8-letter words containing o, l, g
- ganglion — Anatomy. a mass of nerve tissue existing outside the central nervous system. any of certain masses of gray matter in the brain, as the basal ganglia.
- ganglord — The leader of a gang, especially a criminal organization.
- gantlope — gauntlet2 .
- gaolbird — Alternative spelling of jailbird.
- gardyloo — (Scotland, obsolete) Used by servants in medieval Scotland to warn passers-by of waste about to be thrown from a window into the street below. The term was still in use as late the 1930s and 1940s, when many people had no indoor toilets.
- garefowl — an extinct species of seabird (Alca impennis)
- gargoyle — a grotesquely carved figure of a human or animal.
- garofalo — Galofalo.
- gas coal — a soft coal suitable for the production of gas.
- gasolene — gasoline.
- gasolier — a chandelier furnished with gaslights.
- gasoline — a volatile, flammable liquid mixture of hydrocarbons, obtained from petroleum, and used as fuel for internal-combustion engines, as a solvent, etc.
- gatefold — foldout (def 1).
- gavelock — a spear or javelin
- gealousy — Obsolete form of jealousy.
- gelation — the process of gelling.
- gelibolu — a peninsula in NW European Turkey, extending between the Aegean Sea and the Dardanelles. 50 miles (80 km) long.
- gelsolin — an actin-binding protein that modulates actin filament length and gelation, influencing cell locomotion and structure, endocytosis, etc.
- gemology — the science dealing with natural and artificial gemstones.
- geoglyph — A large-scale drawing made on the ground by scratching or arranging lines of stones etc.
- geolatry — the worship of the earth
- geologer — (dated) A geologist.
- geologic — of, relating to, or based on geology.
- geraniol — a colorless or pale-yellow terpene alcohol, C 10 H 18 O, with a geraniumlike odor, found in rose oil, soluble in alcohol and ether, insoluble in water: used in perfumes and flavors.
- 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.
- get lost — no longer possessed or retained: lost friends.
- ghoulish — strangely diabolical or cruel; monstrous: a ghoulish and questionable sense of humor.
- gigaflop — gigaflops
- gigavolt — One thousand million ( 109 ) volts. Symbol: GV.
- gill box — a machine having a number of gills, used in combing.
- gillaroo — a type of brown trout
- giltwood — made of wood and gilded
- gingerol — (organic compound) Any of several isomeric compounds responsible for the heat of ginger.
- girasole — an opal that reflects light in a bright luminous glow.
- girasols — Plural form of girasol.
- girlhood — the state or time of being a girl.
- glabrous — having a surface devoid of hair or pubescence.
- glacious — Characteristic, composed, or of the nature of icy; icy.“Gla
- gladiola — gladiolus (def 1).
- gladioli — Plural form of gladiolus.
- gladsome — giving or causing joy; delightful.
- glamazon — A glamorous, powerfully assertive woman.
- glamours — Plural form of glamour.
- glamoury — (obsolete) magic.
- glareous — growing in gravel
- glasnost — the declared public policy within the Soviet Union of openly and frankly discussing economic and political realities: initiated under Mikhail Gorbachev in 1985.
- 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.
- gleesome — gleeful; merry.