12-letter words containing e, c, o, r, g
- glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
- glycerolipid — (organic chemistry) Any lipid based on glycerol.
- glycerolysis — chemical decomposition resulting from the interaction of a compound and glycerol.
- glycoprotein — any of a group of complex proteins, as mucin, containing a carbohydrate combined with a simple protein.
- go on record — to set down in writing or the like, as for the purpose of preserving evidence.
- go-go dancer — an entertainer who performs popular dances on a stage or platform for the patrons of a discotheque or nightclub.
- golden perch — a freshwater food fish, Plectroplites ambiguus, that inhabits inland waters of Australia.
- gospel choir — a choir performing gospel music
- grace hopper — (person) US Navy Rear Admiral Grace Brewster Hopper (1906-12-09 to 1992-01-01), née Grace Brewster Murray. Hopper is believed to have concieved the concept of the compiler with the A-0 in 1952. She also developed the first commercial high-level language, which eventually evolved into COBOL. She worked on the Mark I computer with Howard Aiken and with BINAC in 1949. She is credited with having coined the term "debug", and the adage "it is always easier to ask forgiveness than it is to get permission" (with various wordings), which has been the guiding principle in sysadmin decisions ever since. See also the entries debug and bug. Hopper is buried at Arlington National Cemetery. In 1994, the US Navy named a new ship, the guided-missile destroyer USS Hopper, after her.
- grace period — a period of time after a payment becomes due, as of a loan or life-insurance premium, before one is subject to penalties or late charges or before the loan or policy is canceled.
- graciousness — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- grade school — an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.
- graeco-roman — of or having both Greek and Roman characteristics: the Greco-Roman influence.
- gram calorie — calorie (def 1a). Abbreviation: g-cal.
- graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
- grand coulee — a dry canyon in central Washington: cut by the Columbia River in the glacial period. 52 miles (84 km) long; over 400 feet (120 meters) deep.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- grass hockey — field hockey.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- green-collar — noting or pertaining to workers, jobs, or businesses that are involved in protecting the environment or solving environmental problems.
- greengrocers — Plural form of greengrocer.
- greengrocery — a greengrocer's shop.
- groom's cake — a fruit cake in layers of graduated size, served at a wedding.
- gross income — Accounting. total revenue received before any deductions or allowances, as for rent, cost of goods sold, taxes, etc.
- ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
- ground cedar — a ground pine, Lycopodium complanatum.
- ground cover — the herbaceous plants and low shrubs in a forest, considered as a whole.
- ground force — a military force that operates on the ground
- groupuscules — Plural form of groupuscule.
- growth curve — a curve on a graph in which a variable is plotted against time to illustrate the growth of the variable
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- gynaecocracy — Alternative form of gynecocracy.
- gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
- haemorrhagic — (chiefly, British) alternative spelling of hemorrhagic.
- hagiocracies — Plural form of hagiocracy.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- heliographic — a device for signaling by means of a movable mirror that reflects beams of light, especially sunlight, to a distance.
- herpetologic — Alternative form of herpetological.
- hieroglyphic — Also, hieroglyphical. designating or pertaining to a pictographic script, particularly that of the ancient Egyptians, in which many of the symbols are conventionalized, recognizable pictures of the things represented.
- hierographic — of or relating to hierographs
- high-colored — deep in color; vivid.
- highschooler — (US) A student at a high school.
- horse racing — a contest of speed among horses that either are ridden by jockeys or pull sulkies and their drivers.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- hydroecology — The study of support systems in wetlands such as the interactions between water and wildlife habitats.
- hyperlogical — reasoning in accordance with the principles of logic, as a person or the mind: logical thinking.
- hypoallergic — Hypoallergenic.
- hysterogenic — inducing hysteria.
- in charge of — having responsibility for
- in-congruent — not congruent.