11-letter words containing g, e, t, o, i
- geotactical — relating to geotaxis
- geotechnics — the application of science in order to utilize the earth's natural resources in engineering projects
- geotectonic — tectonic (def 2).
- geotextiles — Plural form of geotextile.
- 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
- gestational — the process, state, or period of gestating.
- gestatorial — related to carrying
- get wind of — hear rumours of
- get wise to — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- ghettoizing — Present participle of ghettoize.
- ghost image — ghost (def 8).
- ghost-write — If a book or other piece of writing is ghost-written, it is written by a writer for another person, for example a politician or sportsman, who then publishes it as his or her own work.
- ghostliness — of, characteristic of, or resembling a ghost; phantasmal; spectral.
- ghostwriter — A person whose job it is to write material for someone else who is the named author.
- 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 a hoot — not care
- give a toss — If you say that you do not give a toss about someone or something, you are emphasizing that you do not care about them at all.
- give it hot — to punish or thrash someone
- give notice — warn, inform
- give way to — manner, mode, or fashion: a new way of looking at a matter; to reply in a polite way.
- glochidiate — (botany) Having barbs.
- glomerating — Present participle of glomerate.
- glomeration — a glomerate condition; conglomeration.
- glottalized — pronounced with glottal coarticulation.
- glutathione — a crystalline, water-soluble peptide of glutamic acid, cysteine, and glycine, C 10 H 17 N 3 O 6 S, found in blood and in animal and plant tissues, and important in tissue oxidations and in the activation of some enzymes.
- go flatline — [Cyberpunk SF, refers to flattening of EEG traces upon brain-death] also "flatlined". 1. To die, terminate, or fail, especially irreversibly. In hacker parlance, this is used of machines only, human death being considered somewhat too serious a matter to employ jargon-jokes about. 2. To go completely quiescent; said of machines undergoing controlled shutdown. "You can suffer file damage if you shut down Unix but power off before the system has gone flatline." 3. Of a video tube, to fail by losing vertical scan, so all one sees is a bright horizontal line bisecting the screen.
- go it alone — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- go-it-alone — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
- goaltending — goalkeeping.
- goatishness — The state or condition of being goatish.
- goitrogenic — tending to produce goiter.
- goldbeating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- goniometers — Plural form of goniometer.
- goniometric — Of, relating to, or determined by a goniometer.
- 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.
- gradiometer — any instrument used to measure a gradient, as the rate of change of the geomagnetic field. Compare gradient (def 3a).
- graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
- greenockite — a yellow mineral, cadmium sulfide, CdS, associated with zinc ores and used as a source of cadmium.
- grey import — an imported vehicle that does not have an exact model equivalent in the receiving country
- grindstones — Plural form of grindstone.
- grossierete — grossness or coarseness
- growthiness — the quality of being growthy
- gubernation — the act of governing or ruling
- guided tour — visit with commentary
- guillotined — Simple past tense and past participle of guillotine.
- guillotines — Plural form of guillotine.
- guttiferous — relating to plants that produce gum or gum-like fluids