9-letter words containing e, l, i, g
- gauzelike — Like or resembling gauze.
- gavelkind — (originally) a tenure of land in which the tenant was liable for a rental in money or produce rather than for labor or military service.
- gavelling — Present participle of gavel.
- gehlenite — a mineral, aluminum calcium silicate, occurring in prismatic crystals varying in color from gray-green to brown.
- gelechiid — any of numerous small moths of the family Gelechiidae, including many crop pests, as the Angoumois grain moth and potato tuberworm.
- gelidness — The state or quality of being gelid.
- gelignite — gelatin dynamite.
- gelligaer — a town in S Wales, in Caerphilly county borough. Pop (including Ystrad Mynach): 17 185 (2001)
- gelsemine — a bitter crystalline alkaloid obtained from the yellow jasmine vine (Gelsemium sempervirens)
- gelsemium — the dried rhizome and root of yellow jasmine, formerly used as a sedative in the form of a powder, tincture, or fluid extract.
- geminally — in a geminal manner
- gemutlich — comfortable and pleasant; cozy.
- generalia — generalities
- generical — of, applicable to, or referring to all the members of a genus, class, group, or kind; general.
- genetical — Biology. pertaining or according to genetics.
- genialise — make genial
- geniality — warmly and pleasantly cheerful; cordial: a genial disposition; a genial host.
- genialize — to make genial
- genically — by a genic process
- genicular — of or relating to the knee
- genitalia — The genitals.
- genitalic — Relating to the genitals.
- genitally — Concerning the genitals.
- genitival — (in certain inflected languages) noting a case of nouns, pronouns, or adjectives, used primarily to express possession, measure, or origin: as John's hat, week's vacation, duty's call.
- genocidal — the deliberate and systematic extermination of a national, racial, political, or cultural group.
- gentilise — live like a gentile
- gentilish — heathenish
- gentilism — the quality of being a gentile, especially heathenism; paganism.
- gentility — good breeding or refinement.
- gentilize — to make like a gentile
- genuinely — possessing the claimed or attributed character, quality, or origin; not counterfeit; authentic; real: genuine sympathy; a genuine antique.
- geologies — Plural form of geology.
- geologist — a person who specializes in geologic research and study.
- geologize — to study geology.
- geophilic — soil-loving
- georgical — Georgic; relating to rural affairs.
- geraldine — a female given name: derived from Gerald.
- gerbiling — Present participle of gerbil.
- gericault — (Jean Louis André) Théodore [zhahn lwee ahn-drey tey-aw-dawr] /ʒɑ̃ lwi ɑ̃ˈdreɪ teɪ ɔˈdɔr/ (Show IPA), 1791–1824, French painter.
- germ line — the lineage of cells culminating in the germ cells
- germ-like — resembling a germ
- germinals — (in the French Revolutionary calendar) the seventh month of the year, extending from March 21 to April 19.
- gerundial — (in certain languages, as Latin) a form regularly derived from a verb and functioning as a noun, having in Latin all case forms but the nominative, as Latin dicendī gen., dicendō, dat., abl., etc., “saying.”. See also gerundive (def 1).
- ghastlier — Comparative form of ghastly.
- ghostlier — Comparative form of ghostly.
- ghostlike — the soul of a dead person, a disembodied spirit imagined, usually as a vague, shadowy or evanescent form, as wandering among or haunting living persons.
- giantlike — Like a giant; enormous.
- gigacycle — one billion cycles. Abbreviation: Gc.
- gigaliter — Alternative spelling of gigalitre.
- gigalitre — A unit of volume equivalent to 109 litres (one billion [British billion] liters). Symbol: Gl.