8-letter words containing l, g, e, n
- gentlest — kindly; amiable: a gentle manner.
- gentling — Present participle of gentle.
- geranial — a pale yellow, water-insoluble, liquid aldehyde, C 10 H 16 O, having a strong lemonlike odor, consisting in natural form of two isomers (citral a or geranial and citral b or neral) usually obtained from the oils of lemon and orange or synthetically: used chiefly in perfumery, flavoring, and the synthesis of vitamin A.
- geraniol — a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.
- germinal — being in the earliest stage of development: germinal ideas.
- germline — Those cells of an individual that have genetic material that could be passed to offspring; the source of gametes.
- geulincx — Arnold, 1624?–69, Belgian philosopher.
- gill net — a curtainlike net, suspended vertically in the water, with meshes of such a size as to catch by the gills a fish that has thrust its head through.
- gingelli — gingili
- gingelly — (India) The sesame plant.
- gingerly — with great care or caution; warily.
- gingerol — (organic compound) Any of several isomeric compounds responsible for the heat of ginger.
- girlness — (nonstandard) The state or condition of being a girl; femininity, girlhood.
- girtline — gantline.
- glackens — William James, 1870–1938, U.S. painter and illustrator.
- gladdens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gladden.
- gladness — feeling joy or pleasure; delighted; pleased: glad about the good news; glad that you are here.
- 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.
- glandule — (anatomy) A small gland or secreting vessel.
- glargine — (medicine) A form of slow-release insulin.
- glassine — a strong, thin, glazed, semitransparent paper, often made into small bags, used for packaging foods, for book jackets, etc.
- gleaming — a flash or beam of light: the gleam of a lantern in the dark.
- gleaning — the act of a person who gleans.
- gleeking — to make a joke; jest.
- gleening — Present participle of gleen.
- glegness — quickness
- gleipnir — a bond with magic properties, forged by elves, and used by the gods to bind Loki.
- glendale — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- glendora — a city in SW California, near Los Angeles.
- glenview — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.
- glenwood — a town in SW Iowa.
- glibness — readily fluent, often thoughtlessly, superficially, or insincerely so: a glib talker; glib answers.
- glistens — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of glisten.
- gloveman — fielder.
- glucogen — Alternative form of glycogen.
- gluhwein — mulled wine
- gluiness — Alt form glueyness.
- glumness — sullenly or silently gloomy; dejected.
- glutelin — any of a group of simple proteins of vegetable origin, especially one from wheat.
- glutenin — a simple protein of cereal grains that imparts adhesive properties to flour.
- glycerin — glycerol.
- glycogen — a white, tasteless polysaccharide, (C 6 H 10 O 5) n , molecularly similar to starch, constituting the principal carbohydrate storage material in animals and occurring chiefly in the liver, in muscle, and in fungi and yeasts.
- gnawable — Capable of being gnawed.
- goldenly — In a golden manner.
- goldmine — Alternative spelling of gold mine.
- goldtone — gold-coloured
- gonzales — Richard Alonzo ("Pancho") 1928–1995, U.S. tennis player.
- gonzález — Julio (ˈxuljo). 1876–1942, Spanish sculptor: one of the first to create abstract geometric forms with soldered iron
- granules — Plural form of granule.
- grapnels — Plural form of grapnel.