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11-letter words containing g, h, o, s

  • geophysical — the branch of geology that deals with the physics of the earth and its atmosphere, including oceanography, seismology, volcanology, and geomagnetism.
  • george bush — Barbara (Barbara Pierce) born 1925, U.S. First Lady 1989–93 (wife of George H. W. Bush).
  • geostrophic — of or relating to the balance between the Coriolis force and the horizontal pressure force in the atmosphere.
  • geotechnics — the application of science in order to utilize the earth's natural resources in engineering projects
  • get shot of — to get rid of
  • get shut of — to get rid of
  • ghost dance — a ritual dance intended to establish communion with the dead, especially such a dance as performed by various messianic western American Indian cults in the late 19th century.
  • ghost image — ghost (def 8).
  • ghost story — a tale in which such elements as ghostly visitations and supernatural intervention are used to further the plot and a chilling, suspenseful atmosphere.
  • ghost train — a small train at an amusement park that travels through a dark tunnel in which sounds, lights, and mechanized objects are used to scare the people in the train
  • 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.
  • ghostbuster — A person who claims to be able to banish ghosts and poltergeists.
  • ghostliness — of, characteristic of, or resembling a ghost; phantasmal; spectral.
  • ghostscript — (graphics, tool)   The GNU interpreter for PostScript and PDF, with previewers for serval systems and many fonts. Ghostscript was originally written by L. Peter Deutsch <[email protected]> of Aladdin Enterprises. The first public release was v1.0 on 1988-08-11.
  • ghostwriter — A person whose job it is to write material for someone else who is the named author.
  • glasshouses — Plural form of glasshouse.
  • globefishes — Plural form of globefish.
  • gnathostome — (zoology) Any vertebrate with jaws, including amphibians, reptiles, mammals, and most modern fish.
  • gnetophytes — Plural form of gnetophyte.
  • go straight — without a bend, angle, or curve; not curved; direct: a straight path.
  • go to smash — to become smashed, broken, or ruined
  • goat cheese — a cheese containing goat's milk, either alone or mixed with cow's milk, usually having a stronger flavor than one made of cow's milk alone.
  • goatishness — The state or condition of being goatish.
  • god help us — If you say God help us, you mean that you have negative feelings about the person or situation you are talking about.
  • goddessship — a female god or deity.
  • goldfinches — Plural form of goldfinch.
  • goldschmidt — Richard Benedikt. 1878–1958, US geneticist, born in Germany. He advanced the theory that heredity is determined by the chemical configuration of the chromosome molecule rather than by the qualities of the individual genes
  • goldthreads — Plural form of goldthread.
  • gonochorism — (biology) The situation in which the individuals of a species are of one of two distinct sexes, and retain that sexuality throughout their lives.
  • goose flesh — goose bumps.
  • goosefishes — Plural form of goosefish.
  • gopherspace — (networking)   The sum of all files that can be reached using gopher.
  • gospel oath — an oath sworn on the Gospels
  • gramophones — Plural form of gramophone.
  • grass cloth — a cloth made from plant fibres, such as jute or hemp
  • grasshopper — any of numerous herbivorous, orthopterous insects, especially of the families Acrididae and Tettigoniidae, having the hind legs adapted for leaping and having chewing mouth parts, some species being highly destructive to vegetation. Compare locust (def 1), long-horned grasshopper.
  • greenhouses — Plural form of greenhouse.
  • grind house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
  • grind-house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
  • groatsworth — the amount that is, or may be, bought or sold for a groat
  • grouchiness — The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
  • ground-fish — bottom-fish.
  • groundshare — to share the facilities and running costs of a single stadium with another team
  • groundsheet — a waterproof sheet of plastic, canvas, or other durable material spread on the ground, as under a sleeping bag or in a tent, for protection against moisture.
  • growthiness — the quality of being growthy
  • guardhouses — Plural form of guardhouse.
  • guest house — small hotel
  • guesthouses — Plural form of guesthouse.
  • gymnanthous — achlamydeous.
  • hagiologist — A writer on the lives of the saints; a hagiographer.
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