11-letter words containing l, i, e, g, o
- glomeration — a glomerate condition; conglomeration.
- glottalized — pronounced with glottal coarticulation.
- 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.
- glucuronide — a glycoside that yields glucuronic acid upon hydrolysis.
- glumiferous — having glumes
- 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.
- glycosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside.
- 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.
- goalkeeping — The art of a goalkeeper.
- goaltending — goalkeeping.
- godchildren — Plural form of godchild.
- godlikeness — The quality of being godlike.
- gold digger — a person who seeks or digs for gold in a gold field.
- gold-digger — a person who seeks or digs for gold in a gold field.
- gold-filled — composed of a layer of gold backed with a base metal.
- gold-rimmed — Gold-rimmed glasses have gold-coloured frames.
- goldbeating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- goldbergian — Rube Goldberg.
- goldbricked — Simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick.
- goldbricker — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
- golden fizz — a drink containing egg yolk, gin or vodka, lemon juice, sugar, and soda water.
- golden girl — successful or celebrated woman
- goldfinches — Plural form of goldfinch.
- gonfalonier — the bearer of a gonfalon.
- goosepimple — Alt form goose pimple.
- gorillalike — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a gorilla.
- gospel side — (in some Protestant churches) the left side of a church, facing the altar.
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
- grey willow — a species of willow, Salix cinerea, with greenish-grey catkins
- grovelingly — Alternative form of grovellingly.
- guerrillero — a guerrilla
- guillotined — Simple past tense and past participle of guillotine.
- guillotines — Plural form of guillotine.
- 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.
- gynecologic — the branch of medical science that deals with the health maintenance and diseases of women, especially of the reproductive organs. Abbreviation: GYN, gyn.
- haemoglobin — (protein) alternative spelling of hemoglobin.
- hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.
- hegemonical — having hegemony, or dominance: the ruling party's hegemonic control of all facets of society.
- helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
- helsingborg — a port in SW Sweden, on the Sound opposite Helsingør, Denmark: changed hands several times between Denmark and Sweden, finally becoming Swedish in 1710; shipbuilding. Pop: 121 097 (2004 est)
- hematologic — Of or relating to hematology.
- herbologist — the study or collecting of herbs, especially as a hobby.
- heresiology — the study of heresies.