11-letter words containing s, l, o, g
- glamourpuss — a glamorous person, esp a woman
- glass block — a translucent, hollow or solid block of glass for glazing openings or constructing partitions, usually square on the face, with the outer surfaces treated in any of various ways.
- glassblower — A person skilled in the art of glassblowing.
- glasshouses — Plural form of glasshouse.
- glassworker — a person who makes or does glasswork.
- 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.
- glide slope — the angle that the glidepath of an aircraft or spacecraft makes with the horizontal.
- gliomatosis — excessive growth of neuroglia in the brain or spinal cord
- globalising — Present participle of globalise.
- globefishes — Plural form of globefish.
- glory years — very great praise, honor, or distinction bestowed by common consent; renown: to win glory on the field of battle.
- gloss paint — Gloss paint is paint that forms a shiny surface when it dries.
- glossectomy — (surgery) The surgical removal of all or part of the tongue.
- glossodynia — a condition characterized by a burning or tingling mouth region
- glossolalia — incomprehensible speech in an imaginary language, sometimes occurring in a trance state, an episode of religious ecstasy, or schizophrenia.
- 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.
- glucosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that hydrolyses glucosides.
- glumiferous — having glumes
- 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.
- glycolipids — Plural form of glycolipid.
- glycosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside.
- glycosylate — (organic chemistry) To react with a sugar to form a glycoside (especially a glycoprotein).
- glyoxysomes — Plural form of glyoxysome.
- goal crease — crease1 (def 4).
- goal scorer — somebody who scores goals
- goalkeepers — Plural form of goalkeeper.
- goalscorers — Plural form of goalscorer.
- goaltenders — Plural form of goaltender.
- 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.
- god help us — If you say God help us, you mean that you have negative feelings about the person or situation you are talking about.
- godlessness — The state of being godless.
- godlikeness — The quality of being godlike.
- golden rose — a gold, bejeweled ornament in the form of a rose or spray of roses, blessed and presented by the pope in recognition of service to the Holy See.
- goldfinches — Plural form of goldfinch.
- goldschmidt — Richard Benedikt. 1878–1958, US geneticist, born in Germany. He advanced the theory that heredity is determined by the chemical configuration of the chromosome molecule rather than by the qualities of the individual genes
- goldthreads — Plural form of goldthread.
- golf course — the ground or course over which golf is played. A standard full-scale golf course has 125 to 175 acres (51 to 71 hectares), usually with 18 holes varying from 100 to 650 yards (91 to 594 meters) in length from tee to cup.
- gonimoblast — a spore-bearing filament in the carpogonium of red algae
- goose flesh — goose bumps.
- goosepimple — Alt form goose pimple.
- gospel oath — an oath sworn on the Gospels
- gospel side — (in some Protestant churches) the left side of a church, facing the altar.
- gospel song — a piece of gospel music
- gouty stool — a footstool of the 18th century having a top adjustable to a variety of angles.
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
- grass cloth — a cloth made from plant fibres, such as jute or hemp