11-letter words containing l, i, u
- genouillere — jointed armour for protecting the knees
- genuflexion — Alternative spelling of genuflection.
- gesticulant — making or tending to make gestures or gesticulations: a gesticulant speaker.
- gesticulate — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- gill fungus — an agaricaceous fungus; mushroom.
- glamourized — Simple past tense and past participle of glamourize.
- glauconitic — a greenish micaceous mineral consisting essentially of a hydrous silicate of potassium, aluminum, and iron and occurring in greensand, clays, etc.
- glen burnie — a city in E central Maryland, near Baltimore.
- 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
- 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.
- glutinosity — The quality of being glutinous or viscous.
- glutinously — In a glutinous manner.
- granularity — of the nature of granules; grainy.
- granulating — Present participle of granulate.
- granulation — the act or process of granulating.
- granuliform — having a granular structure
- gratulating — Present participle of gratulate.
- gratulation — a feeling of joy.
- groin-vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
- groundlings — Plural form of groundling.
- groundsills — Plural form of groundsill.
- gruellingly — In a gruelling manner.
- grumblingly — While or as if grumbling.
- guerrillero — a guerrilla
- guildswoman — a woman who is a member of a guild
- guilelessly — free from guile; sincere; honest; straightforward; frank.
- guillotined — Simple past tense and past participle of guillotine.
- guillotines — Plural form of guillotine.
- guiltlessly — free from guilt; innocent.
- guiltridden — Alternative spelling of guilt-ridden.
- 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.
- gulf crisis — the unstable period prior to the war of 1991 between US-led UN forces and Iraq
- gullibility — easily deceived or cheated.
- gum elastic — rubber1 (def 1).
- gumbo-limbo — a tropical American tree, Bursera simaruba, having reddish bark and yielding a sweet, aromatic resin used in varnishes.
- gun licence — an official document granting a person permission to own and use a gun, usually subject to various restrictions
- gunslingers — Plural form of gunslinger.
- gunslinging — Informal. gunfighter.
- gustatorily — in a gustatory manner
- gut feeling — an instinctive feeling, as opposed to an opinion based on facts
- gutturalism — The quality of being guttural.
- gutturalize — to speak or pronounce (something) in a guttural manner.
- haemolutein — (obsolete) bilirubin.
- hair colour — the colour or shade of someone's hair
- hair-curler — a cylindrical device, usually electronic and heated, used to curl the hair