10-letter words containing l, o, u, n, g
- foundlings — Plural form of foundling.
- fuliginous — sooty; smoky: the fuliginous air hanging over an industrial city.
- full-grown — completely grown; mature.
- fun-loving — enjoying life in a lively, lighthearted way; spirited; playful: fun-loving friends.
- gadolinium — a rare-earth metallic element. Symbol: Gd; atomic weight: 157.25; atomic number: 64.
- gelatinous — having the nature of or resembling jelly, especially in consistency; jellylike.
- generously — liberal in giving or sharing; unselfish: a generous patron of the arts; a generous gift.
- glamouring — Present participle of glamour.
- glanderous — Characteristic of, pertaining to, or afflicted by glanders.
- glandulose — Alternative form of glandulous.
- glandulous — glandular.
- glauconite — a greenish micaceous mineral consisting essentially of a hydrous silicate of potassium, aluminum, and iron and occurring in greensand, clays, etc.
- glucogenic — the production of glucose by the decomposition of glycogen or from any nonglucose precursor.
- gluttoning — Present participle of glutton.
- gluttonise — Alternative form of gluttonize.
- gluttonize — to eat like a glutton.
- gluttonous — tending to eat and drink excessively; voracious.
- gonkulator — /gon'kyoo-lay-tr/ (From "Hogan's Heroes", the TV series) A pretentious piece of equipment that actually serves no useful purpose. Usually used to describe one's least favourite piece of computer hardware. See gonk.
- granulator — A machine that forms material into granules.
- granulomas — Plural form of granuloma.
- granulosis — a disease that predominantly affects larval Lepidoptera and which causes loss of appetite and sluggishness
- ground log — a lead weight attached to a line, cast overboard in shoal water and allowed to pay out freely to show the speed of a ship and the force of the current.
- ground owl — the burrowing owl.
- groundball — Alternative form of ground ball.
- groundedly — in a grounded manner, or with good justification or reason
- groundless — without rational basis: groundless fears.
- groundling — a plant or animal that lives on or close to the ground.
- groundplot — Aeronautics. a method for obtaining the position of an aircraft by multiplying its groundspeed by its time in flight and marking off the product with respect to its starting position.
- groundsels — Plural form of groundsel.
- groundsill — the lowermost sill of a framed structure, especially one lying close to the ground.
- guillotine — a device for beheading a person by means of a heavy blade that is dropped between two posts serving as guides: widely used during the French Revolution.
- guineafowl — Alternative spelling of guinea fowl.
- halogenous — (chemistry)describes a compound containing a halogen as part of the molecule.
- hour angle — the angle, measured westward through 360°, between the celestial meridian of an observer and the hour circle of a celestial body.
- houselling — administration of the Eucharist
- immunology — the branch of science dealing with the components of the immune system, immunity from disease, the immune response, and immunologic techniques of analysis.
- inglorious — shameful; disgraceful: inglorious retreat.
- journaling — The activity of keeping a diary, also known as journal.
- jugal bone — (in humans) cheekbone (def 1).
- jungle rot — any cutaneous disease or condition caused or induced by a tropical climate.
- langoustes — Plural form of langouste.
- languorous — characterized by languor; languid.
- lanuginose — covered with lanugo, or soft, downy hairs.
- lanuginous — covered with lanugo, or soft, downy hairs.
- laugh down — to express mirth, pleasure, derision, or nervousness with an audible, vocal expulsion of air from the lungs that can range from a loud burst of sound to a series of quiet chuckles and is usually accompanied by characteristic facial and bodily movements.
- leguminous — pertaining to, of the nature of, or bearing legumes.
- lignotuber — (botany) A starchy enlargement (caudex), usually of a root, of a woody plant, serving to store water.
- linguiform — having the shape of a tongue; tongue-shaped.
- litiginous — (rare) litigious.
- long house — a communal dwelling, especially of the Iroquois and various other North American Indian peoples, consisting of a wooden, bark-covered framework often as much as 100 feet (30.5 meters) in length.