Words Starting With GL
Embark on a linguistic journey with words that begin with the letter GL. This section showcases how GL at the start shapes the identity and sound of various words. From commonly used terms to rare finds, explore the diverse range of words that start with GL, enriching your vocabulary and appreciation for language.
4 letter words
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|---|---|---|---|
| glad | 6 | eagerly disposed to act or to be of service | glad to help |
| glue | 5 | join or attach with or as if with glue | - |
| glow | 8 | light from nonthermal sources | - |
| glen | 5 | a narrow secluded valley (in the mountains) | - |
| glum | 7 | showing a brooding ill humor | a glum, hopeless shrug |
| glee | 5 | great merriment | - |
| glib | 7 | artfully persuasive in speech | a glib tongue |
| glug | 6 | make a gurgling sound as of liquid issuing from a bottle | the wine bottles glugged |
| glam | 7 | - | - |
| glob | 7 | a compact mass | - |
| glut | 5 | overeat or eat immodestly; make a pig of oneself | - |
| glom | 7 | take by theft | - |
| glop | 7 | writing or music that is excessively sweet and sentimental | - |
| gled | 6 | - | - |
| gleg | 6 | - | - |
| glei | 5 | - | - |
| gley | 8 | - | - |
| glia | 5 | sustentacular tissue that surrounds and supports neurons in the central nervous system; glial and neural cells together compose the tissue of the central nervous system | - |
| glid | 6 | - | - |
| glim | 7 | - | - |
| glit | 5 | - | - |
5 letter words
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|---|---|---|---|
| glass | 6 | a mirror; usually a ladies' dressing mirror | - |
| glory | 9 | an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint | - |
| glove | 9 | the handwear used by fielders in playing baseball | - |
| globe | 8 | the 3rd planet from the sun; the planet we live on | - |
| glued | 7 | affixed or as if affixed with glue or paste | he stayed glued to one spot |
| glide | 7 | the activity of flying a glider | - |
| gland | 7 | any of various organs that synthesize substances needed by the body and release it through ducts or directly into the bloodstream | - |
| gloom | 8 | an atmosphere of depression and melancholy | gloom pervaded the office |
| glare | 6 | a focus of public attention | when Congress investigates it brings the full glare of publicity to the agency |
| gloss | 6 | provide interlinear explanations for words or phrases | - |
| gleam | 8 | be shiny, as if wet | - |
| gloat | 6 | dwell on with satisfaction | - |
| glean | 6 | gather, as of natural products | - |
| glaze | 15 | become glassy or take on a glass-like appearance | Her eyes glaze over when she is bored |
| glint | 6 | a momentary flash of light | - |
| glade | 7 | a tract of land with few or no trees in the middle of a wooded area | - |
| glyph | 14 | glyptic art in the form of a symbolic figure carved or incised in relief | - |
| glans | 6 | a small rounded structure; especially that at the end of the penis or clitoris | - |
| glitz | 15 | tasteless showiness | - |
| glair | 6 | - | - |
| glace | 8 | (used especially of fruits) preserved by coating with or allowing to absorb sugar | - |
| gluey | 9 | having the sticky properties of an adhesive | - |
| glede | 7 | - | - |
| glads | 7 | - | - |
| glady | 10 | - | - |
| glaik | 10 | - | - |
| glams | 8 | - | - |
| glary | 9 | shining intensely | - |
| glaum | 8 | - | - |
| glaur | 6 | - | - |
| glazy | 18 | - | - |
| gleba | 8 | fleshy spore-bearing inner mass of e.g. a puffball or stinkhorn | - |
| glebe | 8 | plot of land belonging to an English parish church or an ecclesiastical office | - |
| gleby | 11 | - | - |
| gleds | 7 | - | - |
| gleed | 7 | - | - |
| gleek | 10 | - | - |
| glees | 6 | - | - |
| gleet | 6 | a thin morbid discharge as from a wound or especially chronic gonorrhea | - |
| gleis | 6 | - | - |
| glens | 6 | - | - |
| glent | 6 | - | - |
| gleys | 9 | - | - |
| glial | 6 | of or relating to neuroglia | - |
| glias | 6 | - | - |
| glibs | 8 | - | - |
| gliff | 12 | - | - |
| glift | 9 | - | - |
| glike | 10 | - | - |
| glime | 8 | - | - |
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6 letter words
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|---|---|---|---|
| global | 9 | involving the entire earth; not limited or provincial in scope | global war |
| gloria | 7 | - | - |
| gladly | 11 | in a willing manner | this was gladly agreed to |
| glance | 9 | throw a glance at; take a brief look at | She only glanced at the paper |
| gloomy | 12 | depressingly dark | the gloomy forest |
| glitch | 12 | a fault or defect in a computer program, system, or machine | - |
| glazed | 17 | having a shiny surface or coating | glazed fabrics |
| glider | 8 | aircraft supported only by the dynamic action of air against its surfaces | - |
| glossy | 10 | reflecting light | the horse's glossy coat |
| glassy | 10 | (of ceramics) having the surface made shiny and nonporous by fusing a vitreous solution to it | glassy porcelain |
| glover | 10 | - | - |
| gluten | 7 | a protein substance that remains when starch is removed from cereal grains; gives cohesiveness to dough | - |
| gluing | 8 | - | - |
| glided | 9 | - | - |
| glamor | 9 | alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) | - |
| glitzy | 19 | - | - |
| glycol | 12 | a sweet but poisonous syrupy liquid used as an antifreeze and solvent | - |
| gloved | 11 | having the hands covered with gloves | - |
| glazer | 16 | someone who cuts flat glass to size | - |
| glioma | 9 | a tumor of the brain consisting of neuroglia | - |
| glibly | 12 | with superficial plausibility | he talked glibly |
| globin | 9 | a colorless protein obtained by removing heme from hemoglobin; the oxygen carrying compound in red blood cells | - |
| glower | 10 | look at with a fixed gaze | - |
| glaced | 10 | - | - |
| glaces | 9 | - | - |
| glacis | 9 | - | - |
| glades | 8 | - | - |
| glaiks | 11 | - | - |
| glaire | 7 | - | - |
| glairs | 7 | - | - |
| glairy | 10 | - | - |
| glaive | 10 | - | - |
| glammy | 14 | - | - |
| glands | 8 | - | - |
| glared | 8 | - | - |
| glares | 7 | - | - |
| glaums | 9 | - | - |
| glaurs | 7 | - | - |
| glaury | 10 | - | - |
| glazen | 16 | - | - |
| glazes | 16 | - | - |
| gleams | 9 | - | - |
| gleamy | 12 | - | - |
| gleans | 7 | - | - |
| gleave | 10 | - | - |
| glebae | 9 | - | - |
| glebes | 9 | - | - |
| gledes | 8 | - | - |
| gledge | 9 | - | - |
| gleeds | 8 | - | - |
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7 letter words
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|---|---|---|---|
| glasses | 8 | (plural) optical instrument consisting of a frame that holds a pair of lenses for correcting defective vision | - |
| glimpse | 12 | a quick look | - |
| glowing | 12 | the amount of electromagnetic radiation leaving or arriving at a point on a surface | - |
| glitter | 8 | be shiny, as if wet | - |
| glacier | 10 | a slowly moving mass of ice | - |
| glamour | 10 | alluring beauty or charm (often with sex-appeal) | - |
| gliding | 10 | the activity of flying a glider | - |
| glucose | 10 | a monosaccharide sugar that has several forms; an important source of physiological energy | - |
| glutton | 8 | a person who is devoted to eating and drinking to excess | - |
| glaring | 9 | conspicuously and outrageously bad or reprehensible | a glaring error |
| glorify | 14 | praise, glorify, or honor | glorify one's spouse's cooking |
| glimmer | 12 | a slight suggestion or vague understanding | - |
| glacial | 10 | devoid of warmth and cordiality; expressive of unfriendliness or disdain | a glacial handshake |
| gleaner | 8 | someone who gathers something in small pieces (e.g. information) slowly and carefully | - |
| glisten | 8 | be shiny, as if wet | His eyes were glistening |
| glazing | 18 | - | - |
| gluteus | 8 | any one of three large skeletal muscles that form the buttock and move the thigh | - |
| gladder | 10 | - | - |
| glassed | 9 | fitted or covered with glass | - |
| gladius | 9 | - | - |
| gleeful | 11 | full of high-spirited delight | - |
| gluteal | 8 | of or relating to or near the gluteus muscles | - |
| glycine | 13 | genus of Asiatic erect or sprawling herbs: soya bean | - |
| gladden | 10 | make glad or happy | - |
| glazier | 17 | someone who cuts flat glass to size | - |
| gloried | 9 | - | - |
| glottis | 8 | the vocal apparatus of the larynx; the true vocal folds and the space between them where the voice tone is generated | - |
| glutted | 9 | exceeding demand | a glutted market |
| glaceed | 11 | - | - |
| gladded | 11 | - | - |
| gladdie | 10 | - | - |
| gladdon | 10 | iris with purple flowers and foul-smelling leaves; southern and western Europe and North Africa | - |
| gladful | 12 | - | - |
| gladier | 9 | - | - |
| glaiket | 12 | - | - |
| glaikit | 12 | - | - |
| glaired | 9 | - | - |
| glaires | 8 | - | - |
| glairin | 8 | - | - |
| glaived | 12 | - | - |
| glaives | 11 | - | - |
| glammed | 13 | - | - |
| glammer | 12 | - | - |
| glamors | 10 | - | - |
| glanced | 11 | - | - |
| glancer | 10 | - | - |
| glances | 10 | - | - |
| glandes | 9 | - | - |
| glareal | 8 | - | - |
| glarier | 8 | - | - |
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8 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
|---|---|---|---|
| glorious | 9 | having great beauty and splendor | a glorious spring morning |
| gleaming | 12 | a flash of light (especially reflected light) | - |
| gleaning | 10 | - | - |
| globally | 14 | throughout the world | this is globally significant |
| gluttony | 12 | eating to excess (personified as one of the deadly sins) | - |
| glancing | 12 | - | - |
| glaucoma | 13 | an eye disease that damages the optic nerve and impairs vision (sometimes progressing to blindness) | contrary to popular belief, glaucoma is not always caused by elevated intraocular pressure |
| gloating | 10 | malicious satisfaction | - |
| gladness | 10 | experiencing joy and pleasure | - |
| glissade | 10 | (ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet | - |
| glinting | 10 | having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | glinting eyes |
| glycerin | 14 | a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils | - |
| glittery | 12 | having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | glittery costume jewelry |
| glibness | 11 | a kind of fluent easy superficiality | the glibness of a high-pressure salesman |
| glooming | 12 | depressingly dark | the glooming interior of an old inn |
| glassman | 11 | - | - |
| globular | 11 | having the shape of a sphere or ball | little globular houses like mud-wasp nests |
| glossary | 12 | an alphabetical list of technical terms in some specialized field of knowledge; usually published as an appendix to a text on that field | - |
| glycerol | 14 | a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils | - |
| glassful | 12 | the quantity a glass will hold | - |
| gloaming | 12 | the time of day immediately following sunset | - |
| glossies | 9 | - | - |
| glowworm | 17 | the luminous larva or wingless grub-like female of a firefly | - |
| glutting | 10 | - | - |
| glycogen | 15 | one form in which body fuel is stored; stored primarily in the liver and broken down into glucose when needed by the body | - |
| gladiola | 10 | any of numerous plants of the genus Gladiolus native chiefly to tropical and South Africa having sword-shaped leaves and one-sided spikes of brightly colored funnel-shaped flowers; widely cultivated | - |
| glasnost | 9 | a policy of the Soviet government allowing freer discussion of social problems | - |
| globulin | 11 | a family of proteins found in blood and milk and muscle and in plant seed | - |
| glorying | 13 | - | - |
| glabella | 11 | a smooth prominence of the frontal bone between and above the eyebrows; the most forward projecting point of the forehead in the midline at the level of the supraorbital ridges | - |
| glabrate | 11 | - | - |
| glabrous | 11 | having no hair or similar growth; smooth | glabrous stems |
| glaceing | 12 | - | - |
| glacials | 11 | - | - |
| glaciate | 11 | become frozen and covered with glaciers | - |
| glaciers | 11 | - | - |
| glacises | 11 | - | - |
| gladdens | 11 | - | - |
| gladdest | 11 | - | - |
| gladdies | 11 | - | - |
| gladding | 12 | - | - |
| gladdons | 11 | - | - |
| gladiate | 10 | - | - |
| gladiest | 10 | - | - |
| gladiole | 10 | - | - |
| gladioli | 10 | - | - |
| gladlier | 10 | - | - |
| gladsome | 12 | experiencing or expressing gladness or joy | a gladsome smile |
| gladwrap | 15 | - | - |
| glairier | 9 | - | - |
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9 letter words
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| glamorous | 12 | having an air of allure, romance and excitement | glamorous movie stars |
| gladiator | 11 | a professional boxer | - |
| glorified | 14 | accorded sacrosanct or authoritative standing | - |
| gladstone | 11 | a large travelling bag made of stiff leather | - |
| glandular | 11 | relating to or affecting or functioning as a gland | glandular malfunctions |
| glycerine | 15 | a sweet syrupy trihydroxy alcohol obtained by saponification of fats and oils | - |
| glutinous | 10 | having the sticky properties of an adhesive | - |
| gleefully | 16 | in a joyous and gleeful manner | the old man had greeted her gleefully |
| glassware | 13 | an article of tableware made of glass | - |
| glutamate | 12 | a salt or ester of glutamic acid | - |
| gladiolus | 11 | the large central part of the breastbone | - |
| glissando | 11 | a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale | - |
| glasswork | 17 | an article of tableware made of glass | - |
| glimpsing | 15 | - | - |
| glengarry | 14 | a Scottish cap with straight sides and a crease along the top from front to back; worn by Highlanders as part of military dress | - |
| glowering | 14 | showing a brooding ill humor | - |
| glowingly | 17 | in an enthusiastically glowing manner | in her letter she praised him glowingly |
| glabellae | 12 | - | - |
| glabellar | 12 | of or relating to the glabella | - |
| glacially | 15 | by a glacier | glacially deposited material |
| glaciated | 13 | covered with ice (as by a glacier) or affected by glacial action | - |
| glaciates | 12 | - | - |
| glaciered | 13 | - | - |
| gladdened | 13 | made joyful | - |
| gladdener | 12 | - | - |
| gladelike | 15 | - | - |
| gladiolar | 11 | - | - |
| gladiolas | 11 | - | - |
| gladioles | 11 | - | - |
| gladiuses | 11 | - | - |
| gladliest | 11 | - | - |
| gladsomer | 13 | - | - |
| gladwraps | 16 | - | - |
| glaireous | 10 | - | - |
| glairiest | 10 | - | - |
| glammiest | 14 | - | - |
| glamoring | 13 | - | - |
| glamorise | 12 | make glamorous and attractive | - |
| glamorize | 21 | make glamorous and attractive | This new wallpaper really glamorizes the living room! |
| glamoured | 13 | - | - |
| glampings | 15 | - | - |
| glancings | 13 | - | - |
| glandered | 12 | - | - |
| glandless | 11 | - | - |
| glandlike | 15 | - | - |
| glandules | 11 | - | - |
| glareless | 10 | - | - |
| glariness | 10 | - | - |
| glaringly | 14 | in a glaring manner | it was glaringly obvious |
| glasnosts | 10 | - | - |
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10 letter words
View all| Word | Points | Definition | Sentence example |
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| glittering | 12 | having brief brilliant points or flashes of light | his glittering eyes were cold and malevolent |
| glistening | 12 | reflecting light | glistening bodies of swimmers |
| gloriously | 14 | with glory or in a glorious manner | where others had failed he had gloriously succeeded |
| gluttonous | 11 | given to excess in consumption of especially food or drink | over-fed women and their gluttonous husbands |
| glimmering | 16 | a slight suggestion or vague understanding | - |
| glamourous | 13 | having an air of allure, romance and excitement | - |
| glorifying | 18 | - | - |
| glaciation | 13 | the condition of being covered with glaciers or masses of ice; the result of glacial action | Agassiz recognized marks of glaciation all over northern Europe |
| glasshouse | 14 | a building with glass walls and roof; for the cultivation and exhibition of plants under controlled conditions | - |
| glitterati | 11 | - | - |
| glyptodont | 17 | - | - |
| glacialist | 13 | - | - |
| glaciating | 14 | - | - |
| glaciology | 17 | - | - |
| gladdeners | 13 | - | - |
| gladdening | 14 | - | - |
| gladiators | 12 | - | - |
| gladiatory | 15 | - | - |
| gladnesses | 12 | - | - |
| gladsomely | 17 | - | - |
| gladsomest | 14 | - | - |
| gladstones | 12 | - | - |
| glairiness | 11 | - | - |
| glamorised | 14 | - | - |
| glamoriser | 13 | - | - |
| glamorises | 13 | - | - |
| glamorized | 23 | - | - |
| glamorizer | 22 | - | - |
| glamorizes | 22 | - | - |
| glamorless | 13 | - | - |
| glamouring | 14 | - | - |
| glamourise | 13 | make glamorous and attractive | - |
| glamourize | 22 | make glamorous and attractive | - |
| glancingly | 17 | - | - |
| glanderous | 12 | - | - |
| glandiform | 17 | - | - |
| glandulous | 12 | - | - |
| glasnostic | 13 | - | - |
| glasscloth | 16 | - | - |
| glassified | 15 | - | - |
| glassifies | 14 | - | - |
| glassiness | 11 | - | - |
| glassmaker | 17 | someone who makes glass | - |
| glasspaper | 15 | - | - |
| glasswares | 14 | - | - |
| glassworks | 18 | a workplace where glass is made | - |
| glassworms | 16 | - | - |
| glassworts | 14 | - | - |
| glauberite | 13 | - | - |
| glauconite | 13 | a green mineral consisting of hydrated silicate of potassium or iron or magnesium or aluminum; found in greensand | - |
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