12-letter words containing d, i, a, g, n
- garand rifle — M-1.
- garden snail — Zoology
- gas cylinder — container for storing gas
- gas dynamics — the study of the dynamic properties of gases and their thermal effects.
- gastric band — A gastric band is a device that is fitted inside someone's stomach to make it smaller in order to help them lose weight.
- gay-friendly — welcoming to gay people
- gendarmeries — Plural form of gendarmerie.
- genetic load — the extent to which a population deviates from the theoretically fittest genetic constitution.
- 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.
- gingerbreads — Plural form of gingerbread.
- gingerbready — Resembling or characteristic of gingerbread.
- glad tidings — Glad tidings means good news.
- gladiatorian — (dated) Of or relating to gladiators or to combat in general; gladiatorial.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- glazing bead — a convex molding nailed against the edge of a pane of glass to hold it in place.
- global index — (filename extension) (gid) The filename extension of a Windows 95 "global index" file. .gid files are created by the help browser internal to Windows 95 (also available for other Windows versions) for WinHelp files (hlp), as well as for storing user preferences, such as window position.
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
- godwin's law — (humour) "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs, that thread is over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress. Godwin's Law thus practically guarantees the existence of an upper bound on thread length in those groups. However there is also a widely recognised codicil that any intentional triggering of Godwin's Law in order to invoke its thread-ending effects will be unsuccessful.
- gold farming — the practice of selling virtual assets gained in a computer game for real money
- gold-beating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- gold-plating — the incorporation of costly and unnecessary features or refinements into a product or structure.
- 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)
- gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
- gonadotropin — a gonadotropic substance.
- 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.
- gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- grand finale — the concluding portion of a performance or entertainment, as a musical show, rodeo, etc., usually spectacular and involving most or all of the prior participants.
- grand island — a city in S Nebraska.
- grand kabuki — kabuki (def 2).
- grand rapids — a city in SW Michigan: furniture factories.
- grand siècle — the 17th century in French art and literature, esp the classical period of Louis XIV
- grand vizier — the chief officer of state of various Muslim countries, as in the former Ottoman Empire.
- granddaddies — Plural form of granddaddy.
- granodiorite — a coarse-grained acid igneous rock containing almost twice as much plagioclase as orthoclase: intermediate in composition between granite and diorite
- grant-in-aid — a subsidy furnished by a central government to a local one to help finance a public project, as the construction of a highway or school.
- gravel-blind — more blind or dim-sighted than sand-blind and less than stone-blind.
- graving dock — an excavated shore dry dock for the repair and maintenance of ships.
- gravity wind — a light wind directed downslope, occurring at night because of the cooling and densification of the air near the ground.
- grecian bend — (especially in the late 19th century) a posture or walk, often considered fashionable, in which the body is bent forward from the waist.
- grimaldi man — a type of Aurignacian man having a negroid appearance, thought to be a race of Cro-Magnon man
- grindability — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
- grosswardein — German name of Oradea.
- guanethidine — a potent adrenergic neuron blocking agent, C 10 H 22 N 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.