11-letter words containing a, g, e, m
- gonadectomy — (surgery) The procedure to remove an ovary or testis.
- 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.
- gradiometer — any instrument used to measure a gradient, as the rate of change of the geomagnetic field. Compare gradient (def 3a).
- graminivore — An herbivorous animal, a grazer, that feeds primarily on grasses.
- grammalogue — a word symbolized by a sign or letter.
- gramophones — Plural form of gramophone.
- grand monde — fashionable society; high society
- grande dame — a usually elderly woman of dignified or aristocratic bearing.
- grandmaster — the head of a military order of knighthood, a lodge, fraternal order, or the like.
- grandmother — the mother of one's father or mother.
- grangemouth — a port in Scotland, in Falkirk council area: now Scotland's second port, with oil refineries, shipyards, and chemical industries. Pop: 17 771 (2001)
- gravimeters — Plural form of gravimeter.
- gravimetric — of or relating to measurement by weight.
- gray market — a market operating within the law but charging prices substantially below list prices or those fixed by an official agency.
- gray matter — Anatomy. nerve tissue, especially of the brain and spinal cord, that contains fibers and nerve cell bodies and is dark reddish-gray. Compare white matter.
- gray mullet — mullet1 (def 1).
- great miami — Miami2 (def 2).
- great mogul — the emperor of the former Mogul Empire in India founded in 1526 by Baber.
- greco-roman — of or having both Greek and Roman characteristics: the Greco-Roman influence.
- green stamp — Citizens Band Radio Slang. a speeding ticket. Usually, Green Stamps. money; currency.
- greenmailer — One who greenmails.
- greenmarket — farmers' market.
- grey market — Grey market goods are bought unofficially and then sold to customers at lower prices than usual.
- grey matter — You can refer to your intelligence or your brains as grey matter.
- grim reaper — the personification of death as a man or cloaked skeleton holding a scythe.
- ground beam — a reinforced concrete beam for supporting walls, joists, etc., at or near ground level, itself either resting directly upon the ground or supported at both ends by piers.
- ground game — game animals, such as hares or deer, found on the earth's surface: distinguished from game birds
- guardswomen — Plural form of guardswoman.
- guesstimate — to estimate without substantial basis in facts or statistics.
- guestimates — Plural form of guestimate.
- guinea worm — a long, slender roundworm, Dracunculus medinensis, parasitic under the skin of humans and animals, common in parts of India and Africa.
- gulf stream — a warm ocean current flowing N from the Gulf of Mexico, along the E coast of the U.S., to an area off the SE coast of Newfoundland, where it becomes the western terminus of the North Atlantic Current.
- gum disease — dental infection
- gum elastic — rubber1 (def 1).
- gynaecomast — a man who suffers from gynaecomastia
- haemangioma — Alternative spelling of hemangioma.
- haematology — (medicine) The scientific study of blood and blood-producing organs.
- haemoglobin — (protein) alternative spelling of hemoglobin.
- haemorrhage — (pathology) A heavy release of blood within or from a body.
- hamstringed — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
- hatemongers — Plural form of hatemonger.
- head margin — the empty space between the first line or other printed element on a page and the top of the page.
- hegelianism — the philosophy of Hegel and his followers, characterized by the use of the Hegelian dialectic.
- hegemonical — having hegemony, or dominance: the ruling party's hegemonic control of all facets of society.
- hellgramite — The aquatic larval form of the dobsonfly, having a segmented body with legs on each segment, and a head with prominent pincers, prized as fish bait.
- hematologic — Of or relating to hematology.