8-letter words containing g, e, o, l
- gloomier — Comparative form of gloomy.
- gloriole — a halo, nimbus, or aureole.
- glosseme — (in glossematics) an irreducible, invariant form, as a morpheme or tagmeme, that functions as the smallest meaningful unit of linguistic signaling.
- glossier — Comparative form of glossy.
- glossies — Plural form of glossy.
- glovebox — The small storage compartment on the passenger's side of an automobile.
- gloveman — fielder.
- glowered — to look or stare with sullen dislike, discontent, or anger.
- glucogen — Alternative form of glycogen.
- glycerol — a colorless, odorless, syrupy, sweet liquid, C 3 H 8 O 3 , usually obtained by the saponification of natural fats and oils: used for sweetening and preserving food, in the manufacture of cosmetics, perfumes, inks, and certain glues and cements, as a solvent and automobile antifreeze, and in medicine in suppositories and skin emollients.
- glycogen — a white, tasteless polysaccharide, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , molecularly similar to starch, constituting the principal carbohydrate storage material in animals and occurring chiefly in the liver, in muscle, and in fungi and yeasts.
- go-devil — a flexible, jointed apparatus forced through a pipeline to free it from obstructions.
- goalless — the result or achievement toward which effort is directed; aim; end.
- goatlike — any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- gobblers — Plural form of gobbler.
- god help — You use God help you to warn someone that something unpleasant will happen to them if they do a particular thing.
- goebbels — Joseph Paul [yoh-zef poul] /ˈyoʊ zɛf paʊl/ (Show IPA), 1897–1945, German propaganda director for the Nazis.
- goelette — A schooner.
- goethals — George Washington, 1858–1928, U.S. major general and engineer: chief engineer of the Panama Canal 1907–14; governor of the Canal Zone 1914–16.
- goidelic — Also called Q-Celtic. the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound remained a velar. Irish and Scottish Gaelic belong to Goidelic.
- goldberg — Arthur Joseph, 1908–90, U.S. jurist, statesman, and diplomat: associate justice of the U.S. Supreme Court 1962–65; ambassador to the U.N. 1965–68.
- goldenly — In a golden manner.
- goldless — lacking gold
- goldmine — Alternative spelling of gold mine.
- goldsize — an adhesive used to fix gold leaf to a surface
- goldtone — gold-coloured
- goloshes — a waterproof overshoe, especially a high one.
- gonzales — Richard Alonzo ("Pancho") 1928–1995, U.S. tennis player.
- gonzález — Julio (ˈxuljo). 1876–1942, Spanish sculptor: one of the first to create abstract geometric forms with soldered iron
- googlies — Plural form of googly.
- gorbelly — a protruding belly.
- gormless — lacking in vitality or intelligence; stupid, dull, or clumsy.
- gospeler — a person who reads or sings the Gospel.
- gospelly — Resembling gospel music.
- gottlieb — Adolph, 1903–74, U.S. painter.
- grenoble — a river in SE France, flowing from the Alps to the Rhone River. 150 miles (240 km) long.
- grey owl — Grey Owl, original name Archibald Belaney (1888–1938). Canadian writer and conservationist, born in England; adopted Native American identity
- grockles — Plural form of grockle.
- gromwell — any of various often hairy plants of the genus Lithospermum, of the borage family, usually bearing white or yellowish flowers and smooth, white, stony nutlets.
- grouplet — a small group
- groveled — (US) Simple past form of grovel.
- groveler — to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- growable — able to be cultivated or grown
- growlers — Plural form of growler.
- growlery — a place to retreat to, alone, when ill-humoured
- gunkhole — a quiet anchorage, as in a cove, used by small yachts.
- gurgoyle — Alternative form of gargoyle.
- gyrolite — calcium silicate hydroxide in a hydrated form
- halogens — Plural form of halogen.
- headlong — with the head foremost; headfirst: to plunge headlong into the water.