8-letter words containing l, e, s
- gallegos — Rómulo [raw-moo-law] /ˈrɔ muˌlɔ/ (Show IPA), 1884–1969, Venezuelan educator, statesman, and novelist: president of Venezuela 1948.
- galleons — Plural form of galleon.
- gallused — held up by galluses; having galluses
- galluses — a pair of suspenders for trousers.
- galoshed — Wearing galoshes.
- galoshes — a waterproof overshoe, especially a high one.
- gamblers — Plural form of gambler.
- gambrels — Plural form of gambrel.
- gamelans — Plural form of gamelan.
- gantlets — Plural form of gantlet.
- gas well — a well from which natural gas is obtained.
- gasalier — A gas-powered chandelier.
- gaselier — Alt form gasalier.
- gasfield — a subterranean area where natural gas is found
- gasolene — gasoline.
- gasolier — a chandelier furnished with gaslights.
- gasoline — a volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, and used as fuel for internal-combustion engines, as a solvent, etc.
- gasteral — Of or pertaining to the stomach.
- gaumless — gormless.
- gayelles — Plural form of gayelle.
- gazeless — to look steadily and intently, as with great curiosity, interest, pleasure, or wonder.
- gazelles — Plural form of gazelle.
- gealousy — Obsolete form of jealousy.
- gearless — Machinery. a part, as a disk, wheel, or section of a shaft, having cut teeth of such form, size, and spacing that they mesh with teeth in another part to transmit or receive force and motion. an assembly of such parts. one of several possible arrangements of such parts in a mechanism, as an automobile transmission, for affording different relations of torque and speed between the driving and the driven machinery, or for permitting the driven machinery to run in either direction: first gear; reverse gear. a mechanism or group of parts performing one function or serving one purpose in a complex machine: steering gear.
- gelasius — (Giovanni de Gaeta) died 1119, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1118–19.
- gelastic — Pertaining to laughter, used in laughing, or to be the subject of laughter.
- gelatins — Plural form of gelatin.
- geldings — Plural form of gelding.
- gelsolin — an actin-binding protein that modulates actin filament length and gelation, influencing cell locomotion and structure, endocytosis, etc.
- gemmules — Plural form of gemmule.
- generals — Plural form of general.
- genitals — Synonym of genitalia.
- gentiles — Plural form of gentile.
- gentlest — kindly; amiable: a gentle manner.
- germless — a microorganism, especially when disease-producing; microbe.
- gestalts — Plural form of gestalt.
- gestural — a movement or position of the hand, arm, body, head, or face that is expressive of an idea, opinion, emotion, etc.: the gestures of an orator; a threatening gesture.
- gesualdo — Don Carlo [dawn kahr-law] /dɔn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), Prince of Venosa [ve-naw-zah] /vɛˈnɔ zɑ/ (Show IPA), c1560–1613, Italian composer.
- get lost — no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.
- gilberts — Plural form of gilbert.
- girasole — an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.
- girliest — featuring nude or scantily clad young women: a girlie show; girlie magazines.
- girlness — (nonstandard) The state or condition of being a girl; femininity, girlhood.
- glaciers — an extended mass of ice formed from snow falling and accumulating over the years and moving very slowly, either descending from high mountains, as in valley glaciers, or moving outward from centers of accumulation, as in continental glaciers.
- glackens — William James, 1870–1938, U.S. painter and illustrator.
- gladdens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gladden.
- gladdest — Superlative form of glad.
- gladness — feeling joy or pleasure; delighted; pleased: glad about the good news; glad that you are here.
- gladsome — giving or causing joy; delightful.
- glanders — a contagious disease chiefly of horses and mules but communicable to humans, caused by the bacterium Pseudomonas mallei and characterized by swellings beneath the jaw and a profuse mucous discharge from the nostrils.