11-letter words containing g, e, t, o
- goatsbeards — Plural form of goatsbeard.
- goatsuckers — Plural form of goatsucker.
- gob-stopper — a large piece of hard candy.
- goblet cell — a type of epithelial cell that secretes mucin, so called after its shape.
- gobstoppers — Plural form of gobstopper.
- goddaughter — a female godchild.
- goitrogenic — tending to produce goiter.
- gold beetle — any of several beetles having a golden luster, as a chrysomelid, Metriona bicolor, that feeds on morning glories and roses.
- gold-plated — secure, valuable
- goldbeating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- golden gate — a strait in W California, between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific. 2 miles (3.2 km) wide.
- goldthreads — Plural form of goldthread.
- gomphothere — Any of the extinct proboscideans of the family Gomphotheriidae, that lived in North America and Eurasia during the Miocene and Pliocene (12\u20141.6 million years ago), and latterly also in South America (around 3 million to 9100 years ago).
- gonadectomy — (surgery) The procedure to remove an ovary or testis.
- gonadotrope — a gonadotropic substance.
- goniometers — Plural form of goniometer.
- goniometric — Of, relating to, or determined by a goniometer.
- good nature — pleasant disposition; kindly nature; amiability.
- goodhearted — Kind, generous and altruistic.
- goodnatured — Alternative spelling of good-natured.
- goosetongue — The plant sneezewort.
- gospel oath — an oath sworn on the Gospels
- gourmet sex — lovemaking that is particularly passionate, enjoyable, and imaginative
- gouvernante — (archaic) governess.
- gouvernment — Obsolete form of government.
- governments — Plural form of government.
- governmenty — pompous.
- governorate — an administrative division of a country, especially Egypt.
- 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.
- graded post — a position in a school having special responsibility for which additional payment is given
- gradiometer — any instrument used to measure a gradient, as the rate of change of the geomagnetic field. Compare gradient (def 3a).
- grandmother — the mother of one's father or mother.
- grangemouth — a port in Scotland, in Falkirk council area: now Scotland's second port, with oil refineries, shipyards, and chemical industries. Pop: 17 771 (2001)
- granulocyte — a circulating white blood cell having prominent granules in the cytoplasm and a nucleus of two or more lobes.
- graptolites — Plural form of graptolite.
- gravestones — Plural form of gravestone.
- great abaco — two islands (Great Abaco and Little Abaco) in the N Bahamas. 776 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
- great gross — a unit of quantity equivalent to 12 gross. Abbreviation: GGR.
- great mogul — the emperor of the former Mogul Empire in India founded in 1526 by Baber.
- great power — a nation that has exceptional military and economic strength, and consequently plays a major, often decisive, role in international affairs.
- great world — fashionable society and its way of life
- greenbottle — any of several metallic-green blowflies, as Phaenicia sericata.
- 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.
- gros ventre — a river in W central Wyoming, flowing W to the Snake River. 100 miles (161 km) long.
- grossed out — without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
- grosseteste — Robert. ?1175–1253, English prelate and scholar; bishop of Lincoln (1235–53). He attacked ecclesiastical abuses and wrote commentaries on Aristotle and treatises on theology, philosophy, and science
- grossierete — grossness or coarseness
- grotesquely — odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.