11-letter words containing g, u, i, l
- furloughing — Present participle of furlough.
- fuzzy logic — A superset of Boolean logic dealing with the concept of partial truth -- truth values between "completely true" and "completely false". It was introduced by Dr. Lotfi Zadeh of UCB in the 1960's as a means to model the uncertainty of natural language. Any specific theory may be generalised from a discrete (or "crisp") form to a continuous (fuzzy) form, e.g. "fuzzy calculus", "fuzzy differential equations" etc. Fuzzy logic replaces Boolean truth values with degrees of truth which are very similar to probabilities except that they need not sum to one. Instead of an assertion pred(X), meaning that X definitely has the property associated with predicate "pred", we have a truth function truth(pred(X)) which gives the degree of truth that X has that property. We can combine such values using the standard definitions of fuzzy logic: truth(not x) = 1.0 - truth(x) truth(x and y) = minimum (truth(x), truth(y)) truth(x or y) = maximum (truth(x), truth(y)) (There are other possible definitions for "and" and "or", e.g. using sum and product). If truth values are restricted to 0 and 1 then these functions behave just like their Boolean counterparts. This is known as the "extension principle". Just as a Boolean predicate asserts that its argument definitely belongs to some subset of all objects, a fuzzy predicate gives the degree of truth with which its argument belongs to a fuzzy subset. E-mail servers: <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>, <[email protected]>.
- gaberlunzie — a wandering beggar
- gainfulness — The state or quality of being gainful; profitableness.
- galli-curci — Amelita [ah-me-lee-tah] /ˌɑ mɛˈli tɑ/ (Show IPA), 1889–1964, Italian soprano in the U.S.
- gallimaufry — a hodgepodge; jumble; confused medley.
- gatling gun — an early type of machine gun consisting of a revolving cluster of barrels around a central axis, each barrel being automatically loaded and fired every revolution of the cluster.
- gelasius ii — (Giovanni de Gaeta) died 1119, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1118–19.
- gemmulation — the process of reproduction by gemmules.
- genderfluid — Not conforming to fixed gender roles.
- geniculated — Geniculate.
- genius loci — the guardian spirit of a place.
- genouillere — jointed armour for protecting the knees
- genuflexion — Alternative spelling of genuflection.
- gesticulant — making or tending to make gestures or gesticulations: a gesticulant speaker.
- gesticulate — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- gill fungus — an agaricaceous fungus; mushroom.
- glamourized — Simple past tense and past participle of glamourize.
- glauconitic — a greenish micaceous mineral consisting essentially of a hydrous silicate of potassium, aluminum, and iron and occurring in greensand, clays, etc.
- glen burnie — a city in E central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
- glucosamine — an aminosugar occurring in many polysaccharides of vertebrate tissue and also as the major component of chitin.
- glucosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyses glucosides.
- glucuronide — a glycoside that yields glucuronic acid upon hydrolysis.
- glumiferous — having glumes
- glutaminase — an enzyme used to treat cancer
- glutathione — a crystalline, water-soluble peptide of glutamic acid, cysteine, and glycine, C 10 H 17 N 3 O 6 S, found in blood and in animal and plant tissues, and important in tissue oxidations and in the activation of some enzymes.
- glutinosity — The quality of being glutinous or viscous.
- glutinously — In a glutinous manner.
- granularity — of the nature of granules; grainy.
- granulating — Present participle of granulate.
- granulation — the act or process of granulating.
- granuliform — having a granular structure
- gratulating — Present participle of gratulate.
- gratulation — a feeling of joy.
- groin-vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
- groundlings — Plural form of groundling.
- groundsills — Plural form of groundsill.
- gruellingly — In a gruelling manner.
- grumblingly — While or as if grumbling.
- guerrillero — a guerrilla
- guildswoman — a woman who is a member of a guild
- guilelessly — free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank.
- guillotined — Simple past tense and past participle of guillotine.
- guillotines — Plural form of guillotine.
- guiltlessly — free from guilt; innocent.
- guiltridden — Alternative spelling of guilt-ridden.
- guinea fowl — any of several African, gallinaceous birds of the subfamily Numidinae, especially a common species, Numida meleagris, that has a bony casque on the head and dark gray plumage spotted with white and that is now domesticated and raised for its flesh and eggs.
- gulf crisis — the unstable period prior to the war of 1991 between US-led UN forces and Iraq
- gullibility — easily deceived or cheated.