11-letter words containing g, a, l, t, o
- geotactical — relating to geotaxis
- gestational — the process, state, or period of gestating.
- gestatorial — related to carrying
- gigantology — the study or description of giants
- glaciations — Plural form of glaciation.
- glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
- glauconitic — a greenish micaceous mineral consisting essentially of a hydrous silicate of potassium, aluminum, and iron and occurring in greensand, clays, etc.
- gliomatosis — excessive growth of neuroglia in the brain or spinal cord
- glochidiate — (botany) Having barbs.
- glomerating — Present participle of glomerate.
- glomeration — a glomerate condition; conglomeration.
- glomerulate — grouped in small, dense clusters
- gloss paint — Gloss paint is paint that forms a shiny surface when it dries.
- glottalized — pronounced with glottal coarticulation.
- glutathione — a crystalline, water-soluble peptide of glutamic acid, cysteine, and glycine, C 10 H 17 N 3 O 6 S, found in blood and in animal and plant tissues, and important in tissue oxidations and in the activation of some enzymes.
- glycosylate — (organic chemistry) To react with a sugar to form a glycoside (especially a glycoprotein).
- glyptograph — an engraved or carved design, as on a gem.
- glyptotheca — a space devoted to sculpture
- go critical — (of a nuclear power station or reactor) to reach a state in which a nuclear-fission chain reaction becomes self-sustaining
- go flatline — [Cyberpunk SF, refers to flattening of EEG traces upon brain-death] also "flatlined". 1. To die, terminate, or fail, especially irreversibly. In hacker parlance, this is used of machines only, human death being considered somewhat too serious a matter to employ jargon-jokes about. 2. To go completely quiescent; said of machines undergoing controlled shutdown. "You can suffer file damage if you shut down Unix but power off before the system has gone flatline." 3. Of a video tube, to fail by losing vertical scan, so all one sees is a bright horizontal line bisecting the screen.
- go it alone — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- go-it-alone — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- goaltenders — Plural form of goaltender.
- goaltending — goalkeeping.
- goat island — an island in the Niagara River in W New York, in the middle of Niagara Falls, dividing the American Falls from the Horseshoe (Canadian) Falls.
- gold-plated — secure, valuable
- goldbeating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- golden gate — a strait in W California, between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific. 2 miles (3.2 km) wide.
- goldthreads — Plural form of goldthread.
- gonimoblast — a spore-bearing filament in the carpogonium of red algae
- gospel oath — an oath sworn on the Gospels
- gradational — any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
- grand total — final sum or amount
- granolithic — (of concrete) containing fine granite chippings or crushed granite, used to render floors and surfaces.
- granulation — the act or process of granulating.
- granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
- granulomata — an inflammatory tumor or growth composed of granulation tissue.
- graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
- graptolitic — relating to, or containing, graptolites
- grass cloth — a cloth made from plant fibres, such as jute or hemp
- gratulation — a feeling of joy.
- gratulatory — (archaic) congratulatory.
- great mogul — the emperor of the former Mogul Empire in India founded in 1526 by Baber.
- great world — fashionable society and its way of life
- groin-vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
- gustatorily — in a gustatory manner
- haematology — (medicine) The scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs.
- hagiologist — A writer on the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.
- halo blight — a disease of plants, characterized by small, necrotic leaf or fruit lesions surrounded by a yellowish, halolike band, caused by any of several bacteria of the genus Pseudomonas.
- halogenated — Simple past tense and past participle of halogenate.