11-letter words containing a, g, d, e
- glycosidase — (enzyme) Any enzyme that catalyses the hydrolysis of a glycoside.
- go-go dance — a dance performed by a go-go dancer
- goaltenders — Plural form of goaltender.
- goaltending — goalkeeping.
- goatsbeards — Plural form of goatsbeard.
- gob-smacked — utterly astounded; astonished.
- god-fearing — deeply respectful or fearful of God.
- goddaughter — a female godchild.
- godforsaken — desolate; remote; deserted: They live in some godforsaken place 40 miles from the nearest town.
- goes around — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- gold orange — an orange-yellow, slightly water-soluble powder, C 1 4 H 1 4 N 3 NaO 3 S, used chiefly as an acid-base indicator.
- gold-plated — secure, valuable
- goldbeating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- goldbergian — Rube Goldberg.
- golden ager — an elderly person, especially one who has retired.
- golden calf — a golden idol set up by Aaron and worshiped by the Israelites. Ex. 32.
- golden gate — a strait in W California, between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific. 2 miles (3.2 km) wide.
- golden goal — In some football matches, a golden goal is the first goal scored in extra time, which wins the match for the team that scores it.
- golden gram — (in the East Indies) the chickpea used as a food for people and cattle.
- golden mean — the perfect moderate course or position that avoids extremes; the happy medium.
- golden-ager — an elderly person, especially one who has retired.
- goldthreads — Plural form of goldthread.
- gonadectomy — (surgery) The procedure to remove an ovary or testis.
- gonadotrope — a gonadotropic substance.
- good graces — If you are in someone's good graces, they are pleased with you.
- good nature — pleasant disposition; kindly nature; amiability.
- goodhearted — Kind, generous and altruistic.
- goodnatured — Alternative spelling of good-natured.
- gormandized — Simple past tense and past participle of gormandize.
- gormandizer — A person who gormandizes; a glutton or gourmand.
- gormandizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gormandize.
- gourmandise — unrestrained enjoyment of fine foods, wines, and the like.
- gourmandize — to enjoy fine food and drink, especially often and in lavish quantity.
- grab handle — A grab handle is a handle on the side of an object such as a bathtub that you hold in order to help you get in and out.
- grade point — Education. a numerical equivalent to a received letter grade, usually 0 for F, 1 for D, 2 for C, 3 for B, and 4 for A, that is multiplied by the number of credits for the course: used to compute a grade point average.
- grade sheet — a piece of paper on which a student's grades are recorded
- graded area — (in dialect geography) an area whose dialect has been influenced by the dialect of one or more neighboring focal areas. Compare focal area, relic area.
- graded post — a position in a school having special responsibility for which additional payment is given
- gradiometer — any instrument used to measure a gradient, as the rate of change of the geomagnetic field. Compare gradient (def 3a).
- gradualness — The condition of being gradual.
- grand haven — a city in W Michigan.
- grand monde — fashionable society; high society
- grand opera — a serious, usually tragic, opera in which most of the text is set to music.
- grand river — former name of the Colorado River above its junction with the Green River in SE Utah.
- grand terre — Grande-Terre
- grand theft — stealing large amount
- grand-scale — of large proportion, extent, magnitude, etc.: grand-scale efforts; a grand-scale approach.
- grandbabies — Plural form of grandbaby.
- grande dame — a usually elderly woman of dignified or aristocratic bearing.
- grandfather — the father of one's father or mother.