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11-letter words containing g, a, s, u

  • guide vanes — fixed aerofoils that direct air, gas, or water into the moving blades of a turbine or into or around bends in ducts with minimum loss of energy
  • guildswoman — a woman who is a member of a guild
  • gulf states — the oil-producing states around the Persian Gulf: Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman
  • gulf stream — a warm ocean current flowing N from the Gulf of Mexico, along the E coast of the U.S., to an area off the SE coast of Newfoundland, where it becomes the western terminus of the North Atlantic Current.
  • gullywasher — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
  • gum disease — dental infection
  • gum elastic — rubber1 (def 1).
  • gustatorily — in a gustatory manner
  • gustavus ii — (Gustavus Adolphus"Lion of the North") 1594–1632, king of Sweden 1611–32: national military hero (grandson of Gustavus I).
  • gustavus iv — (Gustavus Adolphus) 1778–1837, king of Sweden 1792–1809 (son of Gustavus III).
  • gustavus vi — (Gustaf Adolf) 1882–1973, king of Sweden 1950–73 (son of Gustavus V).
  • gutturalism — The quality of being guttural.
  • gymnanthous — achlamydeous.
  • haplogroups — Plural form of haplogroup.
  • hasta luego — so long; (I'll) see you soon
  • hattiesburg — a city in SE Mississippi.
  • haughtiness — disdainfully proud; snobbish; scornfully arrogant; supercilious: haughty aristocrats; a haughty salesclerk.
  • heptagynous — (of a flower) having seven pistils
  • hercogamous — (of flowers) incapable of self-fertilization
  • horse guard — a black and yellow sand wasp, Bembix carolina, of the southern U.S., preying on flies that gather around horses and cattle.
  • horse laugh — a loud, coarse laugh, especially of derision.
  • horselaughs — Plural form of horselaugh.
  • hourglasses — Plural form of hourglass.
  • house agent — a real-estate agent.
  • house organ — a periodical issued by a business or other establishment for its employees, customers, and other interested readers, presenting news about the firm, its products, and its personnel.
  • hsuan t'ung — Pu-yi, Henry.
  • hsuan tsung — a.d. 685–762, Chinese emperor of the Tang dynasty 712–756.
  • hucksterage — the business of a huckster; peddling
  • hydragogues — Plural form of hydragogue.
  • hylophagous — xylophagous (def 1).
  • icing sugar — Icing sugar is very fine white sugar that is used for making icing and sweets.
  • ignoramuses — Plural form of ignoramus.
  • inaugurates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of inaugurate.
  • insinuating — tending to instill doubts, distrust, etc.; suggestive: an insinuating letter.
  • jaguarundis — Plural form of jaguarundi.
  • juggernauts — Plural form of juggernaut.
  • juxtaposing — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
  • kapuskasing — a town in central Ontario, in S Canada.
  • kashmir rug — a handmade Oriental rug that is woven flat without pile and covered entirely with embroidered patterns of colored yarns.
  • klausenburg — German name of Cluj-Napoca.
  • kongur shan — a mountain in China, in W Xinjiang: the highest peak in the Pamirs. Height: 7719 m (25 325 ft)
  • lamb's lugs — a perennial herb, Stachys lanata, planted for its foliage, which is covered with white woolly down; the purplish or striped flowers are small
  • langoustine — a large prawn, Nephrops norvegicus, used for food.
  • languescent — becoming languid
  • languidness — The property of being languid.
  • languishing — becoming languid, in any way.
  • languourous — Alternative form of languorous.
  • laryngismus — Laryngospasm.
  • laugh lines — Laugh lines are wrinkles which some older people have at the outside corners of their eyes.
  • launderings — Plural form of laundering.
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