10-letter words containing g, a, l, i, u
- inarguably — not arguable: Her conclusion is so obvious as to be inarguable.
- ingrateful — Ungrateful; not grateful.
- insulating — Present participle of insulate.
- irregulars — Plural form of irregular.
- ivy league — a group of colleges and universities in the northeastern U.S., consisting of Yale, Harvard, Princeton, Columbia, Dartmouth, Cornell, the University of Pennsylvania, and Brown, having a reputation for high scholastic achievement and social prestige.
- journaling — The activity of keeping a diary, also known as journal.
- jubilating — to show or feel great joy; rejoice; exult.
- jugoslavia — formerly, a federal republic in S Europe: since 1992 comprised of Serbia and Montenegro; disbanded into independent countries in 2006. 39,449 sq. mi. (102,173 sq. km). Capital: Belgrade.
- kalaburagi — a city in Karnataka state, in S central India.
- la guardia — Fiorello H(enry) [fee-uh-rel-oh] /ˌfi əˈrɛl oʊ/ (Show IPA), 1882–1947, U.S. lawyer, political reformer, and government administrator: mayor of New York City 1933–45.
- lacquering — a protective coating consisting of a resin, cellulose ester, or both, dissolved in a volatile solvent, sometimes with pigment added.
- languished — Simple past tense and past participle of languish.
- languisher — One who languishes.
- languishes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of languish.
- lanuginose — covered with lanugo, or soft, downy hairs.
- lanuginous — covered with lanugo, or soft, downy hairs.
- laugh line — crow's-foot (def 1).
- laughingly — With amused ridicule or ludicrous inappropriateness.
- launchings — Plural form of launching.
- laundering — Present participle of launder.
- laurinburg — a town in S North Carolina.
- lay figure — a jointed model of the human body, usually of wood, from which artists work in the absence of a living model.
- lifeguards — Plural form of lifeguard.
- ligamentum — ligament.
- lin yutang — (Lin Yü-t'ang) 1895–1976, Chinese author and philologist.
- line gauge — a printer's ruler, usually marked off in points, picas, agates, and inches, and sometimes also in centimeters.
- liturgical — of or relating to formal public worship or liturgies.
- lullabying — Present participle of lullaby.
- lustrating — Present participle of lustrate.
- maculating — Present participle of maculate.
- malgré lui — in spite of himself
- maquillage — makeup (defs 1, 2, 5).
- mclaughlin — John, born 1942, English jazz guitarist.
- meaningful — full of meaning, significance, purpose, or value; purposeful; significant: a meaningful wink; a meaningful choice.
- milk sugar — lactose.
- misvaluing — Present participle of misvalue.
- modulating — to regulate by or adjust to a certain measure or proportion; soften; tone down.
- multigrade — a degree or step in a scale, as of rank, advancement, quality, value, or intensity: the best grade of paper.
- multigrain — a small, hard seed, especially the seed of a food plant such as wheat, corn, rye, oats, rice, or millet.
- multiorgan — Involving multiple organs of the body.
- multirange — having several ranges
- multistage — (of a rocket or guided missile) having more than one stage.
- mutilating — Present participle of mutilate.
- neuroglial — Of or pertaining to the glial cells or neuroglia.
- nucleating — Present participle of nucleate.
- oleaginous — having the nature or qualities of oil.
- osculating — Present participle of osculate.
- outlasting — Present participle of outlast.
- outleaping — Present participle of outleap.
- outplaying — Present participle of outplay.