11-letter words containing g, a, n, t, r
- grandstands — Plural form of grandstand.
- grangemouth — a port in Scotland, in Falkirk council area: now Scotland's second port, with oil refineries, shipyards, and chemical industries. Pop: 17 771 (2001)
- granitelike — Resembling granite.
- graniteware — a kind of ironware with a gray, stonelike enamel.
- granitiform — resembling granite
- granny flat — a self-contained living area within a single-family home, as for an aging parent.
- granny knot — a reef knot with the ends crossed the wrong way, making it liable to slip or jam
- granolithic — (of concrete) containing fine granite chippings or crushed granite, used to render floors and surfaces.
- grant-aided — given financial assistance by an organization
- grants pass — a city in SW Oregon.
- granularity — of the nature of granules; grainy.
- granulating — Present participle of granulate.
- granulation — the act or process of granulating.
- granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
- granulomata — an inflammatory tumor or growth composed of granulation tissue.
- gratinating — to gratiné.
- gratulating — Present participle of gratulate.
- gratulation — a feeling of joy.
- gravenstein — a variety of large, yellow apple with red streaks
- gravestones — Plural form of gravestone.
- gravidation — (obsolete) gravidity.
- gravitating — to move or tend to move under the influence of gravitational force.
- gravitation — Physics. the force of attraction between any two masses. Compare law of gravitation. an act or process caused by this force.
- gravy train — a position in which a person or group receives excessive and unjustified money or advantages with little or no effort: The top executives were on the gravy train with their huge bonuses.
- greasepaint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- great basin — a region in the Western U.S. that has no drainage to the ocean: includes most of Nevada and parts of Utah, California, Oregon, and Idaho. 210,000 sq. mi. (544,000 sq. km).
- great runes — Uppercase-only text or display messages. Some archaic operating systems still emit these. See also runes, smash case, fold case. Decades ago, back in the days when it was the sole supplier of long-distance hardcopy transmittal devices, the Teletype Corporation was faced with a major design choice. To shorten code lengths and cut complexity in the printing mechanism, it had been decided that teletypes would use a monocase font, either ALL UPPER or all lower. The Question Of The Day was therefore, which one to choose. A study was conducted on readability under various conditions of bad ribbon, worn print hammers, etc. Lowercase won; it is less dense and has more distinctive letterforms, and is thus much easier to read both under ideal conditions and when the letters are mangled or partly obscured. The results were filtered up through management. The chairman of Teletype killed the proposal because it failed one incredibly important criterion: "It would be impossible to spell the name of the Deity correctly." In this way (or so, at least, hacker folklore has it) superstition triumphed over utility. Teletypes were the major input devices on most early computers, and terminal manufacturers looking for corners to cut naturally followed suit until well into the 1970s. Thus, that one bad call stuck us with Great Runes for thirty years.
- great satan — any force, person, organization, or country that is regarded as evil, used esp of the United States by radical Islamists
- great-niece — a daughter of one's nephew or niece; grandniece.
- great-uncle — a granduncle.
- 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 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 party — a liberal political party especially in Germany focusing on environmental issues.
- green stamp — Citizens Band Radio Slang. a speeding ticket. Usually, Green Stamps. money; currency.
- greenhearts — Plural form of greenheart.
- greenmarket — farmers' market.
- groin-vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
- ground bait — chum2 (def 1).
- 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.
- guaranteers — Plural form of guaranteer.
- guarantying — a warrant, pledge, or formal assurance given as security that another's debt or obligation will be fulfilled.
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- gurgitation — a surging rise and fall; ebullient motion, as of water.
- guru granth — the sacred scripture of the Sikhs, believed by them to be the embodiment of the gurus
- haircutting — an act or instance of cutting the hair.
- hairstyling — a person who designs and arranges hair styles.
- hamstringed — (in humans and other primates) any of the tendons that bound the ham of the knee.
- handwriting — writing done with a pen or pencil in the hand; script.
- handwrought — formed or shaped by hand, as metal objects.
- hatemongers — Plural form of hatemonger.