12-letter words containing e, g, o, v
- give suck to — to give (a baby or young animal) milk from the breast or udder
- give vent to — to release (an emotion, passion, idea, etc) in an utterance or outburst
- give wing to — to enable to fly or soar on or as if on wings
- glove puppet — a small figure of a person or animal that fits over and is manipulated by the hand
- gloversville — a city in E New York.
- go overboard — over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
- goal average — the number of goals scored by a team divided by the number of goals it has conceded
- gold reserve — the stock of gold held by a government or central bank to back its promissory notes or currency or to settle its international debts.
- good evening — greeting
- good heavens — You say 'Good heavens!' or 'Heavens!' to express surprise or to emphasize that you agree or disagree with someone.
- governmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- governorates — Plural form of governorate.
- governorship — the duties, term in office, etc., of a governor.
- graminivores — Plural form of graminivore.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- gravitometer — an instrument that measures specific gravities
- green plover — lapwing.
- gregory viii — (Alberto de MoraorAlberto di Morra) died 1187, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1187.
- grievousness — causing grief or great sorrow: grievous news.
- griseofulvin — an antibiotic, C 17 H 17 ClO 6 , obtained from a species of Penicillium, used in the treatment of ringworm and other fungous infections of the skin.
- ground cover — the herbaceous plants and low shrubs in a forest, considered as a whole.
- ground level — ground state.
- grovellingly — With grovelling or self-abasement; obsequiously.
- growth curve — a curve on a graph in which a variable is plotted against time to illustrate the growth of the variable
- gustave dore — (Paul) Gustave [pawl gy-stav] /pɔl güˈstav/ (Show IPA), 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
- have a (good — to feel (strongly) inclined to
- have a go at — attack verbally
- have got sth — You use have got to say that someone has a particular thing, or to mention a quality or characteristic that someone or something has. In informal American English, people sometimes just use 'got'.
- have it good — to be in comfortable circumstances
- heavy oxygen — either of the two stable isotopes of oxygen having mass numbers of 17 and 18.
- heliogravure — photoengraving.
- high voltage — high-power electricity
- high-voltage — operating on or powered by high voltage: a high-voltage generator.
- hovering act — an act forbidding or restricting the loitering of foreign or domestic vessels within the prescribed limits of a coastal nation.
- incogitative — Not cogitative; lacking the power of thought.
- introverting — a shy person.
- inventorying — Present participle of inventory.
- investigator — to examine, study, or inquire into systematically; search or examine into the particulars of; examine in detail.
- invigorative — to give vigor to; fill with life and energy; energize.
- leveling rod — rod (def 19).
- line voltage — the voltage supplied by a power line, measured at the point of use.
- live through — experience or endure
- live yoghurt — yoghurt that contains live bacteria
- long-sleeved — having long sleeves
- lope de vega — Lope [loh-pey,, -pee;; Spanish law-pe] /ˈloʊ peɪ,, -pi;; Spanish ˈlɔ pɛ/ (Show IPA), (Lope Félix de Vega Carpio) 1562–1635, Spanish dramatist and poet.
- manoeuvering — Present participle of manoeuver.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- microgrooves — Plural form of microgroove.
- misgoverning — Present participle of misgovern.
- morton grove — a city in NE Illinois, near Chicago.