11-letter words containing g, s
- gamma stock — any of the third rank of active securities on the London Stock Exchange. Prices displayed by market makers are given as an indication rather than an offer to buy or sell
- gammerstang — an awkwardly tall person, esp a woman
- gamogenesis — sexual reproduction.
- gamotropism — the tendency of gametes to attract each other
- gang switch — a collection of switches connected to separate circuits and operating simultaneously.
- gangbangers — Plural form of gangbanger.
- gangbusters — a law-enforcement officer who specializes in breaking up organized crime, often by forceful or sensational means.
- gangbusting — the activity of a gangbuster
- ganglioside — any of a class of glycolipids, found chiefly in nerve ganglia, that upon hydrolysis yield sphingosine, neuraminic acid, a fatty acid, and a monosaccharide.
- gangsta rap — a type of rap music whose lyrics feature violence, sexual exploits, and the like.
- gangsterdom — the world of gangsters; gangland
- gangsterish — (informal) Gangsterlike.
- gangsterism — the methods or behavior of gangsters.
- garage sale — a sale of used or unwanted household goods, personal items, bric-a-brac, etc., typically held in one's garage or yard.
- garage-sale — a sale of used or unwanted household goods, personal items, bric-a-brac, etc., typically held in one's garage or yard.
- garbologist — the study of the material discarded by a society to learn what it reveals about social or cultural patterns.
- garden hose — tube for spraying plants with water
- garden seat — a seat, usually kept permanently outdoors in a garden
- garlandless — without a garland or garlands
- garlic salt — salt flavoured with ground garlic
- garmentless — Without garments.
- garnishment — Law. a warning, served on a third party to hold, subject to the court's direction, money or property belonging to a debtor who is being sued by a creditor. a summons to a third party to appear in litigation pending between a creditor and debtor.
- garrisoning — Present participle of garrison.
- garrulously — In a garrulous manner.
- gas bladder — air bladder (def 2).
- gas bracket — a metal pipe projecting from the wall of an apartment, used to support gas lamps and to supply them with gas
- gas carrier — a ship used for the transportation of compressed or liquefied natural gas
- gas chamber — an enclosure used for the execution of prisoners by means of a poisonous gas.
- gas fitting — the work or business of a gas fitter.
- gas fixture — a heating or lighting fixture that uses gas
- gas furnace — a furnace using gas as a fuel.
- gas guzzler — an automobile that has low fuel efficiency, getting relatively few miles per gallon.
- gas lighter — device: produces flame
- gas mileage — the ratio of the number of miles travelled to the number of gallons of gasoline burned; fuel efficiency
- gas station — service station (def 1).
- gas turbine — a turbine utilizing the gaseous products of combustion.
- gas vacuole — a gas-filled structure that provides buoyancy in some aquatic bacteria
- gas welding — a method of welding in which a combination of gases, usually oxyacetylene, is used to provide a hot flame
- gas-bladder — a vesicle or sac containing air.
- gas-guzzler — an automobile that has low fuel efficiency, getting relatively few miles per gallon.
- gasconading — extravagant boasting; boastful talk.
- gaslighting — Present participle of gaslight.
- gastrectomy — partial or total excision of the stomach.
- gastrocolic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and colon.
- gastrodynia — (pathology) gastralgia (stomach pain).
- gastroliths — Plural form of gastrolith.
- gastromancy — a form of divination by interpreting words and sounds seeming to come from the stomach
- gastronomer — A lover of good food; a connoisseur or gourmet.
- gastronomes — Plural form of gastronome.
- gastronomic — the art or science of good eating.