18-letter words containing g, a

gladden sb's heart — If you say that something gladdens someone's heart, you mean that it makes them feel pleased and hopeful.
glyceryl trioleate — olein.
glycosaminoglycans — Plural form of glycosaminoglycan.
go back to the mat — to abandon urban civilization
go for the jugular — Anatomy. of or relating to the throat or neck. noting or pertaining to any of certain large veins of the neck, especially one (external jugular vein) collecting blood from the superficial parts of the head or one (internal jugular vein) collecting blood from within the skull.
go off half-cocked — (of a firearm) at the position of half cock.
go round and round — If you say that something is going round and round in your head, you mean that you can't stop thinking about it.
go to the bathroom — use the toilet
go with the stream — to conform to the accepted standards
going to jerusalem — musical chairs.
golden bantam corn — a horticultural variety of sweet corn having yellow kernels.
golden gate bridge — a bridge connecting N California with San Francisco peninsula. 4200-foot (1280-meter) center span.
golden-brown algae — a group of mostly marine, motile algae of the phylum Chlorophyta, characterized by the presence of the pigments chlorophyll, carotene, and xanthophyll, which impart golden to yellow-brown colors.
good conduct medal — a medal awarded an enlisted person for meritorious behavior during the period of service.
good samaritan law — a law that exempts from legal liability persons, sometimes only physicians, who give reasonable aid to strangers in grave physical distress.
good/not bad going — If you say that something that has been achieved is good going or not bad going, you mean that it is better than usual or than expected.
goods and chattels — personal property
gooseneck barnacle — goose barnacle
goya (y lucientes) — Fran‧ˈcis‧co Jo‧ˈsé‧ de (fʀɑnˈθiskɔhɔˈsɛ ðɛ) ; fränt hēsˈk^ōh^ōseˈ the) 1746-1828; Sp. painter
graduated cylinder — a narrow, cylindrical container marked with horizontal lines to represent units of measurement and used to precisely measure the volume of liquids.
grains of paradise — Usually, grains of paradise. one of the pungent, peppery seeds of an African plant, Aframomum melegueta, of the ginger family, used to strengthen cordials and in veterinary medicine.
grammatical gender — gender based on arbitrary assignment, without regard to the referent of a noun, as in French le livre (masculine), “the book,” and German das Mädchen (neuter), “the girl.”.
grampian mountains — a mountain system of central Scotland, extending from the southwest to the northeast and separating the Highlands from the Lowlands. Highest peak: Ben Nevis, 1344 m (4408 ft)
grand canyon state — Arizona (used as a nickname).
grand council fire — a formal gathering of camp fire members requiring a minimum attendance of three troops.
grand penitentiary — See under penitentiary (def 3).
grand traverse bay — an inlet of Lake Michigan on the NW of the Lower Peninsula of Michigan.
grandfather clause — U.S. History. a clause in the constitutions of some Southern states after 1890 intended to permit whites to vote while disfranchising blacks: it exempted from new literacy and property qualifications for voting those men entitled to vote before 1867 and their lineal descendants.
granulated surface — a roughened surface
granulation tissue — tissue formed in ulcers and in early wound healing and repair, composed largely of newly growing capillaries and so called from its irregular surface in open wounds; proud flesh.
grass-of-parnassus — any plant belonging to the genus Parnassia, of the saxifrage family, growing in marshy areas, having broad, smooth leaves and a single, pale flower.
grasshopper engine — a steam engine having a piston attached to one end of a beam that is hinged to an upright at the other end, the connecting rod being suspended from near the center of the beam.
gravitational lens — a heavy, dense body, as a galaxy, that lies along our line of sight to a more distant object, as a quasar, and whose gravitational field refracts the light of that object, splitting it into multiple images as seen from the earth.
gravitational mass — the mass of a body as measured by its gravitational attraction for other bodies.
gravitational pull — force of gravity
gravitational wave — (in general relativity) a propagating wave of gravitational energy produced by accelerating masses, especially during catastrophic events, as the gravitational collapse of massive stars.
gravity escapement — an escapement, used especially in large outdoor clocks, in which the impulse is given to the pendulum by means of a weight falling through a certain distance.
gray manganese ore — manganite.
grease the palm of — to influence by giving money to; bribe
great barrier reef — coral structure off Australian coast
great expectations — a novel (1861) by Charles Dickens.
great pastern bone — the part of the foot of a horse, cow, etc., between the fetlock and the hoof.
great sandy desert — a desert in NW Australia. About 300 miles (485 km) long; 500 miles (800 km) wide; about 160,000 sq. mi. (414,400 sq. km).
great white father — the president of the U.S.
great-circle track — the route of a ship following the arc of a great circle, appearing as a curved line on a Mercator chart and as a straight line on a gnomonic chart.
greater manchester — a metropolitan county in central England, with the city of Manchester as its center. 498 sq. mi. (1290 sq. km).
greater periwinkle — a Eurasian apocynaceous evergreen plant of the genus Vinca, V. major, having trailing stems and blue flowers
greater pichiciego — an armadillo, Burmeisteria retusa, similar to, but larger than, a pichiciego
greater roadrunner — either of two large terrestrial cuckoos of the genus Geococcyx of arid regions of the western U.S., Mexico, and Central America, especially G. californianus (greater roadrunner)
greater shearwater — a sooty-brown and white shearwater, Puffinus gravis, of eastern coasts of the Western Hemisphere.

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