11-letter words containing l, o, n, g, r, e
- fingerholes — hole in a wind instrument
- flagpersons — Plural form of flagperson.
- fleshmonger — (archaic) One who deals in flesh; hence, a pimp, procurer, or pander.
- floundering — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- fluegelhorn — a brass instrument like the cornet in design and pitch but with a wider bore, larger bell, and mellower tone
- fluorescing — Present participle of fluoresce.
- folk singer — a singer who specializes in folk songs, usually providing his or her own accompaniment on a guitar.
- foreclosing — Present participle of foreclose.
- foretelling — Present participle of foretell.
- fosteringly — In a way that fosters or encourages.
- fosterlings — Plural form of fosterling.
- freecooling — a system that uses low ambient air temperature to chill water, esp for use in air conditioning
- freeholding — Property held in freehold.
- freeloading — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- furbelowing — Present participle of furbelow.
- gender role — the public image of being a particular gender that a person presents to others: conventional notions of female gender roles.
- genouillere — jointed armour for protecting the knees
- gerontology — the branch of science that deals with aging and the problems of aged persons.
- gerontophil — experiencing sexual attraction to old people
- gilt bronze — ormolu (def 2).
- 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.
- glucuronide — a glycoside that yields glucuronic acid upon hydrolysis.
- go kerplunk — to make a noise when landing on or hitting the bottom of something
- goaltenders — Plural form of goaltender.
- godchildren — Plural form of godchild.
- gold bronze — an alloy of about 90 percent copper, 5 percent zinc, 3 percent lead, and 2 percent tin.
- 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.
- goldbergian — Rube Goldberg.
- golden ager — an elderly person, especially one who has retired.
- golden girl — successful or celebrated woman
- golden gram — (in the East Indies) the chickpea used as a food for people and cattle.
- golden horn — an inlet of the Bosporus, in European Turkey: forms the inner part of Istanbul.
- golden hour — the first hour after a serious accident, when it is crucial that the victim receives medical treatment in order to have a chance of surviving
- golden orfe — one of the two varieties of orfe, an aquarium fish
- golden rose — a gold, bejeweled ornament in the form of a rose or spray of roses, blessed and presented by the pope in recognition of service to the Holy See.
- golden rule — a rule of ethical conduct, usually phrased “Do unto others as you would have them do unto you,” or, as in the Sermon on the Mount, “Whatsoever ye would that men should do to you, do ye even so unto them.” Matt. 7:12; Luke 6:31.
- golden-ager — an elderly person, especially one who has retired.
- goldenberry — the Cape gooseberry
- gonfalonier — the bearer of a gonfalon.
- gonorrhoeal — Alternative spelling of gonorrheal.
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
- greenbottle — any of several metallic-green blowflies, as Phaenicia sericata.
- groenendael — former name of Belgian sheepdog.
- ground rule — Usually, ground rules. basic or governing principles of conduct in any situation or field of endeavor: the ground rules of press conferences.
- groundswell — a broad, deep swell or rolling of the sea, due to a distant storm or gale.
- grovelingly — Alternative form of grovellingly.
- hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.