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11-letter words containing l, a, g, e

  • grape jelly — a preserve made from sugar and grapes
  • graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
  • grass style — a style of Japanese calligraphy and sumi-e painting, characterized chiefly by free or loose brush strokes.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • gray mullet — mullet1 (def 1).
  • grease wool — shorn fleece before it has been cleaned
  • greasy pole — a pole covered with grease to make it slippery and difficult to climb, often used as entertainment
  • greasy wool — untreated wool, still retaining the lanolin, which is used for waterproof clothing
  • great falls — a city in central Montana, on the Missouri River.
  • great lakes — group of lakes in North America
  • great mogul — the emperor of the former Mogul Empire in India founded in 1526 by Baber.
  • great wheel — the wheel immediately driven by the power source.
  • great world — fashionable society and its way of life
  • great-uncle — a granduncle.
  • greek salad — a salad of lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers, olives, onions, and feta cheese, served with a vinaigrette.
  • green alder — a variety of alder (Alnus viridis) common in temperate areas of the northern hemisphere
  • green algae — type of seaweed
  • green flash — a green coloration of the upper portion of the sun, caused by atmospheric refraction and occasionally seen as the sun rises above or sinks below the horizon.
  • green gland — one of the pair of excretory organs in each side of the head region of decapod crustaceans, emptying at the base of the antennae.
  • green glass — glass of low quality, colored green by impurities in the materials from which it is made.
  • green salad — salad consisting of lettuce, etc.
  • greenlander — a self-governing island belonging to Denmark, located NE of North America: the largest island in the world. About 844,000 sq. mi. (2,186,000 sq. km); about 700,000 sq. mi. (1,800,000 sq. km) icecapped. Capital: Godthåb.
  • greenlandic — a dialect of Inuit, spoken in Greenland.
  • greenmailer — One who greenmails.
  • grenadelike — Resembling a grenade (weapon).
  • griddlecake — a thin cake of batter cooked on a griddle; pancake.
  • grillparzerFranz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1791–1872, Austrian poet and dramatist.
  • grindelwald — a valley and resort in central Switzerland, in the Bernese Oberland: mountaineering centre, with the Wetterhorn and the Eiger nearby
  • groenendael — former name of Belgian sheepdog.
  • 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 states — the oil-producing states around the Persian Gulf: Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, and Oman
  • gulf stream — a warm ocean current flowing N from the Gulf of Mexico, along the E coast of the U.S., to an area off the SE coast of Newfoundland, where it becomes the western terminus of the North Atlantic Current.
  • gullywasher — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
  • gum elastic — rubber1 (def 1).
  • gutter ball — a bowling ball that is rolled into one of the gutters and does not hit any pins.
  • gutturalize — to speak or pronounce (something) in a guttural manner.
  • gynaecology — Alternative form of gynecology.
  • gypsy scale — either of two scales that often form the basis of Hungarian Gypsy music.
  • haematology — (medicine) The scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs.
  • haemoglobin — (protein) alternative spelling of hemoglobin.
  • half gainer — a dive in which the diver takes off facing forward and performs a backward half-somersault, entering the water headfirst and facing the springboard.
  • half-length — something that is only half a full length or height, especially a portrait that shows only the upper half of the body, including the hands.
  • halogenated — Simple past tense and past participle of halogenate.
  • handselling — The practice of promoting books by personal recommendation rather than by publisher-sponsored marketing.
  • hang a left — to fasten or attach (a thing) so that it is supported only from above or at a point near its own top; suspend.
  • hang glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
  • hang-glider — a kitelike glider consisting of a V -shaped wing underneath which the pilot is strapped: kept aloft by updrafts and guided by the pilot's shifting body weight.
  • hanging lie — a lie in which the ball is situated on a slope having a downward incline in the direction that the ball is to be played.
  • harpy eagle — a large, powerful eagle, Harpia harpyja, of tropical America: an endangered species.
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