8-letter words containing g, a, l, m
- glassman — a person who makes or sells glass.
- glaucoma — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
- gleamier — Comparative form of gleamy.
- gleaming — a flash or beam of light: the gleam of a lantern in the dark.
- gloaming — twilight; dusk.
- gloveman — fielder.
- glowlamp — An aphlogistic lamp.
- glumella — a palea
- glutamic — (organic chemistry) Of, pertaining to, or derived from glutamic acid.
- glycemia — the presence of glucose in the blood.
- gnomical — Gnomic.
- goldmark — Karl [kahrl] /kɑrl/ (Show IPA), 1830–1915, Hungarian composer.
- graymail — a means of preventing prosecution, as for espionage, by threatening to disclose government secrets during trial.
- grimaldi — Joseph, 1779–1837, English actor, mime, and clown.
- gumballs — Plural form of gumball.
- gumlands — infertile land from which the original kauri bush has been removed or burnt producing only kauri gum
- gunmetal — any of various alloys or metallic substances with a dark gray or blackish color or finish, used for chains, belt buckles, etc.
- gymnical — Alternative form of gymnic.
- hologamy — a type of reproduction in which the gametes are like ordinary cells in form and size, as is found in some algae and protozoa
- hologram — a negative produced by exposing a high-resolution photographic plate, without camera or lens, near a subject illuminated by monochromatic, coherent radiation, as from a laser: when it is placed in a beam of coherent light a true three-dimensional image of the subject is formed.
- imagable — Alternative form of imageable.
- imaginal — of, relating to, or having the form of an imago.
- impaling — Present participle of impale.
- kilogram — a unit of mass equal to 1000 grams: the basic unit of mass in the International System of Units (SI), equal to the mass of the international prototype of the kilogram, a platinum-iridium cylinder kept in Sèvres, France. Abbreviation: kg.
- lambling — a small lamb
- langmuir — Irving, 1881–1957, U.S. chemist: Nobel Prize 1932.
- legalism — strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit.
- lexigram — (psychology) A symbol that represents a word but is not necessarily indicative of the object referenced by the word, used in studies of communication.
- liegeman — a vassal; subject.
- ligament — Anatomy, Zoology. a band of tissue, usually white and fibrous, serving to connect bones, hold organs in place, etc.
- lipogram — a written work composed of words chosen so as to avoid the use of one or more specific alphabetic characters.
- logogram — a conventional, abbreviated symbol for a frequently recurring word or phrase, as the symbol & for the word and. Also called logograph [law-guh-graf, -grahf, log-uh-] /ˈlɔ gəˌgræf, -ˌgrɑf, ˈlɒg ə-/ (Show IPA).
- logomach — Someone who argues about the meaning of words.
- long arm — a long pole fitted with any of various devices, as a hook or clamp, for performing tasks otherwise out of reach.
- madrigal — a secular part song without instrumental accompaniment, usually for four to six voices, making abundant use of contrapuntal imitation, popular especially in the 16th and 17th centuries.
- magalogs — Plural form of magalog.
- magdalen — the, Mary Magdalene.
- magelang — a city on central Java, in Indonesia.
- magellan — Ferdinand, c1480–1521, Portuguese navigator: discoverer of the Straits of Magellan 1520 and the Philippines 1521.
- magickal — Involving, or pertaining to, magick (in modern occultism).
- magnolia — a city in SW Arkansas.
- mailbags — Plural form of mailbag.
- mailgram — a telegram sent to a post office and subsequently printed and delivered by the post office to the addressee
- mailings — Plural form of mailing.
- malagasy — a member of any of various peoples native to the island of Madagascar.
- malaxage — the act of kneading or softening unbaked pottery clay
- malegaon — a city in NW Maharashtra state in W India.
- malgrado — in spite of
- maligned — to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.
- maligner — to speak harmful untruths about; speak evil of; slander; defame: to malign an honorable man.