11-letter words containing g, i, l, s
- backsliding — If you accuse someone of backsliding, you disapprove of them because they have failed to do something they promised or agreed to do, or have started again doing something undesirable that they had previously stopped doing.
- backsolving — Present participle of backsolve.
- balbriggans — underwear made from balbriggan fabric, for example long men's underpants
- bangladeshi — Bangladeshi means belonging to or relating to Bangladesh, or to its people or culture.
- basal ridge — a U -shaped ridge at the base of the posterior surface of the crown of a tooth.
- battologist — wearisome repetition of words in speaking or writing.
- bbc english — Received Pronunciation.
- bersagliere — a member of a rifle regiment in the Italian Army
- beseemingly — in a manner that is beseeming
- besiegingly — in an urgent or important manner
- biologistic — relating to biologism
- blaspheming — to speak impiously or irreverently of (God or sacred things).
- blister gas — a poison gas that burns or blisters the tissues of the body; vesicant.
- blue ensign — an ensign having the Union Jack on a blue background at the upper corner of the vertical edge alongside the hoist: flown by Royal Navy auxiliary vessels, and, with some extra distinguishing mark or insignia, by certain yacht clubs
- bobsledding — a sled having two pairs of runners, a brake, and a steering wheel or other mechanism that enables the front rider to direct the sled down a steeply banked run or chute.
- bookselling — the activity of selling books
- bump uglies — to have sexual intercourse
- burglarious — of, constituting, or inclined to burglary
- bushwalking — an expedition on foot in the bush
- busy signal — If you try to make a telephone call and get a busy signal, it means that you cannot make the call because the line is already being used by someone else.
- calcigerous — containing lime or other salts
- callipygous — having well-shaped buttocks.
- capsulizing — Present participle of capsulize.
- caressingly — In a caressing manner; soothingly.
- carloadings — the number of railroad carloads shipped in or out within a given period
- carousingly — in a carousing manner
- casein glue — a glue made from casein, used for plywood, cabinetwork, etc.
- casing nail — a nail having a small, conical head, slenderer than a common nail of the same length, used for laying floors, fastening matchboarding, and other work in which the head may remain visible.
- castiglione — Count Baldassare (baldasˈsaːre). 1478–1529, Italian diplomat and writer, noted particularly for his dialogue on ideal courtly life, Il Libro del Cortegiano (The Courtier) (1528)
- cataglottis — A passionate kiss which involves the touching of the tongues of the two people involved.
- cauligenous — originating or protruding from the stem of a plant
- cereologist — Someone who studies crop circles, especially one who believes that they are not man-made or formed by other terrestrial processes.
- changelings — Plural form of changeling.
- chinese lug — a lugsail stiffened by battens and kept flat when hoisted: used in Chinese sailing vessels.
- chisellings — a series of chiselled or engraved markings
- cholangitis — (medicine) An inflammation of the bile duct.
- chorus girl — A chorus girl is a young woman who sings or dances as part of a group in a show or film.
- christingle — (in Britain) a Christian service for children held shortly before Christmas, in which each child is given a decorated fruit with a lighted candle in it
- christology — the branch of theology concerned with the person, attributes, and deeds of Christ
- clamdiggers — Close-fitting women’s casual pants hemmed at mid-calf.
- classifying — Denoting an adjective that describes the class that a head noun belongs to and characterized by not having a comparative or superlative (for example American, mortal ).
- clavigerous — bearing a key or club
- cleistogamy — self-pollination and fertilization of an unopened flower, as in the flowers of the violet produced in summer
- climatising — to acclimate to a new environment.
- clingstones — Plural form of clingstone.
- cloisonnage — cloisonné work
- cloistering — Present participle of cloister.
- clp(sigma*) — (language) A constraint logic programming language with regular sets.
- cognoscible — able to be known or recognized
- coil spring — a helical spring formed from wire