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11-letter words containing e, r, a, g

  • green algae — type of seaweed
  • green audit — the process of assessing the environmental impact of an organization, process, project, product, etc.: A green audit of your home can reveal ways in which you can reduce energy consumption.
  • green beans — the narrow green edible pods of a green bean plant
  • green earth — a pigment used in painting consisting mainly of iron silicate, characterized chiefly by its variable grayish-green hue, lack of tinting strength, and permanence.
  • green flash — a green coloration of the upper portion of the sun, caused by atmospheric refraction and occasionally seen as the sun rises above or sinks below the horizon.
  • green gland — one of the pair of excretory organs in each side of the head region of decapod crustaceans, emptying at the base of the antennae.
  • green glass — glass of low quality, colored green by impurities in the materials from which it is made.
  • green paper — a report presenting the policy proposals of the government, to be discussed in Parliament.
  • green party — a liberal political party especially in Germany focusing on environmental issues.
  • green salad — salad consisting of lettuce, etc.
  • green snake — any slender, green snake of the genus Opheodrys, of North America, feeding chiefly on insects.
  • green stamp — Citizens Band Radio Slang. a speeding ticket. Usually, Green Stamps. money; currency.
  • greenhearts — Plural form of greenheart.
  • greenlander — a self-governing island belonging to Denmark, located NE of North America: the largest island in the world. About 844,000 sq. mi. (2,186,000 sq. km); about 700,000 sq. mi. (1,800,000 sq. km) icecapped. Capital: Godthåb.
  • greenlandic — a dialect of Inuit, spoken in Greenland.
  • greenmailer — One who greenmails.
  • greenmarket — farmers' market.
  • greenshanks — Plural form of greenshank.
  • greenswards — Plural form of greensward.
  • grenadelike — Resembling a grenade (weapon).
  • grey market — Grey market goods are bought unofficially and then sold to customers at lower prices than usual.
  • grey matter — You can refer to your intelligence or your brains as grey matter.
  • grey-haired — having grey hair
  • grey-headed — having gray hair.
  • griddlecake — a thin cake of batter cooked on a griddle; pancake.
  • grillparzerFranz [frahnts] /frɑnts/ (Show IPA), 1791–1872, Austrian poet and dramatist.
  • grim reaper — the personification of death as a man or cloaked skeleton holding a scythe.
  • grindelwald — a valley and resort in central Switzerland, in the Bernese Oberland: mountaineering centre, with the Wetterhorn and the Eiger nearby
  • gripe water — a solution given to infants to relieve colic
  • groenendael — former name of Belgian sheepdog.
  • ground beam — a reinforced concrete beam for supporting walls, joists, etc., at or near ground level, itself either resting directly upon the ground or supported at both ends by piers.
  • ground game — game animals, such as hares or deer, found on the earth's surface: distinguished from game birds
  • ground wave — a radio wave that propagates on or near the earth's surface and is affected by the ground and the troposphere.
  • groundshare — to share the facilities and running costs of a single stadium with another team
  • groundwater — 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.
  • growth area — a geographic or economic area in which there is noticeable growth
  • growth rate — increase per unit
  • guaniferous — yielding guano
  • guaranteers — Plural form of guaranteer.
  • guardedness — The state or condition of being guarded.
  • guardhouses — Plural form of guardhouse.
  • guardswomen — Plural form of guardswoman.
  • gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
  • guinea corn — durra.
  • guinea worm — a long, slender roundworm, Dracunculus medinensis, parasitic under the skin of humans and animals, common in parts of India and Africa.
  • gulf stream — a warm ocean current flowing N from the Gulf of Mexico, along the E coast of the U.S., to an area off the SE coast of Newfoundland, where it becomes the western terminus of the North Atlantic Current.
  • gullywasher — a usually short, heavy rainstorm.
  • gutter ball — a bowling ball that is rolled into one of the gutters and does not hit any pins.
  • gutturalize — to speak or pronounce (something) in a guttural manner.
  • gynecocracy — gynarchy.
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