8-letter 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.
| 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 | - | - |
| glairing | 10 | - | - |
| glairins | 9 | - | - |
| glammest | 13 | - | - |
| glammier | 13 | - | - |
| glamming | 14 | - | - |
| glamored | 12 | - | - |
| glamours | 11 | - | - |
| glamping | 14 | - | - |
| glancers | 11 | - | - |
| glanders | 10 | a destructive and contagious bacterial disease of horses that can be transmitted to humans | - |
| glandule | 10 | - | - |
| glareous | 9 | - | - |
| glariest | 9 | - | - |
| glassier | 9 | - | - |
| glassies | 9 | - | - |
| glassify | 15 | - | - |
| glassily | 12 | - | - |
| glassine | 9 | - | - |
| glassing | 10 | - | - |
| glassmen | 11 | - | - |
| glaucous | 11 | having a frosted look from a powdery coating, as on plants | glaucous stems |
| glauming | 12 | - | - |
| glaurier | 9 | - | - |
| glaziers | 18 | - | - |
| glaziery | 21 | - | - |
| glaziest | 18 | - | - |
| glazings | 19 | - | - |
| gleamers | 11 | - | - |
| gleamier | 11 | - | - |
| gleaners | 9 | - | - |
| glebiest | 11 | - | - |
| gledging | 12 | - | - |
| gleeking | 14 | - | - |
| gleenies | 9 | - | - |
| gleesome | 11 | - | - |
| gleetier | 9 | - | - |
| gleeting | 10 | - | - |
| gleggest | 11 | - | - |
| glegness | 10 | - | - |
| glenlike | 13 | - | - |
| glenoids | 10 | - | - |
| glenting | 10 | - | - |
| gleyings | 13 | - | - |
| gliadine | 10 | - | - |
| gliadins | 10 | - | - |
| glibbery | 16 | - | - |
| glibbest | 13 | - | - |
| glibbing | 14 | - | - |
| gliddery | 14 | - | - |
| gliddest | 11 | - | - |
| glidings | 11 | - | - |
| gliffing | 16 | - | - |
| glimmers | 13 | - | - |
| glimmery | 16 | shining softly and intermittently | glimmery candlelight |
| glimpsed | 14 | - | - |
| glimpser | 13 | - | - |
| glimpses | 13 | - | - |
| glintier | 9 | - | - |
| gliomata | 11 | - | - |
| glistens | 9 | - | - |
| glisters | 9 | - | - |
| glitches | 14 | - | - |
| glitters | 9 | - | - |
| glitzier | 18 | - | - |
| glitzily | 21 | - | - |
| glitzing | 19 | - | - |
| gloaters | 9 | - | - |
| globated | 12 | - | - |
| globbier | 13 | - | - |
| globiest | 11 | - | - |
| globoids | 12 | - | - |
| globoses | 11 | - | - |
| globules | 11 | - | - |
| globulet | 11 | - | - |
| glochids | 15 | - | - |
| glomming | 14 | - | - |
| glonoins | 9 | - | - |
| gloomful | 14 | depressingly dark | `gloomful' is archaic |
| gloomier | 11 | - | - |
| gloomily | 14 | with gloom | such a change is gloomily foreseen by many |
| gloopier | 11 | - | - |
| glooping | 12 | - | - |
| gloppier | 13 | - | - |
| glopping | 14 | - | - |
| gloriole | 9 | an indication of radiant light drawn around the head of a saint | - |
| gloriosa | 9 | any plant of the genus Gloriosa of tropical Africa and Asia; a perennial herb climbing by means of tendrils at leaf tips having showy yellow to red or purple flowers; all parts are poisonous | - |
| glosseme | 11 | - | - |
| glossers | 9 | - | - |
| glossier | 9 | - | - |
| glossily | 12 | in a glossy manner | the magazine was glossily printed |
| glossina | 9 | bloodsucking African fly; transmits sleeping sickness etc. | - |
| glossing | 10 | - | - |
| glossist | 9 | - | - |
| glouting | 10 | - | - |
| glovebox | 21 | - | - |
| glovings | 13 | - | - |
| glowered | 13 | - | - |
| glowlamp | 16 | - | - |
| gloxinia | 16 | any of several plants of the genera Gloxinia or Sinningia (greenhouse gloxinias) having showy bell-shaped flowers | - |
| glozings | 19 | - | - |
| glucagon | 12 | a hormone secreted by the pancreas; stimulates increases in blood sugar levels in the blood (thus opposing the action of insulin) | - |
| glucinas | 11 | - | - |
| glucinic | 13 | - | - |
| glucinum | 13 | - | - |
| gluconic | 13 | - | - |
| glucoses | 11 | - | - |
| glucosic | 13 | - | - |
| glueball | 11 | - | - |
| gluelike | 13 | - | - |
| gluepots | 11 | - | - |
| glugging | 12 | - | - |
| gluhwein | 15 | - | - |
| gluiness | 9 | the property of being cohesive and sticky | - |
| glumella | 11 | - | - |
| glummest | 13 | - | - |
| glumness | 11 | an atmosphere of depression and melancholy | - |
| glumpier | 13 | - | - |
| glumpily | 16 | - | - |
| glumpish | 16 | - | - |
| glunched | 15 | - | - |
| glunches | 14 | - | - |
| glutaeal | 9 | - | - |
| glutaeus | 9 | - | - |
| glutamic | 13 | - | - |
| glutched | 15 | - | - |
| glutches | 14 | - | - |
| glutelin | 9 | a simple protein found in the seeds of cereals | - |
| glutenin | 9 | - | - |
| gluttons | 9 | - | - |
| glycemia | 16 | - | - |
| glycemic | 18 | - | - |
| glyceria | 14 | manna grass | - |
| glyceric | 16 | - | - |
| glyceryl | 17 | a trivalent radical derived from glycerol by removing the three hydroxyl radicals | - |
| glycines | 14 | - | - |
| glycolic | 16 | - | - |
| glyconic | 16 | - | - |
| glycoses | 14 | - | - |
| glycosyl | 17 | - | - |
| glyptals | 14 | - | - |
| glyptics | 16 | the art of engraving on precious stones | - |
