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11-letter words containing g, e, r, l

  • guiltridden — Alternative spelling of guilt-ridden.
  • 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.
  • gun culture — the attitudes, feelings, values, and behaviour of a society, or any social group, in which guns are used
  • gunslingers — Plural form of gunslinger.
  • gutter ball — a bowling ball that is rolled into one of the gutters and does not hit any pins.
  • gutterblood — a low person of inferior breeding
  • gutturalize — to speak or pronounce (something) in a guttural manner.
  • half gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward half-somersault, entering the water headfirst and facing the springboard.
  • hang glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
  • hang-glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
  • harpy eagle — a large, powerful eagle, Harpia harpyja, of tropical America: an endangered species.
  • hazel grove — a plantation of hazel trees
  • heater plug — one of usually four plugs fitted to the cylinder block of a diesel engine that warms the engine chamber to facilitate starting in cold weather
  • hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.
  • helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
  • heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
  • heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
  • hellgramite — The aquatic larval form of the dobsonfly, having a segmented body with legs on each segment, and a head with prominent pincers, prized as fish bait.
  • helsingborg — a port in SW Sweden, on the Sound opposite Helsingør, Denmark: changed hands several times between Denmark and Sweden, finally becoming Swedish in 1710; shipbuilding. Pop: 121 097 (2004 est)
  • heptangular — having seven angles.
  • herbologist — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
  • heresiology — the study of heresies.
  • herpetology — the branch of zoology dealing with reptiles and amphibians.
  • hexyl group — any of five univalent, isomeric groups having the formula C 6 H 13 −.
  • hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
  • hierurgical — of or relating to sacred rites
  • high blower — a horse that produces a blowing sound when exhaling.
  • high relief — sculptured relief in which volumes are strongly projected from the background.
  • high roller — a person who gambles for large stakes, as in a casino.
  • high-roller — a person who gambles for large stakes, as in a casino.
  • higher self — a person's spiritual self, as the focus of many meditation techniques, as opposed to the physical body
  • highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
  • highlighter — a cosmetic used to emphasize some part of the face, as the eyes or the cheekbones.
  • highprofile — (rare) alternative spelling of high-profile.
  • hinderingly — in a hindering manner, so as to hinder or obstruct
  • hinderlings — the buttocks or bottom
  • hog cholera — an acute, usually fatal, highly contagious disease of swine caused by an RNA virus of the genus Pestivirus, characterized by high fever, lack of appetite, diarrhea, and lethargy.
  • holographed — to make by the use of holography.
  • holographer — One who creates holograms.
  • hornswoggle — to swindle, cheat, hoodwink, or hoax.
  • horse laugh — a loud, coarse laugh, especially of derision.
  • horselaughs — Plural form of horselaugh.
  • hourglasses — Plural form of hourglass.
  • hull girder — the theoretical box girder formed by the continuous longitudinal members of the hull of a ship, providing resistance to hogging and sagging.
  • hypergelast — Someone who laughs excessively.
  • hypermiling — to improve fuel mileage in a motor vehicle, as by adopting certain driving techniques or making design alterations to the vehicle.
  • hysterology — (obsolete) A scientific study, or treatise on the uterus.
  • illtreating — Present participle of illtreat.
  • ilog solver — A commercial constraint programming system.
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