11-letter words containing g, r, i, s, l
- graian alps — a mountain range in France and Italy, in the W Alps. Highest peak, Gran Paradiso, 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
- granadillas — Plural form of granadilla.
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
- grimm's law — the statement of the regular pattern of consonant correspondences presumed to represent changes from Proto-Indo-European to Germanic, according to which voiced aspirated stops became voiced obstruents, voiced unaspirated stops became unvoiced stops, and unvoiced stops became unvoiced fricatives: first formulated in 1820–22 by Jakob Grimm, though the facts had been noted earlier by Rasmus Rask.
- gristliness — The quality or state of being gristly.
- groundlings — Plural form of groundling.
- groundsills — Plural form of groundsill.
- gulf crisis — the unstable period prior to the war of 1991 between US-led UN forces and Iraq
- gunslingers — Plural form of gunslinger.
- gustatorily — in a gustatory manner
- gutturalism — The quality of being guttural.
- hairstyling — a person who designs and arranges hair styles.
- halsingborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, opposite Helsingör.
- harassingly — in a harassing manner
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- helsingborg — a port in SW Sweden, on the Sound opposite Helsingør, Denmark: changed hands several times between Denmark and Sweden, finally becoming Swedish in 1710; shipbuilding. Pop: 121 097 (2004 est)
- herbologist — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- heresiology — the study of heresies.
- hieroglyphs — Plural form of hieroglyph.
- higher self — a person's spiritual self, as the focus of many meditation techniques, as opposed to the physical body
- highlanders — Plural form of highlander.
- hinderlings — the buttocks or bottom
- hydrologist — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- ilog solver — A commercial constraint programming system.
- inspiringly — to fill with an animating, quickening, or exalting influence: His courage inspired his followers.
- insurgently — In an insurgent manner.
- integralism — the belief that one's religious convictions should dictate one's political and social actions.
- iridologist — the inspection of the iris of the eye as an aid in determining a person's state of health or in diagnosing a health problem.
- irreligious — not religious; not practicing a religion and feeling no religious impulses or emotions.
- king closer — a brick of regular length and thickness, used in building corners, having a long bevel from a point on one side to one about halfway across the adjacent end.
- laborsaving — designed or intended to reduce or replace human labor: The dishwasher is a laborsaving device.
- ladyfingers — Plural form of ladyfinger.
- laryngismus — Laryngospasm.
- laser light — light which is generated by a laser
- laser sight — a device on a firearm that uses a laser to pinpoint impact.
- latchstring — a string passed through a hole in a door, for raising the latch from the outside.
- launderings — Plural form of laundering.
- lead singer — main singer in a popular music group
- leaf spring — a long, narrow, multiple spring composed of several layers of spring metal bracketed together: used in some suspension systems of carriages and automobiles.
- legendaries — of, relating to, or of the nature of a legend.
- legionaries — Plural form of legionary.
- legislators — Plural form of legislator.
- legislatrix — a woman who is a member of a legislature.
- 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.
- lewis range — a mountain range in NW Montana, a front range of the N Rocky Mountains. Highest peak, Mount Cleveland, 10,466 feet (3192 meters).
- life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- light horse — cavalry carrying light arms and equipment.
- light verse — verse that is written to entertain, amuse, or please, often by the subtlety of its form rather than by its literary quality.
- lightstruck — (of beer) Spoiled by exposure to light, which causes riboflavin to react with and break down the isohumulones.