11-letter words containing l, a, g
- globe valve — a valve with a globular body, closed by a disk seating on an opening in an internal wall.
- globigerina — any marine foraminifer of the genus Globigerina, having a calcareous shell, occurring either near the surface of the sea or in the mud at the bottom.
- glochidiate — (botany) Having barbs.
- glomerating — Present participle of glomerate.
- glomeration — a glomerate condition; conglomeration.
- glomerulate — grouped in small, dense clusters
- glory years — very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown: to win glory on the field of battle.
- gloss paint — Gloss paint is paint that forms a shiny surface when it dries.
- glossodynia — a condition characterized by a burning or tingling mouth region
- glossolalia — incomprehensible speech in an imaginary language, sometimes occurring in a trance state, an episode of religious ecstasy, or schizophrenia.
- glottalized — pronounced with glottal coarticulation.
- glove maker — someone who makes gloves
- 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.
- glycerinate — to impregnate with glycerin.
- glycosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside.
- glycosylate — (organic chemistry) To react with a sugar to form a glycoside (especially a glycoprotein).
- glycyrrhiza — Any legume (such as liquorice) of the genus [Glycyrrhiza]].
- glyptograph — an engraved or carved design, as on a gem.
- glyptotheca — a space devoted to sculpture
- gnamma hole — a hollow in bare rock, narrow at the opening and wider at the bottom, in which water collects.
- go bail for — to furnish bail for
- go critical — (of a nuclear power station or reactor) to reach a state in which a nuclear-fission chain reaction becomes self-sustaining
- 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.
- goal crease — crease1 (def 4).
- goal scorer — somebody who scores goals
- goalkeepers — Plural form of goalkeeper.
- goalkeeping — The art of a goalkeeper.
- goalkicking — the act of taking a goal kick
- goalscorers — Plural form of goalscorer.
- goaltenders — Plural form of goaltender.
- goaltending — goalkeeping.
- goat island — an island in the Niagara River in W New York, in the middle of Niagara Falls, dividing the American Falls from the Horseshoe (Canadian) Falls.
- gold orange — an orange-yellow, slightly water-soluble powder, C 1 4 H 1 4 N 3 NaO 3 S, used chiefly as an acid-base indicator.
- gold-plated — secure, valuable
- goldbeating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- goldbergian — Rube Goldberg.
- golden ager — an elderly person, especially one who has retired.
- golden calf — a golden idol set up by Aaron and worshiped by the Israelites. Ex. 32.
- golden gate — a strait in W California, between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific. 2 miles (3.2 km) wide.
- golden goal — In some football matches, a golden goal is the first goal scored in extra time, which wins the match for the team that scores it.
- golden gram — (in the East Indies) the chickpea used as a food for people and cattle.
- golden mean — the perfect moderate course or position that avoids extremes; the happy medium.
- golden-ager — an elderly person, especially one who has retired.
- goldthreads — Plural form of goldthread.