12-letter words containing d, e, g, r, a, t
- frigate bird — any of several predacious seabirds of the genus Fregata, having fully webbed feet.
- frigatebirds — Plural form of frigatebird.
- fudge factor — any variable component added to an experiment, plan, or the like that can be manipulated to allow leeway for error.
- gangsterland — an area controlled by gangsters
- garden party — a party given out of doors in a garden or yard.
- garden state — New Jersey (used as a nickname).
- gas-operated — (of a firearm) using some of the exhaust gases to operate the action.
- gastrodermal — the inner cell layer of the body of an invertebrate.
- gastrodermis — the inner cell layer of the body of an invertebrate.
- gateway drug — any mood-altering drug, as a stimulant or tranquilizer, that does not cause physical dependence but may lead to the use of addictive drugs, as heroin.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- gift-wrapped — A gift-wrapped present is wrapped in pretty paper.
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- gluten bread — bread made from gluten flour.
- glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
- goddaughters — Plural form of goddaughter.
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- golden aster — any North American, asterlike, composite plant of the genus Chrysopsis, having bright, golden-yellow flower heads, as C. mariana, of the eastern U.S.
- 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)
- golden stars — a plant, Bloomeria crocea, of the amaryllis family, native to southern California, having clusters of golden-orange, starlike flowers.
- good-hearted — kind or generous; considerate; benevolent.
- good-natured — having or showing a pleasant, kindly disposition; amiable: a warm, good-natured person.
- gradeability — a measure of a truck's pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load.
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- grand master — the head of a military order of knighthood, a lodge, fraternal order, or the like.
- grandaughter — Alternative spelling of granddaughter.
- grande-terre — two islands (Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre) separated by a narrow channel in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies: together with five dependencies they form an overseas department of France. 687 sq. mi. (1179 sq. km). Capital: Basse-Terre.
- grandfathers — Plural form of grandfather.
- grandmasters — Plural form of grandmaster.
- grandmothers — Plural form of grandmother.
- grandparents — a parent of a parent.
- grandstanded — Simple past tense and past participle of grandstand.
- grandstander — the main seating area of a stadium, racetrack, parade route, or the like, usually consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats.
- granodiorite — a coarse-grained acid igneous rock containing almost twice as much plagioclase as orthoclase: intermediate in composition between granite and diorite
- gravity feed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- great divide — the continental divide of North America; the Rocky Mountains.
- great sunday — Easter Sunday.
- greater kudu — a spiral-horned antelope, Tragelaphus strepsiceros, which inhabits the bush of Africa
- greathearted — having or showing a generous heart; magnanimous.
- ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
- ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- grudge match — You can call a contest between two people or groups a grudge match when they dislike each other.
- gustave dore — (Paul) Gustave [pawl gy-stav] /pɔl güˈstav/ (Show IPA), 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
- gutturalized — pronounced with guttural coarticulation.
- headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
- heartrending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- highly rated — generally considered to be of high quality