13-letter words containing g, e, r, o
- get rid of sb — If you get rid of someone who is causing problems for you or who you do not like, you do something to prevent them affecting you any more, for example by making them leave.
- get somewhere — to make progress
- get the works — to be the victim of extreme measures
- gheorghiu-dej — Gheorghe [gyawr-ge] /ˈgyɔr gɛ/ (Show IPA), 1901–65, Romanian statesman: premier 1952–55; president of the state council 1961–65.
- ghettoblaster — Alternative form of ghetto blaster.
- 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.
- giant redwood — big tree.
- gibson desert — a desert in W central Australia: scrub; salt marshes. About 85,000 sq. mi. (220,000 sq. km).
- gilmore, john — John Gilmore
- giorgi system — a system of units based on the metre, kilogram, second, and ampere, in which the magnetic constant has the value 4π × 10–7 henries per metre. It was used as a basis for SI units
- girl's blouse — used to refer to a man who is not behaving in a very strong or masculine way
- give birth to — an act or instance of being born: the day of his birth.
- give priority — If you give priority to something or someone, you treat them as more important than anything or anyone else.
- glamour model — a woman who models topless or nude for photographs
- global search — a word-processing operation in which a complete computer file or set of files is searched for every occurrence of a particular word or other sequence of characters
- globe theatre — a theater on the south bank of the Thames in London, 1599–1613: many of Shakespeare's plays were first produced here.
- globe-trotter — a person who travels widely about the world, esp. for pleasure
- globetrotters — Plural form of globetrotter.
- globetrotting — to travel throughout the world, especially regularly or frequently.
- globuliferous — containing or producing globules.
- glossographer — a glossator.
- glove factory — a factory where gloves are made
- glove leather — a soft, smooth, pliable, stretchable leather.
- glucochlorose — chloralose.
- 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 one better — of superior quality or excellence: a better coat; a better speech.
- go over-board — over the side of a ship or boat, especially into or in the water: to fall overboard.
- 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.
- goal-oriented — (of a person) focused on reaching a specific objective or accomplishing a given task; driven by purpose: goal-oriented teams of teachers.
- gobar numeral — any of a set of ancient numerals derived from Hindu numerals
- gödel's proof — a proof that in a formal axiomatic system such as logic or mathematics it is impossible to prove consistency without using methods from outside the system, demonstrated by Kurt Gödel (1906–78)
- going concern — viable business
- gold chloride — a yellow to red, water-soluble compound, AuCl 3 , used chiefly in photography, gilding ceramic ware and glass, and in the manufacture of purple of Cassius.
- golden number — a number between 1 and 19, used to indicate the position of any year in the Metonic cycle, calculated as the remainder when 1 is added to the given year and the sum is divided by 19. If the remainder is zero the number is 19
- golden oriole — an Old World oriole, Oriolus oriolus, the male of which is bright yellow with black wings.
- golden plover — either of two plovers of the genus Pluvialis, having the back marked with golden-yellow spots, P. apricaria, of Europe, or P. dominica, of America.
- golden remedy — a very successful way of dealing with a problem
- 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.
- goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
- gone to glory — dead
- good behavior — satisfactory, proper, or polite conduct.
- good riddance — the act or fact of clearing away or out, as anything undesirable.
- good shepherd — Jesus Christ. John 10:11–14.
- good-humoured — having or showing a pleasant, amiable mood: a good-humored man; a good-humored remark.
- good-neighbor — characterized by friendly political relations and mutual aid between countries.
- good-tempered — good-natured; amiable.