11-letter words containing l, o, n, g, a
- gjallarhorn — Heimdall's horn, used to warn the gods of Ragnarok.
- glaciations — Plural form of glaciation.
- glamorizing — Present participle of glamorize.
- glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
- glauconitic — a greenish micaceous mineral consisting essentially of a hydrous silicate of potassium, aluminum, and iron and occurring in greensand, clays, etc.
- glaucophane — a sodium-rich monoclinic mineral of the amphibole family, usually metamorphic.
- globalising — Present participle of globalise.
- globalizing — Present participle of globalize.
- globigerina — any marine foraminifer of the genus Globigerina, having a calcareous shell, occurring either near the surface of the sea or in the mud at the bottom.
- glomerating — Present participle of glomerate.
- glomeration — a glomerate condition; conglomeration.
- 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
- 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.
- 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.
- gnamma hole — a hollow in bare rock, narrow at the opening and wider at the bottom, in which water collects.
- 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.
- goalkicking — the act of taking a goal kick
- goaltenders — Plural form of goaltender.
- goaltending — goalkeeping.
- 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.
- gold orange — an orange-yellow, slightly water-soluble powder, C 1 4 H 1 4 N 3 NaO 3 S, used chiefly as an acid-base indicator.
- goldbeating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- goldbergian — Rube Goldberg.
- golden ager — an elderly person, especially one who has retired.
- golden calf — a golden idol set up by Aaron and worshiped by the Israelites. Ex. 32.
- golden gate — a strait in W California, between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific. 2 miles (3.2 km) wide.
- golden goal — In some football matches, a golden goal is the first goal scored in extra time, which wins the match for the team that scores it.
- golden gram — (in the East Indies) the chickpea used as a food for people and cattle.
- golden mean — the perfect moderate course or position that avoids extremes; the happy medium.
- golden-ager — an elderly person, especially one who has retired.
- gonfalonier — the bearer of a gonfalon.
- gonimoblast — a spore-bearing filament in the carpogonium of red algae
- gonorrhoeal — Alternative spelling of gonorrheal.
- gradational — any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
- graminology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of grasses
- grand total — final sum or amount
- grandiflora — any of several plant varieties or hybrids characterized by large showy flowers, as certain kinds of petunias, baby's breath, or roses.
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- granolithic — (of concrete) containing fine granite chippings or crushed granite, used to render floors and surfaces.
- granulation — the act or process of granulating.
- granuliform — having a granular structure
- granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
- granulomata — an inflammatory tumor or growth composed of granulation tissue.
- gratulation — a feeling of joy.
- groenendael — former name of Belgian sheepdog.