12-letter words containing a, r, g, i
- germ carrier — an organism carrying microorganisms, esp microorganisms that produce disease in animals or plants
- german sixth — (in musical harmony) an augmented sixth chord having a major third and a perfect fifth between the root and the augmented sixth
- germanophile — a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.
- germinations — Plural form of germination.
- gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- get cracking — to break without complete separation of parts; become fissured: The plate cracked when I dropped it, but it was still usable.
- geyser basin — an area containing a group of geysers.
- giant fulmar — either of two large white or brownish petrels of the genus Macronectes, of the Antarctic Ocean and adjacent seas.
- giant garlic — an Asian plant, Allium giganteum, of the amaryllis family, having a large, dense, round cluster of lilac-colored flowers, grown as an ornamental.
- giant hornet — any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
- giant killer — sb who defeats a larger opponent
- giant lizard — a monitor lizard, Varanus komodoensis, of certain Indonesian islands E of Java, that grows to a length of 10 feet (3 meters): the largest lizard in the world; now rare.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- giant-killer — A giant-killer is a sportsman, sportswoman, or team that unexpectedly beats a much stronger opponent.
- gibraltarian — a British crown colony comprising a fortress and seaport located on a narrow promontory near the S tip of Spain. 1.875 sq. mi. (5 sq. km).
- gift-wrapped — A gift-wrapped present is wrapped in pretty paper.
- giftwrapping — giftwrapping.
- gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.
- gingerbreads — Plural form of gingerbread.
- gingerbready — Resembling or characteristic of gingerbread.
- give or take — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- gizzard shad — a silvery herring, Dorosoma cepedianum, of eastern and central U.S. waters, that has a gizzardlike stomach.
- glacier lily — a dogtooth violet, Erythronium grandiflorum, of the lily family, native to western North America, having bright yellow flowers.
- glacier milk — water flowing in a stream from the snout of a glacier and containing particles of rock
- glacier peak — a volcanic mountain in NW central Washington, in the Cascade range. 10,541 feet (3213 meters).
- gladiatorial — of or relating to gladiators or to their combats.
- gladiatorian — (dated) Of or relating to gladiators or to combat in general; gladiatorial.
- glamour girl — a girl or woman whose appearance or lifestyle is considered glamorous by popular standards.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- glass lizard — any limbless, snakelike lizard of the genus Ophisaurus, inhabiting the eastern U.S., Europe, and Asia, having external ear openings and the ability to regenerate its long, fragile tail.
- glass string — (in Malaysia) the string of a kite used in kite fighting that has an abrasive coating of glue and crushed glass
- gloria patri — the short hymn “Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Ghost. As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end. Amen.”.
- glossarially — In the manner of a glossary.
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
- go hard with — to cause pain or difficulty to (someone)
- go-away bird — a common name for a grey-plumaged lourie of the genus Corythaixoides
- godzillagram — (networking) /god-zil'*-gram/ (From Japan's national hero and datagram) 1. A network packet that in theory is a broadcast to every machine in the universe. The typical case is an IP datagram whose destination IP address is [255.255.255.255]. Fortunately, few gateways are foolish enough to attempt to implement this case! 2. A network packet of maximum size. An IP Godzillagram has 65,536 octets. Compare super source quench.
- gold farming — the practice of selling virtual assets gained in a computer game for real money
- golden ratio — the ratio of two lengths, equal in value to (1 + √5)/2, and given by b/a = (b + a)/b; it is the reciprocal of the golden section and also equal to (1 + golden section)
- goliath frog — the largest living frog, Rana goliath, which occurs in the Congo region of Africa and can grow to a length of 30 centimetres
- gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
- gonadotropin — a gonadotropic substance.
- gonfaloniers — Plural form of gonfalonier.
- gordian knot — pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that, according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great.
- gordian worm — nematomorph.
- gormandising — Present participle of gormandise.
- gormandizers — gourmandise1 .
- gormandizing — Present participle of gormandize.
- gothic armor — white armor of the 15th century, marked especially by much fluting and ornamentation.