8-letter words containing g, l, s
- gestural — a movement or position of the hand, arm, body, head, or face that is expressive of an idea, opinion, emotion, etc.: the gestures of an orator; a threatening gesture.
- gesualdo — Don Carlo [dawn kahr-law] /dɔn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), Prince of Venosa [ve-naw-zah] /vɛˈnɔ zɑ/ (Show IPA), c1560–1613, Italian composer.
- get lost — no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.
- gharials — Plural form of gharial.
- ghastful — frightful.
- ghoulish — strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous: a ghoulish and questionable sense of humor.
- gil blas — (Gil Blas de Santillane) a picaresque novel (1715–35) by Le Sage.
- gilberts — Plural form of gilbert.
- girasole — an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.
- girasols — Plural form of girasol.
- girliest — featuring nude or scantily clad young women: a girlie show; girlie magazines.
- girlness — (nonstandard) The state or condition of being a girl; femininity, girlhood.
- glabrous — having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.
- glaciers — an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
- glacious — Characteristic, composed, or of the nature of icy; icy.“Gla
- glackens — William James, 1870–1938, U.S. painter and illustrator.
- gladdens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gladden.
- gladdest — Superlative form of glad.
- gladness — feeling joy or pleasure; delighted; pleased: glad about the good news; glad that you are here.
- gladsome — giving or causing joy; delightful.
- glamours — Plural form of glamour.
- glanders — a contagious disease chiefly of horses and mules but communicable to humans, caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei and characterized by swellings beneath the jaw and a profuse mucous discharge from the nostrils.
- glareous — growing in gravel
- glasnost — the declared public policy within the Soviet Union of openly and frankly discussing economic and political realities: initiated under Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985.
- glaspell — Susan, 1882–1948, U.S. novelist and dramatist.
- glass in — to enclose with glass panes
- glassfet — /glas'fet/ [Analogy with MOSFET] (or "firebottle") A humorous way to refer to a vacuum tube.
- glassful — an amount contained by or sufficient to fill a glass or tumbler.
- glassier — Comparative form of glassy.
- glassies — Plural form of glassy.
- glassify — to become glass or glass-like
- glassily — In a glassy manner.
- glassine — a strong, thin, glazed, semitransparent paper, often made into small bags, used for packaging foods, for book jackets, etc.
- glassing — Present participle of glass.
- glassman — a person who makes or sells glass.
- glaucous — light bluish-green or greenish-blue.
- glaziers — Plural form of glazier.
- gleesome — gleeful; merry.
- glegness — quickness
- glibness — readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: a glib talker; glib answers.
- glimmers — Plural form of glimmer.
- glimpsed — a very brief, passing look, sight, or view.
- glimpses — Plural form of glimpse.
- glissade — a skillful glide over snow or ice in descending a mountain, as on skis or a toboggan.
- glistens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glisten.
- glisters — Plural form of glister.
- glitches — A sudden, usually temporary malfunction or irregularity of equipment.
- glitters — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glitter.
- globoids — Plural form of globoid.
- globules — Plural form of globule.