9-Letter Words Containing: GLIS

• of or relating to or characteristic of England or its culture or people

• of or relating to the English language

• an Indo-European language belonging to the West Germanic branch; the official language of Britain and the United States and most of the commonwealth countries

• the people of England

• the discipline that studies the English language and literature

• (sports) the spin given to a ball by striking it on one side or releasing it with a sharp twist

• (ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet

• perform a glissade, in ballet

• a rapid series of ascending or descending notes on the musical scale

• (musical direction) in the manner of a glissando (with a rapidly executed series of notes)

• the quality of shining with a bright reflected light

• be shiny, as if wet

• (ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet

• perform a glissade, in ballet

• To gleam, glisten or coruscate.

• Either a continuous sliding from one pitch to another ("true" glissando), or an incidental scale played while moving from one melodic note to another ("effective" glissando).

• A method of playing an electric guitar in which a metal bar is held at right angles across the strings and rapidly moved up and down, creating a smooth, lush sound.