10-letter words containing n, u, l
- 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.
- glutaminic — derived from glutamine
- gluttoning — Present participle of glutton.
- gluttonise — Alternative form of gluttonize.
- gluttonize — to eat like a glutton.
- gluttonous — tending to eat and drink excessively; voracious.
- gnaphalium — Any of the genus Gnaphalium of flowering plants, the cudweeds.
- 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.
- granduncle — an uncle of one's father or mother; a great-uncle.
- granularly — of the nature of granules; grainy.
- granulated — Simple past tense and past participle of granulate.
- 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
- green lung — an area of parkland within a town or city, considered in terms of the healthier environment it provides
- 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.
- grudgingly — displaying or reflecting reluctance or unwillingness: grudging acceptance of the victory of an opponent.
- gruelingly — exhausting; very tiring; arduously severe: the grueling Boston marathon.
- grumblings — Plural form of grumbling.
- grund mail — payment for the right to be buried
- guatemalan — a republic in N Central America. 42,042 sq. mi. (108,889 sq. km).
- guidelines — A general rule, principle, or piece of advice.
- 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.
- guiltiness — having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; justly subject to a certain accusation or penalty; culpable: The jury found her guilty of murder.
- guineafowl — Alternative spelling of guinea fowl.
- gujranwala — a city in NE Pakistan.
- gulbenkian — Calouste Sarkis (kæˈluːst ˈsɑːkɪz). 1869–1955, British industrialist, born in Turkey. He endowed the international Gulbenkian Foundation for the advancement of the arts, science, and education
- gullstrand — Allvar [ahl-vahr] /ˈɑl vɑr/ (Show IPA), 1862–1930, Swedish oculist: Nobel Prize in Medicine 1911.
- gum nebula — a large, almost circular, emission nebula in the constellation Vela and Puppis. Thought to be the remains of a supernova explosion 1 million years ago, it is estimated to lie 1300 light years away
- gun barrel — firearm: tube-shaped part
- gun battle — a violent fight between groups of people in which guns are used
- gun tackle — a tackle composed of a fall rove through two single blocks and secured to one of them so as to secure a mechanical advantage of two or three, neglecting friction, depending on the arrangement.
- gunslinger — Informal. gunfighter.
- half-bound — bound in half binding.
- half-drunk — being in a temporary state in which one's physical and mental faculties are impaired by an excess of alcoholic drink; intoxicated: The wine made him drunk.
- half-human — of, pertaining to, characteristic of, or having the nature of people: human frailty.
- half-pound — a unit of weight equal to 8 ounces avoirdupois (0.227 kilogram) or 6 ounces troy or apothecaries' weight (0.187 kilogram).
- half-round — semicircular in cross section, as a molding or piece of type.
- halogenous — (chemistry)describes a compound containing a halogen as part of the molecule.
- harlequins — Plural form of harlequin.
- haul queen — a young woman who displays her recent shopping purchases in films uploaded to video-sharing websites, and is paid according to the advertising revenue those videos generate