11-letter words containing g, a, p, e
- geographies — the science dealing with the areal differentiation of the earth's surface, as shown in the character, arrangement, and interrelations over the world of such elements as climate, elevation, soil, vegetation, population, land use, industries, or states, and of the unit areas formed by the complex of these individual elements.
- geophysical — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
- germaphobia — Pathological fear of germs.
- germaphobic — Alternative form of germophobic.
- giant steps — a children's game in which a leader calls upon individual players to advance toward him or her in a given number and variety of steps, the object being for one person to tag the leader and for all of them to run back to the starting line without being caught by the leader. Any player who is caught becomes the leader.
- giftwrapped — wrapped attractively in pretty paper, perhaps with ribbons or other decorations
- gingersnaps — Plural form of gingersnap.
- glans penis — the head of the penis (glans penis) or of the clitoris (glans clitoris)
- glaucophane — a sodium-rich monoclinic mineral of the amphibole family, usually metamorphic.
- glide plane — a symmetry element of a space group such that a reflection of the lattice with respect to the plane and a translation of the lattice parallel to the plane bring the lattice back to its original position.
- glyptotheca — a space devoted to sculpture
- go ape over — to become crazy or extremely enthusiastic about
- goalkeepers — Plural form of goalkeeper.
- goalkeeping — The art of a goalkeeper.
- gold-plated — secure, valuable
- gonadotrope — a gonadotropic substance.
- gopher ball — a pitched ball hit for a home run: leading the league in gopher balls.
- gopherspace — (networking) The sum of all files that can be reached using gopher.
- gospel oath — an oath sworn on the Gospels
- grade point — Education. a numerical equivalent to a received letter grade, usually 0 for F, 1 for D, 2 for C, 3 for B, and 4 for A, that is multiplied by the number of credits for the course: used to compute a grade point average.
- graded post — a position in a school having special responsibility for which additional payment is given
- gramophones — Plural form of gramophone.
- grand opera — a serious, usually tragic, opera in which most of the text is set to music.
- grandnephew — a son of one's nephew or niece.
- grandparent — a parent of a parent.
- grape jelly — a preserve made from sugar and grapes
- grape juice — nectar of the grape
- grape stake — a post used in vineyards to support wires along which grapevines are trained.
- grape sugar — dextrose.
- grapefruits — Plural form of grapefruit.
- grapefruity — Resembling or characteristic of grapefruit.
- graph paper — paper printed with a pattern of straight or curved lines, especially a grid of small squares, for plotting or drawing graphs and curves.
- graphicness — The quality of being graphic: grotesqueness or vividness.
- graphitized — (chemistry, of carbon) Converted to graphite.
- graphophone — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
- graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
- grass snipe — the pectoral sandpiper.
- grasshopper — any of numerous herbivorous, orthopterous insects, especially of the families Acrididae and Tettigoniidae, having the hind legs adapted for leaping and having chewing mouth parts, some species being highly destructive to vegetation. Compare locust (def 1), long-horned grasshopper.
- gravisphere — the area in which the gravitational force of a celestial body is predominant.
- greasepaint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- greaseproof — Resistant to grease.
- greasy pole — a pole covered with grease to make it slippery and difficult to climb, often used as entertainment
- great power — a nation that has exceptional military and economic strength, and consequently plays a major, often decisive, role in international affairs.
- 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 stamp — Citizens Band Radio Slang. a speeding ticket. Usually, Green Stamps. money; currency.
- grillparzer — Franz [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.
- gripe water — a solution given to infants to relieve colic
- gynecopathy — any disease occurring only in women.