11-letter words containing g, i, u, s
- jus gentium — the rules and principles of law derived from the customs and legislation of Rome, as opposed to those derived from the customs of all nations (jus gentium) or from fundamental ideas of right and wrong implicit in the human mind (jus naturale)
- juxtaposing — to place close together or side by side, especially for comparison or contrast.
- kapuskasing — a town in central Ontario, in S Canada.
- kashmir rug — a handmade Oriental rug that is woven flat without pile and covered entirely with embroidered patterns of colored yarns.
- kim il sung — 1912–94, North Korean political leader: premier 1948–72; president 1972–94.
- kim il-sung — 1912–94, North Korean statesman and marshal; prime minister (1948–72) and president (1972–94) of North Korea
- king's blue — cobalt blue.
- kissing bug — Informal. a person much given to kissing. an irresistible desire to kiss or be kissed.
- kitesurfing — The sport or pastime of riding on a modified surfboard while holding on to a specially designed kite, using the wind for propulsion.
- konigshutte — German name of Chorzów.
- langoustine — a large prawn, Nephrops norvegicus, used for food.
- languidness — The property of being languid.
- languishing — becoming languid, in any way.
- laryngismus — Laryngospasm.
- laugh lines — Laugh lines are wrinkles which some older people have at the outside corners of their eyes.
- launderings — Plural form of laundering.
- legislature — a deliberative body of persons, usually elective, who are empowered to make, change, or repeal the laws of a country or state; the branch of government having the power to make laws, as distinguished from the executive and judicial branches of government.
- lentiginous — of or relating to a lentigo.
- life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- ligamentous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or forming a ligament.
- light music — music for popular entertainment
- lighthouses — Plural form of lighthouse.
- lightstruck — (of beer) Spoiled by exposure to light, which causes riboflavin to react with and break down the isohumulones.
- lignicolous — growing or living on or in wood
- lignivorous — xylophagous.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- linguistics — the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics.
- liquidising — Present participle of liquidise.
- lithogenous — of or relating to organisms, as coral, that secrete stony deposits.
- litigatious — (rare) litigious.
- litigiously — In a litigious manner.
- living soul — person
- logical sum — union (def 10a).
- long radius — the distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a vertex
- longanimous — Long-suffering; patient; showing self-control and restraint.
- longissimus — (anatomy) The muscle lateral to the semispinalis; the longest subdivision of the sacrospinalis that extends forward into the transverse processes of the posterior cervical vertebrae.
- lounge suit — a man's suit appropriate for informal occasions.
- ludwigsburg — a city in Baden-Württemberg state, SW Germany.
- lumbaginous — relating to, or suffering from, lumbago
- luminescing — Present participle of luminesce.
- machineguns — Plural form of machinegun.
- magisterium — the authority and power of the church to teach religious truth.
- magnanimous — generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness: to be magnanimous toward one's enemies.
- marguerites — Plural form of marguerite.
- martinsburg — a city in NE West Virginia.
- maunderings — Plural form of maundering.
- megatsunami — (informal, often used by journalists) A very large tsunami.
- meliphagous — feeding on honey
- meningismus — Meningism without the presence of infection or inflammation.
- microfungus — A fungus in which no sexual process has been observed or in which the reproductive organs are microscopic.