11-letter words containing g, l, o, t
- dog-whistle — Politics. a political strategy, statement, slogan, etc., that conveys a controversial, secondary message understood only by those who support the message: His criticism of welfare was a dog whistle appealing to racist voters.
- doggy style — of sexual intercourse, a position whereby the female is on all fours and the male is behind her
- dogmatology — the study and science of religious dogma
- dovetailing — a tenon broader at its end than at its base; pin.
- downlighter — Downlight.
- dyslogistic — conveying disapproval or censure; not complimentary or eulogistic.
- eagle scout — a boy scout who has achieved the highest rank in U.S. scouting.
- earth lodge — a circular, usually dome-shaped dwelling of certain North American Indians, made of posts and beams covered variously with branches, grass, sod, or earth and having a central opening in the roof, a tamped earth floor, and frequently a vestibule.
- egotistical — Excessively conceited or absorbed in oneself; self-centered.
- elaborating — Present participle of elaborate.
- electrogram — a record of an organ's electrical activity, measured by monitoring changes in electric potential
- electrology — (dated) the branch of physical science that deals with electricity and its properties.
- elongations — Plural form of elongation.
- eschatology — The part of theology concerned with death, judgment, and the final destiny of the soul and of humankind.
- estranghelo — an archaic, cursive form of the Syriac alphabet
- ethnologist — One who practices ethnology.
- ethological — Of or pertaining to ethology.
- etiological — Of or pertaining to an etiology.
- etymologies — Plural form of etymology.
- etymologise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of etymologize.
- etymologist — A lexicographer or linguist who specializes in etymology (the origins of words).
- etymologize — Give or trace the etymology of (a word).
- exfoliating — Present participle of exfoliate.
- facing tool — a lathe tool for smoothing a plane surface at right angles to the axis of rotation.
- falling-out — a quarrel or estrangement between persons formerly in close association with one another.
- flagellator — Someone who flagellates, a whipper.
- flagitation — the act of flagitating
- float glass — extremely smooth, nearly distortion-free plate glass manufactured by pouring molten glass onto a surface of molten tin.
- flood-light — an artificial light so directed or diffused as to give a comparatively uniform illumination over a rather large given area.
- floodlights — Plural form of floodlight.
- flote grass — an aquatic perennial grass, Glyceria fluitans, whose metre-long stems and pale green leaves are often seen floating in still or sluggish water. The related sweet grass (G. plicata) has broader, darker leaves and owes its name to the fact that cattle like to eat it
- flowthrough — Flow (through a system or process).
- flying boat — a seaplane whose main body is a hull adapted for floating.
- flying-spot — denoting an electronic system in which a rapidly moving spot of light is used to encode or decode data, for example to obtain a television signal by scanning a photographic film or slide
- folding top — A folding top is a soft roof of a vehicle that can be folded down or removed.
- footballing — a game in which two opposing teams of 11 players each defend goals at opposite ends of a field having goal posts at each end, with points being scored chiefly by carrying the ball across the opponent's goal line and by place-kicking or drop-kicking the ball over the crossbar between the opponent's goal posts. Compare conversion (def 13), field goal (def 1), safety (def 6), touchdown.
- footslogged — Simple past tense and past participle of footslog.
- footslogger — Common term for a foot soldier. A person who footslogs.
- foretelling — Present participle of foretell.
- forgetfully — In a forgetful manner.
- forgettable — to cease or fail to remember; be unable to recall: to forget someone's name.
- formulating — Present participle of formulate.
- forstalling — Present participle of forstall.
- fortnightly — occurring or appearing once a fortnight.
- fosteringly — In a way that fosters or encourages.
- fosterlings — Plural form of fosterling.
- fothergilla — any of the deciduous shrub species in the witch-hazel family
- fulguration — to flash or dart like lightning.
- galactocele — A cystic tumor containing milk or a milky substance, usually located in the mammary glands, and caused by a protein plug that blocks off the outlet.
- galactoside — A glycoside yielding galactose on hydrolysis.