11-letter words containing s, g, n
- geodynamics — (used with a singular verb) the science dealing with dynamic processes or forces within the earth.
- geosciences — Plural form of geoscience.
- geosteering — Geosteering is the process of directing the drill bit to high-quality parts of the reservoir using petrophysical (=relating to the physical qualities of rock) data.
- geosyncline — a portion of the earth's crust subjected to downward warping during a large span of geologic time; a geosynclinal fold.
- geotechnics — the application of science in order to utilize the earth's natural resources in engineering projects
- germaneness — The property of being germane.
- gerodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
- gestational — the process, state, or period of gestating.
- gesticulant — making or tending to make gestures or gesticulations: a gesticulant speaker.
- ghastliness — The state of being ghastly.
- ghost dance — a ritual dance intended to establish communion with the dead, especially such a dance as performed by various messianic western American Indian cults in the late 19th century.
- 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
- ghostliness — of, characteristic of, or resembling a ghost; phantasmal; spectral.
- giant snail — any land snail of the genus Achatina and related genera, mostly of tropical Africa, having shells up to 9 inches (23 cm) high.
- giant squid — any squid of the genus Architeuthis, inhabiting deep ocean bottoms and sometimes attaining an arm span of 65 feet (20 meters) or more.
- giant steps — a children's game in which a leader calls upon individual players to advance toward him or her in a given number and variety of steps, the object being for one person to tag the leader and for all of them to run back to the starting line without being caught by the leader. Any player who is caught becomes the leader.
- giant-sized — An object that is giant-sized is much bigger than objects of its kind usually are.
- gibbousness — The quality of being gibbous.
- gibson girl — the idealized American girl of the 1890s as represented in the illustrations of Charles Dana Gibson.
- gigantesque — of a huge or gigantic size; of or suited to a giant.
- gill fungus — an agaricaceous fungus; mushroom.
- gingersnaps — Plural form of gingersnap.
- girlfriends — Plural form of girlfriend.
- girlishness — The quality of being girlish.
- give thanks — be thankful, express thankfulness
- glabrescent — becoming glabrous.
- glaciations — Plural form of glaciation.
- gladfulness — The quality of being gladful.
- glans penis — the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- glaringness — The quality of being glaring.
- glass snake — any limbless, snakelike lizard of the genus Ophisaurus, inhabiting the eastern U.S., Europe, and Asia, having external ear openings and the ability to regenerate its long, fragile tail.
- glassmaking — the art of making glass or glassware.
- glastonbury — a borough of SW England, in whose vicinity the ruins of an important Iron Age lake village have been found and to which in folklore both King Arthur and Joseph of Arimathaea have been linked, the latter as the founder of the abbey there.
- glaucescent — becoming glaucous; somewhat glaucous.
- gleefulness — The state of being gleeful or joyous.
- glens falls — a city in E New York, on the Hudson River.
- glimmerings — Plural form of glimmering.
- globalising — Present participle of globalise.
- 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.
- glutaminase — an enzyme used to treat cancer
- glutinosity — The quality of being glutinous or viscous.
- glutinously — In a glutinous manner.
- glycogenous — of or relating to the formation of sugar in the liver.
- gnat's piss — a very weak-tasting and unappetizing drink
- gnathostome — (zoology) Any vertebrate with jaws, including amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and most modern fish.
- gnetophytes — Plural form of gnetophyte.
- gnotobiosis — an environmental condition in which germfree animals have been inoculated with strains of known microorganisms.