11-letter words containing r, o, l, i
- gold-rimmed — Gold-rimmed glasses have gold-coloured frames.
- goldbergian — Rube Goldberg.
- goldbricked — Simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick.
- goldbricker — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
- golden girl — successful or celebrated woman
- gonfalonier — the bearer of a gonfalon.
- gorilla arm — The side-effect that destroyed touch-screens as a mainstream input technology despite a promising start in the early 1980s. It seems the designers of all those spiffy touch-menu systems failed to notice that humans aren't designed to hold their arms in front of their faces making small motions. After more than a very few selections, the arm begins to feel sore, cramped, and oversized - the operator looks like a gorilla while using the touch screen and feels like one afterward. This is now considered a classic cautionary tale to human-factors designers; "Remember the gorilla arm!" is shorthand for "How is this going to fly in *real* use?".
- gorillagram — a jocular greetings message delivered to someone celebrating a birthday, engagement, etc, by a person dressed as a gorilla
- gorillalike — (informal) Resembling or characteristic of a gorilla.
- gradational — any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
- graminology — the branch of botany concerned with the study of grasses
- grandiflora — any of several plant varieties or hybrids characterized by large showy flowers, as certain kinds of petunias, baby's breath, or roses.
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- granolithic — (of concrete) containing fine granite chippings or crushed granite, used to render floors and surfaces.
- granulation — the act or process of granulating.
- granuliform — having a granular structure
- graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
- graptolitic — relating to, or containing, graptolites
- gratulation — a feeling of joy.
- grey willow — a species of willow, Salix cinerea, with greenish-grey catkins
- groin-vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
- groundlings — Plural form of groundling.
- groundsills — Plural form of groundsill.
- grovelingly — Alternative form of grovellingly.
- guerrillero — a guerrilla
- gustatorily — in a gustatory manner
- gymnorhinal — (of a bird) having the nostrils exposed, not covered by feathers.
- habilitator — to clothe or dress.
- hair colour — the colour or shade of someone's hair
- hair roller — a small Velcro cylinder used for rolling up and curling or styling the hair
- halomorphic — containing or resulting from the presence of neutral salts or alkaline salts or the presence of both
- haloperidol — a major antipsychotic agent, C 21 H 23 ClFNO 2 , used in the management of schizophrenia, severe anxiety, and other behavioral disorders.
- halsingborg — a seaport in SW Sweden, opposite Helsingör.
- hand-tailor — to produce (a garment or the like) by individual workmanship.
- hard liquor — spirits, alcoholic drink
- hard-boiled — Cookery. (of an egg) boiled in the shell long enough for the yolk and white to solidify.
- hariolation — the act of divining or prophesying
- harmolodics — the technique of each musician in a group simultaneously improvising around the melodic and rhythmic patterns in a tune, rather than one musician improvising on its underlying harmonic pattern while the others play an accompaniment
- harrowingly — extremely disturbing or distressing; grievous: a harrowing experience.
- haute-loire — a department in central France. 1931 sq. mi. (5000 sq. km). Capital: Le Puy.
- hectoliters — Plural form of hectoliter.
- hectoringly — So as to hector or bully.
- helicograph — an instrument for drawing helices.
- helicopters — Plural form of helicopter.
- helicospore — a coiled cylindrical fungal spore.
- heliochrome — a photograph that reproduces the natural colours of the subject
- heliochromy — the process and practice of producing a photograph that reproduces the natural colours of the subject
- heliographs — Plural form of heliograph.
- heliography — The scientific study of the sun.
- heliometers — Plural form of heliometer.