17 N 3 O 6 S, found in blood and in animal and plant tissues, and important in tissue oxidations and in the activation of some enzymes.
- glycerinate — to impregnate with glycerin.
- go flatline — [Cyberpunk SF, refers to flattening of EEG traces upon brain-death] also "flatlined". 1. To die, terminate, or fail, especially irreversibly. In hacker parlance, this is used of machines only, human death being considered somewhat too serious a matter to employ jargon-jokes about. 2. To go completely quiescent; said of machines undergoing controlled shutdown. "You can suffer file damage if you shut down Unix but power off before the system has gone flatline." 3. Of a video tube, to fail by losing vertical scan, so all one sees is a bright horizontal line bisecting the screen.
- go it alone — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- go-it-alone — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- goalkeeping — The art of a goalkeeper.
- goalkicking — the act of taking a goal kick
- goaltending — goalkeeping.
- goat island — an island in the Niagara River in W New York, in the middle of Niagara Falls, dividing the American Falls from the Horseshoe (Canadian) Falls.
- goldbeating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- goldbergian — Rube Goldberg.
- gonfalonier — the bearer of a gonfalon.
- gonimoblast — a spore-bearing filament in the carpogonium of red algae
- gracileness — The state or quality of being gracile.
- gradational — any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
- graian alps — a mountain range in France and Italy, in the W Alps. Highest peak, Gran Paradiso, 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
- graminology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of grasses
- granadillas — Plural form of granadilla.
- grand final — the final game of the season in any of various sports, esp football
- grandiflora — any of several plant varieties or hybrids characterized by large showy flowers, as certain kinds of petunias, baby's breath, or roses.
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- granitelike — Resembling granite.
- granolithic — (of concrete) containing fine granite chippings or crushed granite, used to render floors and surfaces.
- granularity — of the nature of granules; grainy.
- granulating — Present participle of granulate.
- granulation — the act or process of granulating.
- granuliform — having a granular structure
- gratulating — Present participle of gratulate.
- gratulation — a feeling of joy.
- greenlandic — a dialect of Inuit, spoken in Greenland.
- greenmailer — One who greenmails.
- grenadelike — Resembling a grenade (weapon).
- grimacingly — With a grimace.
- grindelwald — a valley and resort in central Switzerland, in the Bernese Oberland: mountaineering centre, with the Wetterhorn and the Eiger nearby
- groin-vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
- guildswoman — a woman who is a member of a guild
- guinea fowl — any of several African, gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Numidinae, especially a common species, Numida meleagris, that has a bony casque on the head and dark gray plumage spotted with white and that is now domesticated and raised for its flesh and eggs.
- gymnastical — Alternative form of gymnastic.
- gymnorhinal — (of a bird) having the nostrils exposed, not covered by feathers.
- haemoglobin — (protein) alternative spelling of hemoglobin.
- hairstyling — a person who designs and arranges hair styles.
- half gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward half-somersault, entering the water headfirst and facing the springboard.
- half-hoping — having or expressing some hope
- half-joking — something said or done to provoke laughter or cause amusement, as a witticism, a short and amusing anecdote, or a prankish act: He tells very funny jokes. She played a joke on him.
- hallmarking — Present participle of hallmark.
- halsingborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, opposite Helsingör.
- hand signal — indication made by hand
- handholding — the act of holding hands, especially as a sign or token of affection.
- handrailing — Handrail.