12-letter words containing g, e, t, u, n
- feeding tube — nasogastric tubing
- feuchtwanger — Lion [lee-awn] /ˈli ɔn/ (Show IPA), 1884–1958, German novelist and dramatist.
- flight nurse — a nurse in the U.S. Air Force who tends patients being transported by airplane.
- free-cutting — (of a metal alloy) having good machinability: free-cutting steel.
- fugitiveness — The quality of being fugitive; evanescence; volatility.
- fungus stone — the Canadian tuckahoe, Polyporus tuberaster, an irregularly spherical mass of fungus mycelium and earth, forming a pseudosclerotium.
- gas equation — an equation that equates the product of the pressure and the volume of one mole of a gas to the product of its thermodynamic temperature and the gas constant. The equation is exact for an ideal gas and is a good approximation for real gases at low pressures
- gelatigenous — (archaic) Producing or yielding gelatin.
- geniculating — Present participle of geniculate.
- geniculation — the state of being geniculate.
- gentian blue — a purplish-blue colour
- gentilitious — relating to a gens
- genuflecting — Present participle of genuflect.
- genuflection — an act of bending the knee or touching it to the ground in reverence or worship.
- gerontogeous — belonging to the Old World.
- get a bun on — to become drunk
- get in touch — make contact
- get round to — find time
- get stuck in — If you get stuck in, you do something with enthusiasm and determination.
- glucoprotein — glycoprotein.
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- gluten bread — bread made from gluten flour.
- go the round — to be circulated among a number of people: said of a story, rumor, etc.
- golden trout — a very colorful freshwater fish, Salmo aguabonita or Oncorhynchus aguabonita, of the salmon family, native to the Sierra Nevada, having a red and orange body and golden sides.
- good-natured — having or showing a pleasant, kindly disposition; amiable: a warm, good-natured person.
- grandaughter — Alternative spelling of granddaughter.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- gratefulness — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- great sunday — Easter Sunday.
- green turtle — a sea turtle, Chelonia mydas, common in tropical and subtropical seas, the flesh of which is used for turtle soup: now greatly reduced in number and endangered in some areas.
- grid current — the current that moves within the vacuum tube from the grid to the cathode.
- ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
- ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- groundsheets — Plural form of groundsheet.
- groundstroke — A stroke played after the ball has bounced, as opposed to a volley.
- group of ten — the ten nations who met in Paris in 1961 to arrange the special drawing rights of the IMF: Belgium, Canada, France, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Sweden, UK, US, and West Germany
- guanethidine — a potent adrenergic neuron blocking agent, C 10 H 22 N 4 , used in the treatment of hypertension.
- guaranteeing — a promise or assurance, especially one in writing, that something is of specified quality, content, benefit, etc., or that it will perform satisfactorily for a given length of time: a money-back guarantee.
- guide center — a command to a marching formation to align itself behind a guide marching at the head of the formation.
- guilt-ridden — If a person is guilt-ridden, they feel very guilty about something.
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- guttersnipes — Plural form of guttersnipe.
- gutturalness — The quality of being guttural.
- gutwrenching — Alternative spelling of gut-wrenching.
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- head-hunting — a headhunting expedition: The men left the village to go on a headhunt.
- heartburning — rankling discontent, especially from envy or jealousy; grudge.
- hematogenous — originating in the blood.