10-letter words containing n, o, i, l
- golf links — the ground or course over which golf is played. A standard full-scale golf course has 125 to 175 acres (51 to 71 hectares), usually with 18 holes varying from 100 to 650 yards (91 to 594 meters) in length from tee to cup.
- gondoliers — Plural form of gondolier.
- goodliness — of good or substantial size, amount, etc.: a goodly sum.
- googillion — (informal, hyperbole) An indefinitely large number.
- granulosis — a disease that predominantly affects larval Lepidoptera and which causes loss of appetite and sluggishness
- groundling — a plant or animal that lives on or close to the ground.
- groundsill — the lowermost sill of a framed structure, especially one lying close to the ground.
- grovelling — to humble oneself or act in an abject manner, as in great fear or utter servility.
- growliness — The state or quality of being growly.
- growlingly — In a growling manner; with growls.
- 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.
- gwendoline — a feminine name: dim. Gwen; var. Gwendolyn
- gyniolatry — an extreme form of love and attachment to women
- gynophilic — Woman-loving.
- gyrational — Of, pertaining to, or caused by gyration.
- haemolysin — Alternative spelling of hemolysin.
- hailstones — Plural form of hailstone.
- halcyonian — calm; peaceful; tranquil: halcyon weather.
- haligonian — of or relating to Halifax, Nova Scotia, or to Halifax, England.
- halobionts — Plural form of halobiont.
- haloclines — Plural form of halocline.
- haplobiont — an organism, esp a plant, that exists in either the diploid form or the haploid form (but never alternates between these forms) during its life cycle
- harmonical — Alternative form of harmonic.
- hegemonial — hegemonic, controlling, dominant
- heligoland — Helgoland.
- helleborin — a colorless, crystalline, water-insoluble, poisonous solid, C 28 H 36 O 6 , obtained from the rhizome and root of certain hellebores, and used in medicine chiefly as a purgative.
- hemiglobin — methemoglobin.
- hemoglobin — the oxygen-carrying pigment of red blood cells that gives them their red color and serves to convey oxygen to the tissues: occurs in reduced form (deoxyhemoglobin) in venous blood and in combination with oxygen (oxyhemoglobin) in arterial blood. Symbol: Hb.
- hemolysins — Plural form of hemolysin.
- herakleion — a seaport in N Crete.
- heronsbill — any of a genus (Erodium) of plants of the geranium family, with fine leaves and yellow, white, or reddish flowers
- high-flown — extravagant in aims, pretensions, etc.
- hillingdon — a borough of Greater London, England.
- hispaniola — an island in the West Indies, comprising the republic of Haiti and the Dominican Republic. 29,843 sq. mi. (77,293 sq. km).
- hobblingly — in a hobbling manner
- hobgoblins — Plural form of hobgoblin.
- holidaying — a day fixed by law or custom on which ordinary business is suspended in commemoration of some event or in honor of some person.
- holstering — Present participle of holster.
- homeliness — lacking in physical attractiveness; not beautiful; unattractive: a homely child.
- homolosine — (cartography) Being or employing a particular pseudocylindrical, equal-area, composite projection used for world maps.
- honorarily — given for honor only, without the usual requirements, duties, privileges, emoluments, etc.: The university presented the new governor with an honorary degree.
- horizontal — at right angles to the vertical; parallel to level ground.
- hortensial — (obsolete) Fit for a garden.
- hostelling — Also called youth hostel. an inexpensive, supervised lodging place for young people on bicycle trips, hikes, etc.
- hounsfield — ˈGodfrey Newˌbold (ˈnuˌboʊld ) ; no̅oˈbōldˌ) 1919-2004; Brit. engineer & inventor: developed the CAT scanner
- houselling — administration of the Eucharist
- hyaluronic — Of or pertaining to hyaluronic acid or its derivatives.
- hypolimnia — Plural form of hypolimnion.
- hypolydian — denoting a plagal mode represented by the diatonic scale from D to D