10-letter words containing e, g, u
- genuflects — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of genuflect.
- geophilous — Zoology. terrestrial, as certain snails.
- gerundives — Plural form of gerundive.
- gesticular — pertaining to or characterized by gesticulation.
- gesturally — in a gestural manner
- gesundheit — Used to wish good health to a person who has just sneezed.
- get around — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get out of — extricate oneself from
- gettysburg — a borough in S Pennsylvania: Confederate forces defeated in a crucial battle of the Civil War fought near here on July 1–3, 1863; national cemetery and military park.
- ginger nut — a small, brittle cookie flavored with ginger and molasses.
- girl guide — (sometimes initial capital letters) a member of a British organization of girls (Girl Guides) founded in England by Lord Robert S. S. Baden-Powell and his sister Lady Agnes as a sister organization of the Girl Scouts.
- give guard — (of an umpire) to indicate such a position to a batsman
- give pause — a temporary stop or rest, especially in speech or action: a short pause after each stroke of the oar.
- give up on — abandon: sb
- glammed up — made to look more glamorous
- glamourise — to make glamorous.
- glamourize — to make glamorous.
- glanderous — Characteristic of, pertaining to, or afflicted by glanders.
- glandulose — Alternative form of glandulous.
- glasshouse — a glassworks.
- glauberite — a mineral, sodium calcium sulfate, Na 2 Ca(SO 4) 2 , often found as a deposit on the beds of salt lakes.
- glauconite — a greenish micaceous mineral consisting essentially of a hydrous silicate of potassium, aluminum, and iron and occurring in greensand, clays, etc.
- globulites — Plural form of globulite.
- glomerular — a compact cluster of capillaries.
- glomerules — Plural form of glomerule.
- glomerulus — a compact cluster of capillaries.
- gloucester — Duke of, Humphrey.
- glucogenic — the production of glucose by the decomposition of glycogen or from any nonglucose precursor.
- glucophore — a chemical group responsible for sweetness of taste
- glucosides — Plural form of glucoside.
- gluemakers — Plural form of gluemaker.
- glumaceous — glumelike; chaffy.
- glutamates — Plural form of glutamate.
- gluttonise — Alternative form of gluttonize.
- gluttonize — to eat like a glutton.
- go quietly — If someone does not go quietly, they do not leave a particular job or a place without complaining or resisting.
- goat's-rue — Also called catgut. a hairy American plant, Tephrosia virginiana, of the legume family, having yellow and pink flowers.
- goatsucker — nightjar (def 2).
- good usage — (in a language) standard, prescribed, or acceptable usage of words or phrases: Your sentence violates the rules of good usage.
- goosebumps — Plural form of goosebump.
- gorgeously — splendid or sumptuous in appearance, coloring, etc.; magnificent: a gorgeous gown; a gorgeous sunset.
- gorse bush — a gorse plant
- gothenburg — Göteborg.
- gouernment — Obsolete spelling of government.
- gourdiness — the state of being gourdy
- gracefully — characterized by elegance or beauty of form, manner, movement, or speech; elegant: a graceful dancer; a graceful reply.
- graecismus — (rhetoric, historical) Use of Greek words and examples.
- gramineous — grasslike.
- grand duke — the sovereign of a territory called a grand duchy, ranking next below a king.
- granduncle — an uncle of one's father or mother; a great-uncle.