11-letter words containing o, n, a, g, i
- gastrodynia — (pathology) gastralgia (stomach pain).
- gastronomic — the art or science of good eating.
- gazillionth — (informal) The ordinal form of the number 'gazillion'.
- gazingstock — (archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at (or gazed at) by many people.
- geitonogamy — pollination of a flower by pollen from another flower on the same plant.
- gemmulation — the process of reproduction by gemmules.
- genealogies — A line of descent traced continuously from an ancestor.
- genealogist — a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc.
- genealogize — to investigate genealogy
- generations — Plural form of generation.
- genioplasty — Mentoplasty.
- genocidaire — a person who is guilty of genocide
- genomic dna — the DNA constituting the genome of a cell or organism, as distinguished from extrachromosomal DNAs, such as plasmids. Abbreviation: gDNA.
- genotypical — the genetic makeup of an organism or group of organisms with reference to a single trait, set of traits, or an entire complex of traits.
- geobotanist — a person who studies geobotany
- geodynamics — (used with a singular verb) the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
- geolocation — the process of determining the location of an electronic device, as a computer, cell phone, satellite, etc.
- geomagnetic — of or relating to geomagnetism.
- germination — to begin to grow or develop.
- gestational — the process, state, or period of gestating.
- ghirlandaio — (Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi) 1449–94, Italian painter.
- ghost train — a small train at an amusement park that travels through a dark tunnel in which sounds, lights, and mechanized objects are used to scare the people in the train
- giambologna — Giovanni da [jee-uh-vah-nee duh;; Italian jaw-vahn-nee dah] /ˌdʒi əˈvɑ ni də;; Italian dʒɔˈvɑn ni dɑ/ (Show IPA), (Jean de Boulogne; Giambologna) c1525–1608, Italian sculptor, born in France.
- giant otter — a large brown South American river otter, Pteronura brasiliensis, having a creamy chest patch and a long flat tail with a flanged border, hunted for its hide: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.
- gigantology — the study or description of giants
- glaciations — Plural form of glaciation.
- glamorizing — Present participle of glamorize.
- glauconitic — a greenish micaceous mineral consisting essentially of a hydrous silicate of potassium, aluminum, and iron and occurring in greensand, clays, etc.
- globalising — Present participle of globalise.
- globalizing — Present participle of globalize.
- globigerina — any marine foraminifer of the genus Globigerina, having a calcareous shell, occurring either near the surface of the sea or in the mud at the bottom.
- glomerating — Present participle of glomerate.
- glomeration — a glomerate condition; conglomeration.
- gloss paint — Gloss paint is paint that forms a shiny surface when it dries.
- glossodynia — a condition characterized by a burning or tingling mouth region
- glucokinase — an enzyme, found in all living systems, that serves to catalyze the phosphorylation of gluconic acid.
- glucosamine — an aminosugar occurring in many polysaccharides of vertebrate tissue and also as the major component of chitin.
- glutathione — a crystalline, water-soluble peptide of glutamic acid, cysteine, and glycine, C 10 H 17 N 3 O 6 S, found in blood and in animal and plant tissues, and important in tissue oxidations and in the activation of some enzymes.
- go flatline — [Cyberpunk SF, refers to flattening of EEG traces upon brain-death] also "flatlined". 1. To die, terminate, or fail, especially irreversibly. In hacker parlance, this is used of machines only, human death being considered somewhat too serious a matter to employ jargon-jokes about. 2. To go completely quiescent; said of machines undergoing controlled shutdown. "You can suffer file damage if you shut down Unix but power off before the system has gone flatline." 3. Of a video tube, to fail by losing vertical scan, so all one sees is a bright horizontal line bisecting the screen.
- go it alone — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- go-it-alone — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- goalkeeping — The art of a goalkeeper.
- goalkicking — the act of taking a goal kick
- goaltending — goalkeeping.
- goat island — an island in the Niagara River in W New York, in the middle of Niagara Falls, dividing the American Falls from the Horseshoe (Canadian) Falls.
- goatishness — The state or condition of being goatish.
- gobsmacking — Causing one to be gobsmacked; astounding, flabbergasting.
- god-fearing — deeply respectful or fearful of God.
- going train — the gear train for moving the hands of a timepiece or giving some other visual indication of the time.
- goldbeating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.