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16-letter words containing g, e, o, t

  • geometrical pace — a pace of 5 feet (1.5 meters), representing the distance between the places at which the same foot rests on the ground in walking.
  • geostrophic wind — a wind whose velocity and direction are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
  • geothermal power — power generated using steam produced by heat emanating from the molten core of the earth
  • gerontomorphosis — Biology. evolutionary specialization of a species to a degree that decreases its capability for further adaptation and eventually leads to its extinction.
  • get into trouble — be punished for wrongdoing
  • get on your wick — If you say that someone or something gets on your wick, you mean that they annoy and irritate you.
  • get one's eye in — to become accustomed to the conditions, light, etc, with a consequent improvement in one's performance
  • get the hell out — If you tell someone to get the hell out of a place, you are telling them angrily or emphatically to leave that place immediately.
  • get the lead out — Chemistry. a heavy, comparatively soft, malleable, bluish-gray metal, sometimes found in its natural state but usually combined as a sulfide, especially in galena. Symbol: Pb; atomic weight: 207.19; atomic number: 82; specific gravity: 11.34 at 20°C.
  • get up sb's nose — If you say that someone or something gets up your nose, you mean that they annoy you.
  • gilt-edged stock — government stock on which interest payments will certainly be met and that will certainly be repaid at par on the due date
  • globular cluster — a comparatively older, spherically symmetrical, compact group of up to a million old stars, held together by mutual gravitation, that are located in the galactic halo and move in giant and highly eccentric orbits around the galactic center.
  • glory-of-the-sun — a bulbous, Chilean plant, Leucocoryne ixioides, of the amaryllis family, having fragrant, white or blue flowers.
  • glove anesthesia — loss of sensation in the hand
  • go into the tank — a large receptacle, container, or structure for holding a liquid or gas: tanks for storing oil.
  • go off the rails — If someone goes off the rails, they start to behave in a way that other people think is unacceptable or very strange, for example they start taking drugs or breaking the law.
  • go over the hill — a natural elevation of the earth's surface, smaller than a mountain.
  • go the whole hog — Nautical. (of a hull) to have less than the proper amount of sheer because of structural weakness; arch. Compare sag (def 6a).
  • go to any length — the longest extent of anything as measured from end to end: the length of a river.
  • go to one's head — If alcoholic drink goes to your head, it makes you feel drunk.
  • go to the toilet — You can say that someone goes to the toilet to mean that they get rid of waste substances from their body, especially when you want to avoid using words that you think may offend people.
  • go with the flow — take a relaxed approach
  • go with the turf — to be an unavoidable part of a particular situation or process
  • go-faster stripe — a decorative line, intended to be suggestive of high speed, on the bodywork of a car
  • gold certificate — a former U.S. paper currency issued by the federal government for circulation from 1865 to 1933, equal to and redeemable for gold to a stated value.
  • gold star mother — an American woman whose son or daughter has died while serving in the United States Armed Forces
  • golden parachute — an employment contract or agreement guaranteeing a key executive of a company substantial severance pay and other financial benefits in the event of job loss caused by the company's being sold or merged.
  • golden rain tree — an ornamental tree, Koelreuteria paniculata, of the soapberry family, native to China and adjacent areas, having pinnate leaves, large clusters of fragrant yellow flowers, and inflated pods containing black seeds used as beads.
  • golden retriever — one of an English breed of retrievers having a thick, flat or wavy, golden coat.
  • goldsmith beetle — a brilliant golden scarabaeid beetle, Cetonia aurata, of Europe.
  • gongora y argote — Luis de [lwees de] /lwis dɛ/ (Show IPA), 1561–1627, Spanish poet.
  • good-heartedness — the quality of being good-hearted
  • goosefoot family — formerly, the plant family Chenopodiaceae, characterized by often weedy herbaceous plants and shrubs having simple, usually alternate leaves, small and inconspicuous flowers, and tiny, dry fruit, and including the beet, glasswort, goosefoot, Russian thistle, saltbush, and spinach; now part of the amaranth family, Amaranthaceae.
  • government house — the official residence of a colonial governor, as in a British Commonwealth country.
  • government issue — (often initial capital letter) issued or supplied by the government or one of its agencies.
  • government stock — stock issued by the UK or another national government
  • governmentalized — Simple past tense and past participle of governmentalize.
  • grade separation — separation of the levels at which roads, railroads, paths, etc., cross one another in order to prevent conflicting rows of traffic or the possibility of accidents.
  • granger movement — a campaign for state control of railroads and grain elevators, especially in the north central states, carried on during the 1870s by members of the Patrons of Husbandry (the Grange) a farmers' organization that had been formed for social and cultural purposes.
  • grant of probate — a certificate stating that a will is valid
  • granulocytopenia — a diminished number of granulocytes in the blood, which occurs in certain forms of anaemia
  • great blue heron — a large American heron, Ardea herodias, having bluish-gray plumage.
  • great depression — the economic crisis and period of low business activity in the U.S. and other countries, roughly beginning with the stock-market crash in October, 1929, and continuing through most of the 1930s.
  • great horned owl — a large, brown-speckled owl, Bubo virginianus, common in the Western Hemisphere, having prominent ear tufts.
  • great soil group — according to a system of classification that originated in Russia, any of several broad groups of soils with common characteristics usually associated with particular climates and vegetation types.
  • greater-doxology — Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
  • green revolution — an increase in food production, especially in underdeveloped and developing nations, through the introduction of high-yield crop varieties and application of modern agricultural techniques.
  • gregory of tours — Saint, a.d. 538?–594, Frankish bishop and historian.
  • grid declination — the angular difference between true north and grid north on a map
  • grind your teeth — If you grind your teeth, you rub your upper and lower teeth together as though you are chewing something.
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