11-letter words containing l, i, a, s, o
- genealogist — a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc.
- genioplasty — Mentoplasty.
- geophysical — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- gestational — the process, state, or period of gestating.
- gestatorial — related to carrying
- glaciations — Plural form of glaciation.
- gliomatosis — excessive growth of neuroglia in the brain or spinal cord
- globalising — Present participle of globalise.
- 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.
- 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.
- glycosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside.
- 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.
- gonimoblast — a spore-bearing filament in the carpogonium of red algae
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
- guildswoman — a woman who is a member of a guild
- gustatorily — in a gustatory manner
- hagiologist — A writer on the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.
- halsingborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, opposite Helsingör.
- harmolodics — the technique of each musician in a group simultaneously improvising around the melodic and rhythmic patterns in a tune, rather than one musician improvising on its underlying harmonic pattern while the others play an accompaniment
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- heliostatic — an instrument consisting of a mirror moved by clockwork, for reflecting the sun's rays in a fixed direction.
- hematolysis — hemolysis.
- hilariously — arousing great merriment; extremely funny: a hilarious story; a hilarious old movie.
- hollandaise — The hollandaise sauce.
- holoblastic — (of certain eggs) undergoing total cleavage, resulting in equal blastomeres.
- holocaustic — a great or complete devastation or destruction, especially by fire.
- holophrasis — the expression of the ideas of a phrase or sentence in one word; polysynthesis: a language characterized by holophrasis.
- holy island — Also called Lindisfarne. an island off the E coast of Northumberland, England. 3 miles (4.8 km) long.
- homeoplasia — the formation, as in healing, of new tissue that is similar to the existing tissue.
- homoblastic — (of a plant or plant part) showing no difference in form between the juvenile and the adult structures
- homoplastic — correspondence in form or structure, owing to a similar environment.
- hooliganism — a ruffian or hoodlum.
- horizontals — Plural form of horizontal.
- hospitalise — (British spelling) alternative spelling of hospitalize.
- hospitalism — hospital conditions having an adverse effect on patients.
- hospitalist — a physician who specializes in treating hospitalized patients; a specialist in inpatient medicine.
- hospitality — the friendly reception and treatment of guests or strangers.
- hospitalize — to place in a hospital for medical care or observation: The doctor hospitalized grandfather as soon as she checked his heart.
- hospitaller — a member of the religious and military order (Knights Hospitalers or Knights of St. John of Jerusalem) originating about the time of the first Crusade (1096–99) and taking its name from a hospital at Jerusalem.
- hospitalman — an enlisted person working as a hospital assistant; corpsman.
- host family — family one lodges with
- hylopathism — the theory that understands matter as conscious or receptive to feeling
- hylopathist — an adherent of hylopathism
- hypoblastic — Of, or relating to the hypoblast.
- hypohalites — Plural form of hypohalite.