13-letter words containing g, e, n, r, o, s
- gerontologist — the branch of science that deals with aging and the problems of aged persons.
- ghiordes knot — a hand-tied knot, used in rug weaving, in which the parallel ends of looped yarn alternate with two threads of warp, producing an uneven pile effect.
- gibson desert — a desert in W central Australia: scrub; salt marshes. About 85,000 sq. mi. (220,000 sq. km).
- glucuronidase — an enzyme that catalyzes glucuronide hydrolysis
- glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
- go great guns — to act or function with great speed, intensity, etc
- go the rounds — If a story, idea, or joke is going the rounds or doing the rounds, a lot of people have heard it and are telling it to other people.
- 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.
- 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.
- gourmandizers — Plural form of gourmandizer.
- governmentese — complicated or obscurantist language thought to be characteristic of government bureaucratic statements; officialese.
- 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
- grandioseness — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- grandma moses — Anna Mary Robertson ("Grandma Moses") 1860–1961, U.S. painter.
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- grease monkey — a mechanic, especially one who works on automobiles or airplanes.
- green goddess — an army fire engine
- grey-thompson — Tanni (Carys Davina) Baroness. born 1969, Welsh wheelchair athlete; won eleven gold medals for Britain in wheelchair racing in the Paralympic Games (1988–2004); a crossbench peer in the House of Lords since 2010
- grimes golden — a yellow variety of apple that ripens in late autumn.
- gross tonnage — the total volume of a vessel, expressed in units of 100 cubic feet (gross ton) with certain open structures, deckhouses, tanks, etc., exempted.
- grossglockner — a mountain in S Austria: highest peak in the Hohe Tauern range. 12,457 feet (3799 meters).
- grotesqueness — odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
- ground sluice — a trench, cut through a placer or through bedrock, through which a stream is diverted in order to dislodge and wash the gravel.
- ground stroke — a stroke made by hitting the ball after it has bounced from the ground. Compare volley (def 4b).
- groundkeepers — Plural form of groundkeeper.
- groundskeeper — a person who is responsible for the care and maintenance of a particular tract of land, as an estate, a park, or a cemetery.
- groundstrokes — Plural form of groundstroke.
- groundworkers — Plural form of groundworker.
- gymnospermous — of or relating to a gymnosperm; having exposed or naked seeds.
- gynecocracies — Plural form of gynecocracy.
- gyromagnetism — the condition or state of being gyromagnetic
- hart's-tongue — a fern, Phyllitis scolopendrium, having long, leathery, wavy-edged leaves.
- heading sword — a sword used for beheading.
- heart surgeon — a surgeon who specializes in performing operations on the heart
- heartstopping — Very exciting or shocking, as though to cause one's heart to skip beats.
- hertogenbosch — 's Hertogenbosch.
- heterogeneous — different in kind; unlike; incongruous.
- heterogenesis — Also, heterogeny [het-uh-roj-uh-nee] /ˌhɛt əˈrɒdʒ ə ni/ (Show IPA). alternation of generations, especially the alternation of parthenogenetic and sexual generations.
- hornswogglers — Plural form of hornswoggler.
- horse gentian — any weedy North American plant of the genus Triosteum, of the honeysuckle family, especially T. perfoliatum, having stalkless leaves and purplish-brown flowers and bearing orange fruits.
- horse stinger — a dragonfly.
- horse trading — the act or fact of conducting a shrewd exchange or engaging in a horse trade; bargaining.
- horse-trading — to bargain or trade shrewdly.
- horsewhipping — Present participle of horsewhip.
- house manager — a business manager responsible for managing a theater and its staff.
- house surgeon — a surgeon who lives in a hospital in which he or she is on call.