11-letter words containing g, u, i, l
- leg-pulling — the act of performing practical jokes
- 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.
- lentiginous — of or relating to a lentigo.
- lianyungang — a city in NE Jiangsu province, in E China.
- lienyunkang — Lianyungang.
- life guards — (in Britain) a cavalry regiment forming part of the ceremonial guard of the monarch.
- ligamentous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or forming a ligament.
- light curve — a graph showing variations in brightness of celestial objects over time.
- light guide — optical fiber.
- light music — music for popular entertainment
- lighthouses — Plural form of lighthouse.
- lightstruck — (of beer) Spoiled by exposure to light, which causes riboflavin to react with and break down the isohumulones.
- lignicolous — growing or living on or in wood
- lignivorous — xylophagous.
- lignotubers — Plural form of lignotuber.
- linguaphile — a language and word lover.
- linguistics — the science of language, including phonetics, phonology, morphology, syntax, semantics, pragmatics, and historical linguistics.
- liquid gold — a suspension of finely divided gold in a vegetable oil, used chiefly for gilding ceramic ware.
- liquidating — Present participle of liquidate.
- liquidising — Present participle of liquidise.
- lithogenous — of or relating to organisms, as coral, that secrete stony deposits.
- litigatious — (rare) litigious.
- litigiously — In a litigious manner.
- little gull — a small, Old World gull, Larus minutus.
- living soul — person
- living unit — a dwelling intended for use by one household.
- logical sum — union (def 10a).
- long radius — the distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a vertex
- longanimous — Long-suffering; patient; showing self-control and restraint.
- longicaudal — having a long tail; macrutous.
- longinquity — long distance; remoteness
- longissimus — (anatomy) The muscle lateral to the semispinalis; the longest subdivision of the sacrospinalis that extends forward into the transverse processes of the posterior cervical vertebrae.
- lounge suit — a man's suit appropriate for informal occasions.
- louping ill — an acute viral disease of sheep affecting the nervous system, transmitted by a tick.
- lubricating — to apply some oily or greasy substance to (a machine, parts of a mechanism, etc.) in order to diminish friction; oil or grease (something).
- ludwigsburg — a city in Baden-Württemberg state, SW Germany.
- lumbaginous — relating to, or suffering from, lumbago
- lumberingly — With heavy, clumsy movements.
- luminescing — Present participle of luminesce.
- luxuriating — to enjoy oneself without stint; revel: to luxuriate in newly acquired wealth.
- magic flute — an opera (1791) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
- marine glue — a tarlike composition for coating the seams of a planked deck after caulking.
- meliphagous — feeding on honey
- metallurgic — the technique or science of working or heating metals so as to give them certain desired shapes or properties.
- misguidedly — misled; mistaken: Their naive actions were a misguided attempt to help the poor.
- misregulate — to control or direct by a rule, principle, method, etc.: to regulate household expenses.
- monolingual — knowing or able to use only one language; monoglot.
- monologuing — Present participle of monologue.
- monologuist — a form of dramatic entertainment, comedic solo, or the like by a single speaker: a comedian's monologue.
- mudslinging — an attempt to discredit one's competitor, opponent, etc., by malicious or scandalous attacks.