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12-letter words containing g, e, n, a, r

  • grangerizing — Present participle of grangerize.
  • granite city — a city in SW Illinois, near St. Louis, Missouri.
  • granite peak — the highest elevation in Montana, in the S part. 12,799 feet (3901 meters).
  • granny dress — a loose-fitting, ankle-length dress, usually with long sleeves and a high collar and sometimes having flounces, ruffles, or lace trimming.
  • granodiorite — a coarse-grained acid igneous rock containing almost twice as much plagioclase as orthoclase: intermediate in composition between granite and diorite
  • granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
  • graspingness — The quality of being grasping.
  • grass sponge — a large, dark brown, commercial sponge, Spongia graminea, of Florida, the West Indies, and the Gulf of Mexico.
  • gratefulness — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
  • grave accent — a mark ( ˋ ) used to indicate:
  • gravel-blind — more blind or dim-sighted than sand-blind and less than stone-blind.
  • graven image — an idol.
  • gravenhages' — a Dutch name of The Hague.
  • gray panther — a member of an organized group of elderly people seeking to secure or protect their rights by collective action.
  • gray snapper — a snapper, Lutjanus griseus, of shallow waters off the coast of Florida, having a grayish-green body with a brown spot on each scale.
  • grease paint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
  • greasy spoon — a cheap and rather unsanitary restaurant.
  • great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
  • great sunday — Easter Sunday.
  • great-nephew — a son of one's nephew or niece; grandnephew.
  • greater than — (character)   ">" ASCII character 62. Common names: ITU-T: greater than; ket ("<" = bra); right angle; right angle bracket; right broket. Rare: into, toward; write to; blow ("<" = suck); gozinta; out; zap (all from Unix I/O redirection); INTERCAL: right angle. See also less than.
  • grecian bend — (especially in the late 19th century) a posture or walk, often considered fashionable, in which the body is bent forward from the waist.
  • green dragon — a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
  • green iguana — the common iguana (Iguana iguana)
  • green manure — a crop of growing plants, as clover and other nitrogen-fixing plants, plowed under to enrich the soil.
  • green-collar — noting or pertaining to workers, jobs, or businesses that are involved in protecting the environment or solving environmental problems.
  • greenbackism — a former political party, organized in 1874, opposed to the retirement or reduction of greenbacks and favoring their increase as the only paper currency.
  • greenmarkets — Plural form of greenmarket.
  • greenwashing — Present participle of greenwash.
  • gregarianism — the practice of living or clustering together in crowds or flocks
  • gretna green — a village in S Scotland, near the English border, to which many English couples formerly eloped to be married.
  • grey gurnard — a species of scorpionfish, Eutriglia gurnardus
  • grey panther — a member of the generation of affluent older consumers, who regard themselves as young, active, and sociable
  • grosswardein — German name of Oradea.
  • ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
  • ground cable — a heavy chain for securing permanent floating moorings, as a number of mooring buoys.
  • ground cedar — a ground pine, Lycopodium complanatum.
  • ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
  • ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
  • ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
  • ground water — 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.
  • guaranteeing — a promise or assurance, especially one in writing, that something is of specified quality, content, benefit, etc., or that it will perform satisfactorily for a given length of time: a money-back guarantee.
  • gubernacular — relating to a gubernaculum
  • gubernaculum — a part or organ that directs the movement or course of another part.
  • guinea grass — a grass, Panicum maximum, native to Africa, used for forage in warm regions of North and South America.
  • gun carriage — the structure on which a gun is mounted or moved and from which it is fired.
  • gut reaction — instinctive response
  • gutturalness — The quality of being guttural.
  • gynaecocracy — Alternative form of gynecocracy.
  • gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
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