11-letter words containing g, e, n, i, o, u
- floundering — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- forerunning — Present participle of forerun.
- furbelowing — Present participle of furbelow.
- gemmulation — the process of reproduction by gemmules.
- genius loci — the guardian spirit of a place.
- genouillere — jointed armour for protecting the knees
- genuflexion — Alternative spelling of genuflection.
- gibbousness — The quality of being gibbous.
- give ground — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
- glucosamine — an aminosugar occurring in many polysaccharides of vertebrate tissue and also as the major component of chitin.
- glucuronide — a glycoside that yields glucuronic acid upon hydrolysis.
- 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.
- gourmandise — unrestrained enjoyment of fine foods, wines, and the like.
- gourmandize — to enjoy fine food and drink, especially often and in lavish quantity.
- graniferous — bearing grain
- grind house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- grind-house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- grouchiness — The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
- ground pine — any of several species of club moss, especially Lycopodium obscurum or L. complanatum.
- ground wire — a lead from an electric apparatus to the earth or to a ground connection.
- guaniferous — yielding guano
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- gudgeon pin — wrist pin.
- guillotined — Simple past tense and past participle of guillotine.
- guillotines — Plural form of guillotine.
- guinea corn — durra.
- guinea fowl — any of several African, gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Numidinae, especially a common species, Numida meleagris, that has a bony casque on the head and dark gray plumage spotted with white and that is now domesticated and raised for its flesh and eggs.
- guinea worm — a long, slender roundworm, Dracunculus medinensis, parasitic under the skin of humans and animals, common in parts of India and Africa.
- gum benzoin — Also called gum benjamin, gum benzoin. a reddish-brown, aromatic balsamic resin occurring in almondlike fragments and having a vanillalike odor, obtained from trees of the genus Styrax, especially S. benzoin, of Java, Sumatra, etc.: used in the manufacture of perfume and cosmetics and in medicine internally as an expectorant and externally as an antiseptic.
- gynostegium — a specialized caplike mass of tissue covering a gynoecium.
- gynostemium — the united stamens and pistil of an orchid.
- home-buying — the purchase of a house or flat
- honey guide — any of several small, usually dull-colored birds of the family Indicatoridae, of Africa and southern Asia, certain species of which are noted for their habit of leading people or animals to nests of honeybees in order to feed on the honey, larvae, and wax of the nests after they have been broken open.
- hongshui he — a river in SW China, flowing SE to the Xiang Jiang. 900 miles (1448 km) long.
- ignoramuses — Plural form of ignoramus.
- immunogenic — causing or capable of producing an immune response.
- incongruent — not congruent.
- indigo blue — indigo (def 4).
- ingeniously — characterized by cleverness or originality of invention or construction: an ingenious machine.
- ingenuously — free from reserve, restraint, or dissimulation; candid; sincere.
- invigourate — Alternative spelling of invigorate.
- konigshutte — German name of Chorzów.
- langoustine — a large prawn, Nephrops norvegicus, used for food.
- lentiginous — of or relating to a lentigo.
- ligamentous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or forming a ligament.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- lithogenous — of or relating to organisms, as coral, that secrete stony deposits.
- lounge suit — a man's suit appropriate for informal occasions.