11-letter words containing d, i, s, l
- galliardise — the state of being gay or merry
- 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
- generalised — Alternative spelling of generalized.
- girdlestead — the waist
- girlfriends — Plural form of girlfriend.
- glide slope — the angle that the glidepath of an aircraft or spacecraft makes with the horizontal.
- glossodynia — a condition characterized by a burning or tingling mouth region
- glucosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyses glucosides.
- glycolipids — Plural form of glycolipid.
- glycosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside.
- 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.
- godlikeness — The quality of being godlike.
- goldfinches — Plural form of goldfinch.
- goldschmidt — Richard Benedikt. 1878–1958, US geneticist, born in Germany. He advanced the theory that heredity is determined by the chemical configuration of the chromosome molecule rather than by the qualities of the individual genes
- gospel side — (in some Protestant churches) the left side of a church, facing the altar.
- granadillas — Plural form of granadilla.
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- groundlings — Plural form of groundling.
- groundsills — Plural form of groundsill.
- guildswoman — a woman who is a member of a guild
- halberdiers — Plural form of halberdier.
- hamfistedly — Alternative spelling of ham-fistedly.
- hand signal — indication made by hand
- handselling — The practice of promoting books by personal recommendation rather than by publisher-sponsored marketing.
- harmolodics — the technique of each musician in a group simultaneously improvising around the melodic and rhythmic patterns in a tune, rather than one musician improvising on its underlying harmonic pattern while the others play an accompaniment
- hawser-laid — cablelaid (def 1).
- heat island — an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.
- heat shield — a coating or structure that surrounds part of the nose cone or other vulnerable surfaces of a spacecraft and, by heat absorption or ablation, protects them from excessive heating during reentry.
- heat-island — an urban area having higher average temperature than its rural surroundings owing to the greater absorption, retention, and generation of heat by its buildings, pavements, and human activities.
- heracleides — ?390–?322 bc, Greek astronomer and philosopher: the first to state that the earth rotates on its axis
- highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
- hills cloud — a hypothetical dense, disc-shaped area within the Oort cloud
- hinderlands — the buttocks
- hinderlings — the buttocks or bottom
- hinshelwood — Sir Cyril Norman, 1897–1967, English chemist: Nobel Prize 1956.
- hinterlands — Plural form of hinterland.
- hispidulous — covered with stiff, short hairs.
- hollandaise — The hollandaise sauce.
- holy island — Also called Lindisfarne. an island off the E coast of Northumberland, England. 3 miles (4.8 km) long.
- hostile bid — A hostile takeover bid is one that is opposed by the company that is being bid for.
- husbandlike — resembling a husband
- hydrologist — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- icosahedral — Of, relating to, or having the shape of an icosahedron.
- ida b wells — Henry, 1805–78, U.S. businessman: pioneered in banking, stagecoach services, and express shipping.
- idaho falls — a city in E Idaho.
- ideologists — Plural form of ideologist.
- idioglossia — a private form of speech invented by one child or by children who are in close contact, as twins.
- idler shaft — a shaft carrying one or more gearwheels that idles between a driver shaft and a driven shaft, usually to reverse the direction of rotation or provide different spacing of gearwheels, esp in a gearbox
- idolisation — Alternative spelling of idolization.