11-letter words containing g, e, o, n, i, r
- freight ton — ton1 (def 2).
- freight-ton — a unit of weight, equivalent to 2000 pounds (0.907 metric ton) avoirdupois (short ton) in the U.S. and 2240 pounds (1.016 metric tons) avoirdupois (long ton) in Great Britain.
- frigid zone — either of two regions, one between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole, or one between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.
- furbelowing — Present participle of furbelow.
- garçonnière — a bachelor's apartment or quarters
- generations — Plural form of generation.
- genocidaire — a person who is guilty of genocide
- genouillere — jointed armour for protecting the knees
- geocentrism — A belief that Earth is the center of the universe and does not move.
- geoengineer — an engineer who works on such projects.
- geosteering — Geosteering is the process of directing the drill bit to high-quality parts of the reservoir using petrophysical (=relating to the physical qualities of rock) data.
- germination — to begin to grow or develop.
- gerodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
- gerontophil — experiencing sexual attraction to old people
- giant otter — a large brown South American river otter, Pteronura brasiliensis, having a creamy chest patch and a long flat tail with a flanged border, hunted for its hide: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.
- gilt bronze — ormolu (def 2).
- give ground — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- globigerina — any marine foraminifer of the genus Globigerina, having a calcareous shell, occurring either near the surface of the sea or in the mud at the bottom.
- glomerating — Present participle of glomerate.
- glomeration — a glomerate condition; conglomeration.
- glucuronide — a glycoside that yields glucuronic acid upon hydrolysis.
- god-fearing — deeply respectful or fearful of God.
- godchildren — Plural form of godchild.
- goitrogenic — tending to produce goiter.
- goldbergian — Rube Goldberg.
- golden girl — successful or celebrated woman
- gonfalonier — the bearer of a gonfalon.
- goniometers — Plural form of goniometer.
- goniometric — Of, relating to, or determined by a goniometer.
- gooney bird — any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross and the Laysan albatross, occurring on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.
- gormandized — Simple past tense and past participle of gormandize.
- gormandizer — A person who gormandizes; a glutton or gourmand.
- gormandizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gormandize.
- gourmandise — unrestrained enjoyment of fine foods, wines, and the like.
- gourmandize — to enjoy fine food and drink, especially often and in lavish quantity.
- 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.
- graminivore — An herbivorous animal, a grazer, that feeds primarily on grasses.
- grandiosely — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- graniferous — bearing grain
- green onion — a young onion with a slender green stalk and a small bulb, used as a table vegetable, usually raw, especially in salads; scallion.
- green osier — a dogwood tree, Cornus alternifolia, of the eastern U.S., having clusters of small white flowers and dark-blue fruit.
- greenockite — a yellow mineral, cadmium sulfide, CdS, associated with zinc ores and used as a source of cadmium.
- grind house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- grind-house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- grindstones — Plural form of grindstone.
- grouchiness — The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
- ground pine — any of several species of club moss, especially Lycopodium obscurum or L. complanatum.
- ground wire — a lead from an electric apparatus to the earth or to a ground connection.
- grovelingly — Alternative form of grovellingly.
- growthiness — the quality of being growthy