11-letter words containing g, o, s, a
- king salmon — chinook salmon.
- knotgrasses — Plural form of knotgrass.
- kongur shan — a mountain in China, in W Xinjiang: the highest peak in the Pamirs. Height: 7719 m (25 325 ft)
- laborsaving — designed or intended to reduce or replace human labor: The dishwasher is a laborsaving device.
- langoustine — a large prawn, Nephrops norvegicus, used for food.
- languourous — Alternative form of languorous.
- last gospel — in the order of service for the Mass, the final reading of a Gospel lesson.
- legal costs — the costs of a court action; the judge decides which side should pay them
- legatissimo — to be performed as smoothly and connectedly as possible
- legionaries — Plural form of legionary.
- legislation — the act of making or enacting laws.
- legislators — Plural form of legislator.
- lemon grass — any of several lemon-scented grasses of the genus Cymbopogon, especially C. citratus, of tropical regions, yielding lemon-grass oil.
- ligamentous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or forming a ligament.
- lithographs — Plural form of lithograph.
- litigations — the act or process of litigating: a matter that is still in litigation.
- litigatious — (rare) litigious.
- logan stone — rocking stone.
- loggerheads — a thick-headed or stupid person; blockhead.
- logical sum — union (def 10a).
- logicalness — according to or agreeing with the principles of logic: a logical inference.
- logistician — a person who is skilled in symbolic logic.
- logomachies — Plural form of logomachy.
- logomachist — One who starts fights about the meaning of words.
- long island — an island in SE New York: the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens of New York City are located at its W end. 118 miles (190 km) long; 12–20 miles (19–32 km) wide; 1682 sq. mi. (4356 sq. km).
- long radius — the distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a vertex
- longanimous — Long-suffering; patient; showing self-control and restraint.
- longhandles — long underwear.
- longlasting — Alternative form of long-lasting.
- los angeles — Victoria [vik-tawr-ee-uh,, -tohr-;; Spanish beek-taw-ryah] /vɪkˈtɔr i ə,, -ˈtoʊr-;; Spanish bikˈtɔ ryɑ/ (Show IPA), 1923–2005, Spanish operatic soprano.
- lumbaginous — relating to, or suffering from, lumbago
- macrographs — Plural form of macrograph.
- macrophages — Plural form of macrophage.
- maggotiness — The state of being maggoty.
- magic smoke — (electronics, humour) A substance trapped inside integrated circuit packages that enables them to function (also called "blue smoke"; this is similar to the archaic "phlogiston" hypothesis about combustion). Its existence is demonstrated by what happens when a chip burns up - the magic smoke gets let out, so it doesn't work any more. See Electing a Pope, smoke test. "Once, while hacking on a dedicated Zilog Z80 system, I was testing code by blowing EPROMs and plugging them in the system then seeing what happened. One time, I plugged one in backward. I only discovered that *after* I realised that Intel didn't put power-on lights under the quartz windows on the tops of their EPROMs - the die was glowing white-hot. Amazingly, the EPROM worked fine after I erased it, filled it full of zeros, then erased it again. For all I know, it's still in service. Of course, this is because the magic smoke didn't get let out." Compare the original phrasing of Murphy's Law.
- maglemosean — of, relating to, or characteristic of the first Mesolithic culture of the northern European plain, adapted to forest and waterside habitats and characterized by flint axes, microliths, and bone and antler equipment used in hunting and fishing.
- maglemosian — of, relating to, or characteristic of the first Mesolithic culture of the northern European plain, adapted to forest and waterside habitats and characterized by flint axes, microliths, and bone and antler equipment used in hunting and fishing.
- magnanimous — generous in forgiving an insult or injury; free from petty resentfulness or vindictiveness: to be magnanimous toward one's enemies.
- magnesstone — a lodestone
- magnetosome — (biology) A membranous prokaryotic organelle, containing mineral crystals, present in magnetotactic bacteria.
- magnificoes — Plural form of magnifico.
- magnisonant — high-sounding.
- magnum opus — a great work, especially the chief work of a writer or artist: Proust's magnum opus is Remembrance of Things Past.
- maltese dog — one of a breed of toy dogs having a long, straight, silky white coat.
- mammalogist — the science dealing with mammals.
- manganosite — (mineralogy) An isometric-hexoctahedral mineral containing manganese and oxygen.
- mangosteens — Plural form of mangosteen.
- mariologist — a student of Mariology.
- mascot rage — aggressive behaviour by mascots at sporting events
- mastigoneme — One of the lateral \"hairs\" found covering the flagella of heterokont and cryptophyte algae, believed to assist in locomotion.