11-letter words containing i, g, l, a, u
- glauconitic — a greenish micaceous mineral consisting essentially of a hydrous silicate of potassium, aluminum, and iron and occurring in greensand, clays, etc.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- guildswoman — a woman who is a member of a guild
- 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.
- gum elastic — rubber1 (def 1).
- gustatorily — in a gustatory manner
- gutturalism — The quality of being guttural.
- gutturalize — to speak or pronounce (something) in a guttural manner.
- hierurgical — of or relating to sacred rites
- high fulham — a die loaded at one corner either to favor a throw of 4, 5, or 6 (high fulham) or to favor a throw of 1, 2, or 3 (low fulham)
- highfalutin — pompous; bombastic; haughty; pretentious.
- humiliating — lowering the pride, self-respect, or dignity of a person; mortifying: Such a humiliating defeat was good for his overblown ego.
- inculcating — Present participle of inculcate.
- inculpating — Present participle of inculpate.
- inoculating — to implant (a disease agent or antigen) in a person, animal, or plant to produce a disease for study or to stimulate disease resistance.
- interleague — (sports) Between leagues; often specifically between the two major leagues of American baseball.
- interlingua — an interlanguage.
- irregularly — without symmetry, even shape, formal arrangement, etc.: an irregular pattern.
- journalling — journal
- keelhauling — Present participle of keelhaul.
- landlubbing — an unseasoned sailor or someone unfamiliar with the sea.
- langoustine — a large prawn, Nephrops norvegicus, used for food.
- languidness — The property of being languid.
- languishing — becoming languid, in any way.
- laryngismus — Laryngospasm.
- laugh lines — Laugh lines are wrinkles which some older people have at the outside corners of their eyes.
- launderings — Plural form of laundering.
- league city — a town in S Texas.
- lechuguilla — a semidesert plant, Agave lecheguilla, of Mexico, having a basal rosette of sharply pointed leaves and a very tall flower spike, grown as an ornamental.
- 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.
- 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.
- linguaphile — a language and word lover.
- liquidating — Present participle of liquidate.
- litigatious — (rare) litigious.
- logical sum — union (def 10a).
- long radius — the distance from the centre of a regular polygon to a vertex