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13-letter words containing a, l, g, r, o

  • general store — a store, usually in a rural area, that sells a wide variety of merchandise, as clothing, food, or hardware, but is not divided into departments.
  • general synod — the governing body, under Parliament, of the Church of England, made up of the bishops and elected clerical and lay representatives
  • generalissimo — the supreme commander of the armed forces.
  • generation xl — overweight children or young adults of the generation that spends a great deal of time on sedentary pursuits such as surfing the internet and playing computer games
  • geometrically — of or relating to geometry or to the principles of geometry.
  • gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
  • gesticulatory — Making a lot of gesticulations.
  • ghettoblaster — Alternative form of ghetto blaster.
  • giulio romano — (Giulio Pippi de' Giannuzzi) 1492?–1546, Italian painter and architect.
  • gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
  • glamorisation — Alternative spelling of glamorization.
  • glamorization — to make glamorous.
  • glamour model — a woman who models topless or nude for photographs
  • glamour stock — a popular stock that rises quickly or continuously in price and attracts large numbers of investors.
  • global search — a word-processing operation in which a complete computer file or set of files is searched for every occurrence of a particular word or other sequence of characters
  • globe theatre — a theater on the south bank of the Thames in London, 1599–1613: many of Shakespeare's plays were first produced here.
  • glorification — a glorified or more splendid form of something.
  • glossographer — a glossator.
  • glove factory — a factory where gloves are made
  • glove leather — a soft, smooth, pliable, stretchable leather.
  • glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
  • goal-oriented — (of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.
  • gobar numeral — any of a set of ancient numerals derived from Hindu numerals
  • gold standard — a monetary system with gold of specified weight and fineness as the unit of value.
  • goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
  • goodheartedly — In a goodhearted manner.
  • goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
  • googlewhacker — One who searches for googlewhacks.
  • governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
  • grain alcohol — alcohol (def 1).
  • grain of salt — salt crystal
  • gram molecule — that quantity of a substance whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the molecular weight of the substance.
  • graminicolous — (esp of parasitic fungi) living on grass
  • grand guignol — a short drama stressing horror and sensationalism.
  • grand old man — a highly respected, usually elderly man who has been a major or the most important figure in a specific field for many years.
  • grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • grandiloquous — grandiloquent
  • grandmotherly — of or characteristic of a grandmother.
  • granular snow — a rare form of opaque precipitation consisting of very tiny ice crystals
  • granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
  • granulomatous — an inflammatory tumor or growth composed of granulation tissue.
  • graph plotter — plotter
  • graphic algol — (language)   A extension of ALGOL 60 for real-time generation of shaded perspective pictures.
  • graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
  • graphological — Relating to graphology.
  • graticulation — the division of a design, plan, etc into squares in order to improve the accuracy of enlargement or reduction
  • grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
  • gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
  • gravitational — Physics. the force of attraction between any two masses. Compare law of gravitation. an act or process caused by this force.
  • gravity clock — a clock driven by its own weight as it descends a rack, cord, incline, etc.
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