11-letter words containing d, i, g, l
- fringillids — Plural form of fringillid.
- full-rigged — (of a sailing vessel) rigged as a ship; square-rigged on all of three or more masts.
- fundholding — (economics) The holding of a fund.
- galactoside — A glycoside yielding galactose on hydrolysis.
- galliardise — the state of being gay or merry
- gallic acid — a white or yellowish, crystalline, sparingly water-soluble solid, C 7 H 6 O 5 , obtained from nutgalls, used chiefly in tanning and in ink dyes.
- gallivanted — Simple past tense and past participle of gallivant.
- gallovidian — a native or inhabitant of Galloway
- ganglioside — any of a class of glycolipids, found chiefly in nerve ganglia, that upon hydrolysis yield sphingosine, neuraminic acid, a fatty acid, and a monosaccharide.
- gas welding — a method of welding in which a combination of gases, usually oxyacetylene, is used to provide a hot flame
- gelatinated — Simple past tense and past participle of gelatinate.
- gelatinized — Simple past tense and past participle of gelatinize.
- genderfluid — Not conforming to fixed gender roles.
- generalised — Alternative spelling of generalized.
- generalized — to infer (a general principle, trend, etc.) from particular facts, statistics, or the like.
- geniculated — Geniculate.
- germylidene — (chemistry) the germanium analogues of carbenes, R2Ge':'.
- ghirlandaio — (Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi) 1449–94, Italian painter.
- giant eland — a similar but larger animal, T. derbianus, living in wooded areas of central and W Africa
- gilded cage — a place where someone appears to live in luxury but where he or she has very little freedom
- gimlet-eyed — having penetrating and piercing eyes, and seeming to notice everything
- girdlestead — the waist
- girl friday — gal Friday.
- girlfriends — Plural form of girlfriend.
- glacierized — Modified by the action of glaciers.
- glamourized — Simple past tense and past participle of glamourize.
- glide plane — a symmetry element of a space group such that a reflection of the lattice with respect to the plane and a translation of the lattice parallel to the plane bring the lattice back to its original position.
- glide slope — the angle that the glidepath of an aircraft or spacecraft makes with the horizontal.
- glimepiride — A sulfonylurea antidiabetic drug.
- glochidiate — (botany) Having barbs.
- glossodynia — a condition characterized by a burning or tingling mouth region
- glottalized — pronounced with glottal coarticulation.
- glucosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyses glucosides.
- glucuronide — a glycoside that yields glucuronic acid upon hydrolysis.
- glycolipids — Plural form of glycolipid.
- glycosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside.
- go downhill — travel down a slope
- 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.
- god willing — if this is what God wishes
- godchildren — Plural form of godchild.
- godlikeness — The quality of being godlike.
- gold digger — a person who seeks or digs for gold in a gold field.
- gold fixing — the procedure by which the price of gold is established.
- gold mining — the act or process of mining gold.
- gold-digger — a person who seeks or digs for gold in a gold field.
- gold-filled — composed of a layer of gold backed with a base metal.
- gold-rimmed — Gold-rimmed glasses have gold-coloured frames.
- goldbeating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- goldbergian — Rube Goldberg.