12-letter words containing a, g, r, e, t, i
- gravity wave — Astronomy, Physics. gravitational wave.
- grease paint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- great circle — a circle on a spherical surface such that the plane containing the circle passes through the center of the sphere. Compare small circle.
- great divide — the continental divide of North America; the Rocky Mountains.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- great primer — an 18-point type of a size larger than Columbian, formerly used for Bibles.
- great schism — a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378–1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office.
- great spirit — the chief deity in the religion of many North American Indian tribes.
- grey wagtail — a greyish species of wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, found in temperate regions
- grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
- guaranteeing — a promise or assurance, especially one in writing, that something is of specified quality, content, benefit, etc., or that it will perform satisfactorily for a given length of time: a money-back guarantee.
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- gutturalized — pronounced with guttural coarticulation.
- gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
- hair-trigger — easily activated or set off; reacting immediately to the slightest provocation or cause: a hair-trigger temper.
- hearing test — a test to establish whether someone's hearing is normal or whether they have suffered some degree of hearing loss
- heartburning — rankling discontent, especially from envy or jealousy; grudge.
- hearteningly — In a heartening way; cheeringly.
- heartrending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- heartstrings — (obsolete, anatomy) The tendons once thought to brace the heart. (15th-19th c.).
- heartwarming — gratifying; rewarding; satisfying: a heartwarming response to his work.
- hellgramites — Plural form of hellgramite.
- hellgrammite — the aquatic larva of a dobsonfly, used as bait in fishing.
- herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
- hierogrammat — a writer of hierograms.
- high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
- highly rated — generally considered to be of high quality
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- hypergravity — The presence of an apparently 'increased' gravitational field in an accelerating or rotating situation.
- iatrogenesis — (medicine) Any adverse effect (or complication) resulting from medical treatment.
- ignorantness — The state or quality of being ignorant; ignorance.
- impregnating — Present participle of impregnate.
- impregnation — to make pregnant; get with child or young.
- in agreement — of the same opinion
- in regard to — to look upon or think of with a particular feeling: to regard a person with favor.
- incinerating — Present participle of incinerate.
- ingravescent — (esp of a disease) becoming more severe
- ingurgitated — Simple past tense and past participle of ingurgitate.
- ingurgitates — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of ingurgitate.
- integralness — Integrality.
- integrations — Plural form of integration.
- interchanged — Simple past tense and past participle of interchange.
- interchanger — a person or thing that interchanges
- interchanges — Plural form of interchange.
- interdigital — Between the fingers or toes.
- interglacial — occurring or formed between times of glacial action.
- intergrading — Present participle of intergrade.
- interlacings — Plural form of interlacing.
- interlarding — Present participle of interlard.
- interleafing — Present participle of interleaf.