11-letter words containing e, l, i, g
- gorillalike — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a gorilla.
- gospel side — (in some Protestant churches) the left side of a church, facing the altar.
- gracileness — The state or quality of being gracile.
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- granitelike — Resembling granite.
- graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
- gratifiable — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
- graveldiver — any of several eellike fishes of the family Scytalinidae, found off the Pacific coast of North America, especially Scytalina cerdale, which burrows among rocks.
- green light — traffic signal: go
- green-light — to give permission to proceed; authorize: The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors.
- greeneville — a city in E Tennessee.
- greenlandic — a dialect of Inuit, spoken in Greenland.
- greenmailer — One who greenmails.
- grenadelike — Resembling a grenade (weapon).
- grey willow — a species of willow, Salix cinerea, with greenish-grey catkins
- griddlecake — a thin cake of batter cooked on a griddle; pancake.
- grillparzer — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1791–1872, Austrian poet and dramatist.
- grindelwald — a valley and resort in central Switzerland, in the Bernese Oberland: mountaineering centre, with the Wetterhorn and the Eiger nearby
- gristliness — The quality or state of being gristly.
- grovelingly — Alternative form of grovellingly.
- gruellingly — In a gruelling manner.
- guerrillero — a guerrilla
- guilelessly — free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank.
- guillotined — Simple past tense and past participle of guillotine.
- guillotines — Plural form of guillotine.
- guiltlessly — free from guilt; innocent.
- guiltridden — Alternative spelling of guilt-ridden.
- 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).
- gun licence — an official document granting a person permission to own and use a gun, usually subject to various restrictions
- gunslingers — Plural form of gunslinger.
- gut feeling — an instinctive feeling, as opposed to an opinion based on facts
- gutturalize — to speak or pronounce (something) in a guttural manner.
- gynecologic — the branch of medical science that deals with the health maintenance and diseases of women, especially of the reproductive organs. Abbreviation: GYN, gyn.
- haemoglobin — (protein) alternative spelling of hemoglobin.
- half gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward half-somersault, entering the water headfirst and facing the springboard.
- handselling — The practice of promoting books by personal recommendation rather than by publisher-sponsored marketing.
- hang glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- hang-glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
- hanging lie — a lie in which the ball is situated on a slope having a downward incline in the direction that the ball is to be played.
- hatchelling — Present participle of hatchel.
- hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.
- hegelianism — the philosophy of Hegel and his followers, characterized by the use of the Hegelian dialectic.
- hegemonical — having hegemony, or dominance: the ruling party's hegemonic control of all facets of society.
- heli-skiing — skiing in which skiers are transported by helicopter to remote slopes
- helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
- hellgramite — The aquatic larval form of the dobsonfly, having a segmented body with legs on each segment, and a head with prominent pincers, prized as fish bait.
- helsingborg — a port in SW Sweden, on the Sound opposite Helsingør, Denmark: changed hands several times between Denmark and Sweden, finally becoming Swedish in 1710; shipbuilding. Pop: 121 097 (2004 est)