11-letter words containing i, g, n, e, o
- glomeration — a glomerate condition; conglomeration.
- 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.
- glucuronide — a glycoside that yields glucuronic acid upon hydrolysis.
- 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.
- go flatline — [Cyberpunk SF, refers to flattening of EEG traces upon brain-death] also "flatlined". 1. To die, terminate, or fail, especially irreversibly. In hacker parlance, this is used of machines only, human death being considered somewhat too serious a matter to employ jargon-jokes about. 2. To go completely quiescent; said of machines undergoing controlled shutdown. "You can suffer file damage if you shut down Unix but power off before the system has gone flatline." 3. Of a video tube, to fail by losing vertical scan, so all one sees is a bright horizontal line bisecting the screen.
- go it alone — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- go-it-alone — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- goalkeeping — The art of a goalkeeper.
- goaltending — goalkeeping.
- goatishness — The state or condition of being goatish.
- god-fearing — deeply respectful or fearful of God.
- godchildren — Plural form of godchild.
- godlikeness — The quality of being godlike.
- goitrogenic — tending to produce goiter.
- goldbeating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- goldbergian — Rube Goldberg.
- golden fizz — a drink containing egg yolk, gin or vodka, lemon juice, sugar, and soda water.
- golden girl — successful or celebrated woman
- goldfinches — Plural form of goldfinch.
- gonfalonier — the bearer of a gonfalon.
- goniometers — Plural form of goniometer.
- goniometric — Of, relating to, or determined by a goniometer.
- gooney bird — any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross and the Laysan albatross, occurring on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.
- goosewinged — (of a square sail) having the lee clew furled while the weather clew is held taut.
- gormandized — Simple past tense and past participle of gormandize.
- gormandizer — A person who gormandizes; a glutton or gourmand.
- gormandizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gormandize.
- gourmandise — unrestrained enjoyment of fine foods, wines, and the like.
- gourmandize — to enjoy fine food and drink, especially often and in lavish quantity.
- grade point — Education. a numerical equivalent to a received letter grade, usually 0 for F, 1 for D, 2 for C, 3 for B, and 4 for A, that is multiplied by the number of credits for the course: used to compute a grade point average.
- graminivore — An herbivorous animal, a grazer, that feeds primarily on grasses.
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- graniferous — bearing grain
- green onion — a young onion with a slender green stalk and a small bulb, used as a table vegetable, usually raw, especially in salads; scallion.
- green osier — a dogwood tree, Cornus alternifolia, of the eastern U.S., having clusters of small white flowers and dark-blue fruit.
- greenockite — a yellow mineral, cadmium sulfide, CdS, associated with zinc ores and used as a source of cadmium.
- grind house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- grind-house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- grindstones — Plural form of grindstone.
- grouchiness — The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
- ground pine — any of several species of club moss, especially Lycopodium obscurum or L. complanatum.
- ground wire — a lead from an electric apparatus to the earth or to a ground connection.
- grovelingly — Alternative form of grovellingly.
- growthiness — the quality of being growthy
- guaniferous — yielding guano
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- gudgeon pin — wrist pin.
- guillotined — Simple past tense and past participle of guillotine.
- guillotines — Plural form of guillotine.