11-letter words containing i, g, l
- goldfinches — Plural form of goldfinch.
- goldschmidt — Richard Benedikt. 1878–1958, US geneticist, born in Germany. He advanced the theory that heredity is determined by the chemical configuration of the chromosome molecule rather than by the qualities of the individual genes
- gonfalonier — the bearer of a gonfalon.
- gongoozling — Present participle of gongoozle.
- gonimoblast — a spore-bearing filament in the carpogonium of red algae
- goosepimple — Alt form goose pimple.
- gorilla arm — The side-effect that destroyed touch-screens as a mainstream input technology despite a promising start in the early 1980s. It seems the designers of all those spiffy touch-menu systems failed to notice that humans aren't designed to hold their arms in front of their faces making small motions. After more than a very few selections, the arm begins to feel sore, cramped, and oversized - the operator looks like a gorilla while using the touch screen and feels like one afterward. This is now considered a classic cautionary tale to human-factors designers; "Remember the gorilla arm!" is shorthand for "How is this going to fly in *real* use?".
- gorillagram — a jocular greetings message delivered to someone celebrating a birthday, engagement, etc, by a person dressed as a gorilla
- gorillalike — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a gorilla.
- gospel side — (in some Protestant churches) the left side of a church, facing the altar.
- gracileness — The state or quality of being gracile.
- gradability — a measure of a truck's pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load.
- gradational — any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
- graian alps — a mountain range in France and Italy, in the W Alps. Highest peak, Gran Paradiso, 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
- graminology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of grasses
- grammatical — of or relating to grammar: grammatical analysis.
- granadillas — Plural form of granadilla.
- grand final — the final game of the season in any of various sports, esp football
- grandiflora — any of several plant varieties or hybrids characterized by large showy flowers, as certain kinds of petunias, baby's breath, or roses.
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- granitelike — Resembling granite.
- granolithic — (of concrete) containing fine granite chippings or crushed granite, used to render floors and surfaces.
- granularity — of the nature of granules; grainy.
- granulating — Present participle of granulate.
- granulation — the act or process of granulating.
- granuliform — having a granular structure
- graphically — giving a clear and effective picture; vivid: a graphic account of an earthquake.
- graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
- graptolitic — relating to, or containing, graptolites
- gratifiable — to give pleasure to (a person or persons) by satisfying desires or humoring inclinations or feelings: Her praise will gratify all who worked so hard to earn it.
- gratulating — Present participle of gratulate.
- gratulation — a feeling of joy.
- graveldiver — any of several eellike fishes of the family Scytalinidae, found off the Pacific coast of North America, especially Scytalina cerdale, which burrows among rocks.
- green light — traffic signal: go
- green-light — to give permission to proceed; authorize: The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors.
- greeneville — a city in E Tennessee.
- greenlandic — a dialect of Inuit, spoken in Greenland.
- greenmailer — One who greenmails.
- grenadelike — Resembling a grenade (weapon).
- grey willow — a species of willow, Salix cinerea, with greenish-grey catkins
- griddlecake — a thin cake of batter cooked on a griddle; pancake.
- grillparzer — Franz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1791–1872, Austrian poet and dramatist.
- grimacingly — With a grimace.
- 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.
- grindelwald — a valley and resort in central Switzerland, in the Bernese Oberland: mountaineering centre, with the Wetterhorn and the Eiger nearby
- gristliness — The quality or state of being gristly.
- groin-vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
- groundlings — Plural form of groundling.
- groundsills — Plural form of groundsill.
- grovelingly — Alternative form of grovellingly.