6-letter words containing a, l, g, i
- glinka — Mikhail Ivanovich [mi-kah-eel i-vah-nuh-vich;; Russian myi-khuh-yeel ee-vah-nuh-vyich] /mɪ kɑˈil ɪˈvɑ nə vɪtʃ;; Russian myɪ xʌˈyil iˈvɑ nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1803–57, Russian composer.
- glioma — a tumor of the brain composed of neuroglia.
- gloria — Liturgy. Gloria in Excelsis Deo. Gloria Patri. the response Gloria tibi, Domine, “Glory be to Thee, O Lord.”.
- goalie — a goalkeeper.
- golias — to behave outrageously
- grails — Plural form of grail.
- haling — to compel (someone) to go: to hale a man into court.
- iligan — a city in the Philippines, a port on the N coast of Mindanao. Pop: 306 000 (2005 est)
- jingal — a large musket fired from a rest, often mounted on a carriage: formerly used in India, China, etc.
- kigali — a republic in central Africa, E of the Democratic Republic of the Congo: formerly comprising the N part of the Belgian trust territory of Ruanda-Urundi; became independent 1962. 10,169 sq. mi. (26,338 sq. km). Capital: Kigali.
- lacing — a netlike ornamental fabric made of threads by hand or machine.
- lading — the act of lading.
- laggin — Usually, laggins. the staves at the bottom of a barrel, cask, or other hooped vessel.
- laking — Present participle of lake.
- laming — Present participle of lame.
- laogai — the system of forced-labor camps, prisons, etc., in China.
- lasing — the generation of coherent light by a laser.
- latigo — a leather strap on the saddletree of a Western saddle used to tighten and secure the cinch.
- laving — to wash; bathe.
- lawing — the principles and regulations established in a community by some authority and applicable to its people, whether in the form of legislation or of custom and policies recognized and enforced by judicial decision.
- laying — to put or place in a horizontal position or position of rest; set down: to lay a book on a desk.
- lazing — to idle or lounge lazily (often followed by around): I was too tired to do anything but laze around this weekend.
- leguia — Augusto Bernardino [ou-goos-taw ber-nahr-th ee-naw] /aʊˈgus tɔ ˌbɛr nɑrˈði nɔ/ (Show IPA), 1863–1932, president of Peru 1908–12, 1919–30.
- ligand — Biochemistry. a molecule, as an antibody, hormone, or drug, that binds to a receptor.
- ligans — lagan.
- ligase — any of a class of enzymes that catalyze the joining of two molecules by formation of a covalent bond accompanied by the hydrolysis of ATP.
- ligate — to bind with or as if with a ligature; tie up (a bleeding artery or the like).
- lignan — (organic chemistry) Any of a class of phenylpropanoid (propylbenzene) type of molecules found in essentially all plants, generally dimeric or higher order, and produced by secondary metabolic pathways branching off of aromatic amino acid biosynthesis, in some cases having associated antioxidant or estrogenic (phytoestrogenic) activities; having in common with lignin the phenylpropanoid monomers, where lignin is a random oxidative polymerization of the same.
- ligsam — Alternative form of ligan.
- ligula — Botany, Zoology. a tonguelike or strap-shaped part or organ.
- linage — the number of printed lines, especially agate lines covered by a magazine article, newspaper advertisement, etc.
- lingam — Sanskrit Grammar. the masculine gender.
- lingua — the tongue or a part like a tongue.
- lisgar — Sir John Young, 1807–76, Canadian political leader: governor general 1869–72.
- loggia — a gallery or arcade open to the air on at least one side.
- magilp — Alternative form of megilp.
- malign — to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
- milage — the aggregate number of miles traveled over in a given time.
- nilgai — a large, Indian antelope, Boselaphus tragocamelus, the male of which is bluish gray with small horns, the female tawny and hornless.
- ogival — Having the curved, pointed shape of an ogive.
- oilgas — a gaseous mixture of hydrocarbons used as a fuel, obtained by the destructive distillation of mineral oils
- paglia — Camille. born 1947, US writer and academic, noted for provocative cultural studies such as Sexual Personae (1990) and Vamps and Tramps (1995)
- paling — a stake or picket, as of a fence.
- plagi- — plagio-
- puglia — Italian name of Apulia.
- salugi — a gamelike prank in which a youth grabs something belonging to another and throws it to a third, preventing the owner from retrieving it as it is tossed back and forth.
- sangli — a city in S Maharashtra, in SW India, on the Krishna River.
- signal — anything that serves to indicate, warn, direct, command, or the like, as a light, a gesture, an act, etc.: a traffic signal; a signal to leave.
- silage — fodder preserved through fermentation in a silo; ensilage.
- taigle — to entangle, impede, or delay