9-letter words containing g, i, l, m
- gristmill — a mill for grinding grain, especially the customer's own grain.
- grumbling — to murmur or mutter in discontent; complain sullenly.
- guildsman — a member of a guild.
- guildsmen — a member of a guild.
- guillaume — Charles Édouard [French sharl ey-dwar] /French ʃarl eɪˈdwar/ (Show IPA), 1861–1938, Swiss physicist: Nobel Prize 1920.
- guillemet — one of two marks « or » used in French, Italian, and Russian printing to enclose quotations.
- guillemin — Roger (Charles Louis) [roj-er chahrlz loo-ee;; French raw-zhey sharl lwee] /ˈrɒdʒ ər tʃɑrlz ˈlu i;; French rɔˈʒeɪ ʃarl lwi/ (Show IPA), born 1924, U.S. physiologist, born in France: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1977.
- guillemot — a black or brown-speckled seabird of the genus Cepphus, of northern seas, having a sharply pointed black bill, red legs, and white wing patches, as C. grylle (black guillemot) of the North Atlantic and the similar C. columba (pigeon guillemot) of the North Pacific.
- gum elemi — elemi.
- gum field — an area of land containing buried fossilized kauri gum
- gumshield — a plate or strip of soft waxy substance used by boxers to protect the teeth and gums
- gymnasial — relating to gymnasium schools
- heliogram — a message sent by a heliograph.
- helmeting — the wearing or provision of a helmet
- hemialgia — pain or neuralgia involving only one side of the body or head.
- homegirls — Plural form of homegirl.
- homologic — Homological.
- imageable — a physical likeness or representation of a person, animal, or thing, photographed, painted, sculptured, or otherwise made visible.
- imagerial — the formation of mental images, figures, or likenesses of things, or of such images collectively: the dim imagery of a dream.
- imbrangle — embrangle.
- imbroglio — a misunderstanding, disagreement, etc., of a complicated or bitter nature, as between persons or nations.
- immingles — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of immingle.
- imp. gal. — imperial gallon
- impelling — to drive or urge forward; press on; incite or constrain to action.
- implating — Present participle of implate.
- imploding — Present participle of implode.
- imploring — to beg urgently or piteously, as for aid or mercy; beseech; entreat: They implored him to go.
- impulsing — Present participle of impulse.
- inflaming — Present participle of inflame.
- kilograms — Plural form of kilogram.
- king clam — geoduck.
- lamenting — to feel or express sorrow or regret for: to lament his absence.
- lamington — (Australia, obsolete) A Homburg hat.
- lamplight — the light thrown by a lamp.
- lawmaking — a person who makes or enacts law; legislator.
- legalisms — strict adherence, or the principle of strict adherence, to law or prescription, especially to the letter rather than the spirit.
- lexigrams — Plural form of lexigram.
- ligaments — Plural form of ligament.
- lightsome — emitting or reflecting light; luminous.
- ligniform — having the form of wood; resembling wood, as a variety of asbestos.
- ligustrum — any of various shrubs or trees belonging to the genus Ligustrum, of the olive family, comprising the privets.
- limbering — Present participle of limber.
- limburger — a variety of soft white cheese of strong odor and flavor.
- lime twig — a twig smeared with birdlime to catch birds.
- limelight — Theater. (formerly) a lighting unit for spotlighting the front of the stage, producing illumination by means of a flame of mixed gases directed at a cylinder of lime and having a special lens for concentrating the light in a strong beam. the light so produced. Chiefly British. a lighting unit, especially a spotlight.
- limnology — the scientific study of bodies of fresh water, as lakes and ponds, with reference to their physical, geographical, biological, and other features.
- logarithm — the exponent of the power to which a base number must be raised to equal a given number; log: 2 is the logarithm of 100 to the base 10 (2 = log10 100).
- logomania — Great enthusiasm for words.
- long-time — You use long-time to describe something that has existed or been a particular thing for a long time.
- longtimer — One who has been a resident, member, etc. for a long time.