11-letter words containing a, i, l, u
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- gum elastic — rubber1 (def 1).
- gustatorily — in a gustatory manner
- gutturalism — The quality of being guttural.
- gutturalize — to speak or pronounce (something) in a guttural manner.
- haemolutein — (obsolete) bilirubin.
- hair colour — the colour or shade of someone's hair
- hair-curler — a cylindrical device, usually electronic and heated, used to curl the hair
- half-buried — to put in the ground and cover with earth: The pirates buried the chest on the island.
- half-minute — 30 seconds
- half-ruined — ruins, the remains of a building, city, etc., that has been destroyed or that is in disrepair or a state of decay: We visited the ruins of ancient Greece.
- hallucinant — a person who experiences hallucinations
- hallucinate — to have hallucinations.
- hard liquor — spirits, alcoholic drink
- haute-loire — a department in central France. 1931 sq. mi. (5000 sq. km). Capital: Le Puy.
- heuristical — Of or pertaining to heuristics.
- hibernacula — Plural form of hibernaculum.
- hierurgical — of or relating to sacred rites
- 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)
- highfalutin — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- hilariously — arousing great merriment; extremely funny: a hilarious story; a hilarious old movie.
- holocaustic — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- holothurian — any echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea, comprising the sea cucumbers.
- huitlacoche — Corn smut prepared as a delicacy.
- humiliating — lowering the pride, self-respect, or dignity of a person; mortifying: Such a humiliating defeat was good for his overblown ego.
- humiliation — an act or instance of humiliating or being humiliated.
- humiliative — to cause (a person) a painful loss of pride, self-respect, or dignity; mortify.
- husbandlike — resembling a husband
- ibn khaldun — Abd-al-Rahman [ahb-dahl-rah-mahn] /ɑb dɑlˈrɑ mɑn/ (Show IPA), 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher.
- ibn-khaldun — 1332–1406, Arab historian and philosopher. His Kitab al-`ibar (Book of Examples) is a history of Islam
- ill-natured — having or showing an unkindly or unpleasant disposition.
- illaqueable — capable of being ensnared
- illiquation — the melting of one thing into another
- illuminable — capable of being illuminated.
- illuminance — illumination (def 6).
- illuminants — Plural form of illuminant.
- illuminated — to supply or brighten with light; light up.
- illuminates — to supply or brighten with light; light up.
- illuminator — a person or thing that illuminates.
- illusionary — of, relating to, or characterized by illusions; deceptive; misleading.