8-letter words containing l, o, g, i
- gingerol — (organic compound) Any of several isomeric compounds responsible for the heat of ginger.
- girasole — an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.
- girasols — Plural form of girasol.
- girlhood — the state or time of being a girl.
- glacious — Characteristic, composed, or of the nature of icy; icy.“Gla
- gladiola — gladiolus (def 1).
- gladioli — Plural form of gladiolus.
- gloaming — twilight; dusk.
- gloating — to look at or think about with great or excessive, often smug or malicious, satisfaction: The opposing team gloated over our bad luck.
- globbing — Present participle of glob.
- globoids — Plural form of globoid.
- globulin — any of a group of proteins, as myosin, occurring in plant and animal tissue, insoluble in pure water but soluble in dilute salt solutions and coagulable by heat.
- glomming — to steal.
- glomping — Present participle of glomp.
- gloomier — Comparative form of gloomy.
- gloomily — dark or dim; deeply shaded: gloomy skies.
- glooming — total or partial darkness; dimness.
- gloriole — a halo, nimbus, or aureole.
- gloriosa — any plant of the bulbous tropical African genus Gloriosa, some species of which are grown as ornamental greenhouse climbers for their showy flowers of yellow, orange, and red: family Liliaceae
- glorioso — (obsolete) A boaster.
- glorious — delightful; wonderful; completely enjoyable: to have a glorious time at the circus.
- glorying — Present participle of glory.
- glossier — Comparative form of glossy.
- glossies — Plural form of glossy.
- glossily — In a glossy manner.
- glossina — tsetse fly.
- glossing — an explanation or translation, by means of a marginal or interlinear note, of a technical or unusual expression in a manuscript text.
- glossist — (obsolete) A writer of glosses, or comments.
- gloxinia — any of several horticultural varieties of a plant belonging to the genus Sinningia, of the gesneria family, especially S. speciosa, having large white, red, or purple bell-shaped flowers.
- glucosin — any of a class of compounds, some of which are highly toxic, derived from reactions of glucose with ammonia.
- gluonium — glueball.
- glycolic — pertaining to or derived from glycol.
- glyconic — (of a line of verse) consisting of three trochees and one dactyl
- gnomical — Gnomic.
- go viral — If a video, image, or story goes viral, it spreads quickly and widely on the Internet through social media and e-mail.
- go-devil — a flexible, jointed apparatus forced through a pipeline to free it from obstructions.
- goatlike — any of numerous agile, hollow-horned ruminants of the genus Capra, of the family Bovidae, closely related to the sheep, found native in rocky and mountainous regions of the Old World, and widely distributed in domesticated varieties.
- goatling — a young goat
- gobbling — Present participle of gobble.
- godchild — a child for whom a godparent serves as sponsor at baptism.
- godolias — Gedaliah.
- goggling — Present participle of goggle.
- goidelic — Also called Q-Celtic. the subbranch of Celtic in which the Proto-Indo-European kw -sound remained a velar. Irish and Scottish Gaelic belong to Goidelic.
- goldfish — a small, usually yellow or orange fish, Carassius auratus, of the carp family, native to China, bred in many varieties and often kept in fishbowls and pools.
- goldmine — Alternative spelling of gold mine.
- goldsize — an adhesive used to fix gold leaf to a surface
- golfiana — golfing collectibles
- goliaths — Plural form of goliath.
- golliwog — a grotesque black doll.
- goodwill — friendly disposition; benevolence; kindness.