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11-letter words containing s, u, n, g

  • gas turbine — a turbine utilizing the gaseous products of combustion.
  • gauge boson — a boson that mediates the interaction between elementary particles. There are several types: photons for electromagnetic interactions, W and Z intermediate vector bosons for weak interactions, and gravitons for gravitational interactions
  • genius loci — the guardian spirit of a place.
  • genuineness — possessing the claimed or attributed character, quality, or origin; not counterfeit; authentic; real: genuine sympathy; a genuine antique.
  • gesticulant — making or tending to make gestures or gesticulations: a gesticulant speaker.
  • 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.
  • gibbousness — The quality of being gibbous.
  • gigantesque — of a huge or gigantic size; of or suited to a giant.
  • gill fungus — an agaricaceous fungus; mushroom.
  • gladfulness — The quality of being gladful.
  • 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.
  • 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.
  • goes around — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
  • goosetongue — The plant sneezewort.
  • gourmandise — unrestrained enjoyment of fine foods, wines, and the like.
  • gourmandism — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
  • gradualness — The condition of being gradual.
  • graduations — Plural form of graduation.
  • granduncles — Plural form of granduncle.
  • graniferous — bearing grain
  • granivorous — (of an animal, especially a bird) eating grain and seeds.
  • great runes — Uppercase-only text or display messages. Some archaic operating systems still emit these. See also runes, smash case, fold case. Decades ago, back in the days when it was the sole supplier of long-distance hardcopy transmittal devices, the Teletype Corporation was faced with a major design choice. To shorten code lengths and cut complexity in the printing mechanism, it had been decided that teletypes would use a monocase font, either ALL UPPER or all lower. The Question Of The Day was therefore, which one to choose. A study was conducted on readability under various conditions of bad ribbon, worn print hammers, etc. Lowercase won; it is less dense and has more distinctive letterforms, and is thus much easier to read both under ideal conditions and when the letters are mangled or partly obscured. The results were filtered up through management. The chairman of Teletype killed the proposal because it failed one incredibly important criterion: "It would be impossible to spell the name of the Deity correctly." In this way (or so, at least, hacker folklore has it) superstition triumphed over utility. Teletypes were the major input devices on most early computers, and terminal manufacturers looking for corners to cut naturally followed suit until well into the 1970s. Thus, that one bad call stuck us with Great Runes for thirty years.
  • green stuff — paper money.
  • greenhouses — Plural form of greenhouse.
  • grind house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
  • grind-house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
  • grouchiness — The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
  • ground bass — a short fundamental bass part continually repeated throughout a movement.
  • ground-fish — bottom-fish.
  • groundburst — The explosion of a bomb dropped from the air when it hits the ground.
  • groundlings — Plural form of groundling.
  • groundshare — to share the facilities and running costs of a single stadium with another team
  • groundsheet — a waterproof sheet of plastic, canvas, or other durable material spread on the ground, as under a sleeping bag or in a tent, for protection against moisture.
  • groundsills — Plural form of groundsill.
  • groundspeed — the speed of an aircraft with reference to the ground.
  • groundstone — A simple neolithic stone tool made by grinding.
  • groundswell — a broad, deep swell or rolling of the sea, due to a distant storm or gale.
  • groundworks — Plural form of groundwork.
  • guaifenesin — An expectorant used in cough syrups and sometimes for pain relief from fibromyalgia.
  • guaniferous — yielding guano
  • guaranteers — Plural form of guaranteer.
  • guard's van — The guard's van of a train is a small carriage or part of a carriage in which the guard travels.
  • guardedness — The state or condition of being guarded.
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