13-letter words containing e, r, g
- gödel's proof — a proof that in a formal axiomatic system such as logic or mathematics it is impossible to prove consistency without using methods from outside the system, demonstrated by Kurt Gödel (1906–78)
- going concern — viable business
- gold chloride — a yellow to red, water-soluble compound, AuCl 3 , used chiefly in photography, gilding ceramic ware and glass, and in the manufacture of purple of Cassius.
- golden number — a number between 1 and 19, used to indicate the position of any year in the Metonic cycle, calculated as the remainder when 1 is added to the given year and the sum is divided by 19. If the remainder is zero the number is 19
- golden oriole — an Old World oriole, Oriolus oriolus, the male of which is bright yellow with black wings.
- golden plover — either of two plovers of the genus Pluvialis, having the back marked with golden-yellow spots, P. apricaria, of Europe, or P. dominica, of America.
- golden remedy — a very successful way of dealing with a problem
- golden shiner — a small, silvery freshwater minnow, Notemigonus crysoleucas, native to eastern North America and introduced into western North America: often used as live bait in sport fishing.
- golden shower — a tree, Cassia fistula, of the legume family, native to India, having long, drooping clusters of yellow flowers.
- goldie's fern — a wood fern, Dryopteris goldiana, of northeastern North America, having large, golden-green, leathery fronds with blades that tilt backward.
- goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
- gone to glory — dead
- good behavior — satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct.
- good riddance — the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
- good shepherd — Jesus Christ. John 10:11–14.
- good-humoured — having or showing a pleasant, amiable mood: a good-humored man; a good-humored remark.
- good-neighbor — characterized by friendly political relations and mutual aid between countries.
- good-tempered — good-natured; amiable.
- goodheartedly — In a goodhearted manner.
- goodhumoredly — In a good-humored manner.
- goodnaturedly — In a good-natured manner.
- goods service — a transport service in which goods are sent by train from one location to another
- googlewhacker — One who searches for googlewhacks.
- gopher client — (networking) A program which runs on your local computer and provides a user interface to the Gopher protocol and to gopher servers. Web browsers can act as Gopher clients and simple Gopher-only clients are available for ordinary terminals, the X Window System, GNU Emacs, and other systems.
- gordon setter — one of a Scottish breed of medium-sized setters having a black-and-tan coat.
- gospel singer — a singer performing gospel music
- gossipmongers — Plural form of gossipmonger.
- gottlob frege — (person, history, philosophy, mathematics, logic, theory) (1848-1925) A mathematician who put mathematics on a new and more solid foundation. He purged mathematics of mistaken, sloppy reasoning and the influence of Pythagoras. Mathematics was shown to be a subdivision of formal logic.
- gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
- governability — to rule over by right of authority: to govern a nation.
- governmentese — complicated or obscurantist language thought to be characteristic of government bureaucratic statements; officialese.
- gracelessness — The state of being graceless.
- grade cricket — competitive cricket, in which cricket club teams are arranged in grades
- graded reader — A graded reader is a story which has been adapted for people learning to read or learning a foreign language. Graded readers avoid using difficult grammar and vocabulary.
- gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
- gradient wind — a wind with a velocity and direction that are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force to the centrifugal force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
- graecia magna — Magna Graecia.
- grain refiner — any chemical added to a molten metal or alloy to check grain growth.
- gram molecule — that quantity of a substance whose weight in grams is numerically equal to the molecular weight of the substance.
- gram's method — a method of staining and distinguishing bacteria, in which a fixed bacterial smear is stained with crystal violet, treated with Gram's solution, decolorized with alcohol, counterstained with safranine, and washed with water.
- gram-negative — (of bacteria) not retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
- gram-positive — (of bacteria) retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
- gram-variable — of or relating to bacteria that stain irregularly with Gram's stain, being neither Gram-positive nor Gram-negative.
- grammaticized — Simple past tense and past participle of grammaticize.
- granary bread — bread made from Granary flour
- grand drapery — a valance across the proscenium arch, forming part of the decorative frame for the stage.
- grand duchess — the wife or widow of a grand duke.
- grand larceny — larceny in which the value of the goods taken is above a certain legally specified amount.
- grand marnier — a French cognac-based liqueur with an orange flavour
- grand opening — celebratory first-day event