8-letter words containing l, o, u, g
- furlough — Military. a vacation or leave of absence granted to an enlisted person.
- gealousy — Obsolete form of jealousy.
- gelibolu — a peninsula in NW European Turkey, extending between the Aegean Sea and the Dardanelles. 50 miles (80 km) long.
- gesualdo — Don Carlo [dawn kahr-law] /dɔn ˈkɑr lɔ/ (Show IPA), Prince of Venosa [ve-naw-zah] /vɛˈnɔ zɑ/ (Show IPA), c1560–1613, Italian composer.
- ghoulish — strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous: a ghoulish and questionable sense of humor.
- glabrous — having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.
- glacious — Characteristic, composed, or of the nature of icy; icy.“Gla
- glamours — Plural form of glamour.
- glamoury — (obsolete) magic.
- glareous — growing in gravel
- glaucoma — Ophthalmology. abnormally high fluid pressure in the eye, most commonly caused either by blockage of the channel through which aqueous humor drains (open-angle glaucoma or chronic glaucoma) or by pressure of the iris against the lens, which traps the aqueous humor (angle-closure glaucoma or acute glaucoma)
- glaucous — light bluish-green or greenish-blue.
- glazunov — Alexander Konstantinovitch [al-ig-zan-der,, -zahn-,, kon-stuh n-tee-nuh-vich;; Russian uh-lyi-ksahndr kuh n-stuhn-tyee-nuh-vyich] /ˌæl ɪgˈzæn dər,, -ˈzɑn-,, ˌkɒn stənˈti nə vɪtʃ;; Russian ʌ lyɪˈksɑndr kən stʌnˈtyi nə vyɪtʃ/ (Show IPA), 1865–1936, Russian composer.
- globular — globe-shaped; spherical.
- globules — Plural form of globule.
- globulet — a small globule
- 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.
- globulus — The nucleus globosus.
- glorious — delightful; wonderful; completely enjoyable: to have a glorious time at the circus.
- glucagon — a hormone secreted by the pancreas that acts in opposition to insulin in the regulation of blood glucose levels.
- glucogen — Alternative form of glycogen.
- glucosan — any of a number of polysaccharides that yield glucose upon hydrolysis.
- glucosin — any of a class of compounds, some of which are highly toxic, derived from reactions of glucose with ammonia.
- gluonium — glueball.
- gluttons — Plural form of glutton.
- gluttony — excessive eating and drinking.
- godawful — extremely dreadful or shocking: What a God-awful thing to say!
- gold bug — one who buys, or advocates buying, gold as protection against an anticipated collapse in the value of currency, stocks, etc.
- goldbugs — Informal. a person, especially an economist or politician, who supports the gold standard.
- goldrush — Alternative spelling of gold rush.
- groanful — sad or marked by groaning
- grouplet — a small group
- guaiacol — a slightly yellowish, aromatic, crystalline substance, C 7 H 8 O 2 , resembling creosote and usually obtained from guaiacum resin: used in medicine chiefly as an expectorant and local anesthetic.
- guilford — a town in S Connecticut, on Long Island Sound.
- gulfport — a city in SE Mississippi, on the Gulf of Mexico.
- gulosity — gluttony or greediness.
- gumboils — Plural form of gumboil.
- gumbotil — a sticky clay formed by the thorough weathering of glacial drift, the thickness of the clay furnishing means for comparing relative lengths of interglacial ages.
- gun moll — a female companion of a criminal.
- gunkhole — a quiet anchorage, as in a cove, used by small yachts.
- gunlocks — Plural form of gunlock.
- gurgoyle — Alternative form of gargoyle.
- hog fuel — wood chips or shavings, residue from sawmills, etc., used for fuel, landfill, animal feed, and surfacing paths and running tracks.
- hog plum — yellow mombin.
- hourlong — lasting an hour: an hourlong interview.
- housling — the growing of the climbing stem of the hop into a dense mass at the top of the poles which support it
- isologue — one of two or more isologous compounds.
- jelutong — a tree, Dyera costulata, of the Malay Peninsula, from which a resinous latex is obtained.
- jongleur — (in medieval France and Norman England) an itinerant minstrel or entertainer who sang songs, often of his own composition, and told stories.
- jugoslav — a native or inhabitant of the former country of Yugoslavia.