11-letter words containing g, i, o, r, d
- fairgrounds — Alternative spelling of fairground; the grounds where a fair is held.
- field grown — (of a plant) grown in a field rather than in a pot or other artificial environment
- finger food — food intended to be picked up with the fingers and eaten.
- fingerboard — (of a violin, cello, etc.) the strip of wood on the neck against which the strings are stopped by the fingers.
- fishing rod — a long, slender, cylindrical, flexible rod usually made of bamboo, steel, or fiberglass, for use with a reel and line in catching fish.
- floundering — to struggle with stumbling or plunging movements (usually followed by about, along, on, through, etc.): He saw the child floundering about in the water.
- food grains — the small hard seedlike fruits of a grass, esp a cereal plant, used as a foodstuff
- footbridges — Plural form of footbridge.
- forcing bid — a bid, often at a higher level than is required, that is understood to oblige the bidder's partner to reply
- forebodings — Plural form of foreboding.
- foredooming — Present participle of foredoom.
- foreign aid — economic, technical, or military aid given by one nation to another for purposes of relief and rehabilitation, for economic stabilization, or for mutual defense.
- foresighted — Having or using foresight.
- freeholding — Property held in freehold.
- freeloading — to take advantage of others for free food, entertainment, etc.
- frigid zone — either of two regions, one between the Arctic Circle and the North Pole, or one between the Antarctic Circle and the South Pole.
- frog orchid — any of several orchids having greenish flowers thought to resemble small frogs, esp Coeloglossum viride of calcareous turf
- gain ground — profit or advantage.
- gastrodynia — (pathology) gastralgia (stomach pain).
- genocidaire — a person who is guilty of genocide
- geometrized — Simple past tense and past participle of geometrize.
- george dick — George Frederick, 1881–1967, U.S. internist.
- gerodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
- ghirlandaio — (Domenico di Tommaso Curradi di Doffo Bigordi) 1449–94, Italian painter.
- give ground — the quality or state of being resilient; springiness.
- glamourized — Simple past tense and past participle of glamourize.
- glucuronide — a glycoside that yields glucuronic acid upon hydrolysis.
- god-fearing — deeply respectful or fearful of God.
- godchildren — Plural form of godchild.
- gold digger — a person who seeks or digs for gold in a gold field.
- gold-digger — a person who seeks or digs for gold in a gold field.
- gold-rimmed — Gold-rimmed glasses have gold-coloured frames.
- goldbergian — Rube Goldberg.
- goldbricked — Simple past tense and past participle of goldbrick.
- goldbricker — Informal. a brick made to look like gold, sold by a swindler.
- golden girl — successful or celebrated woman
- good friday — the Friday before Easter, a holy day of the Christian church, observed as the anniversary of the Crucifixion of Jesus.
- goods train — freight train.
- gooney bird — any of several albatrosses, especially the black-footed albatross and the Laysan albatross, occurring on islands in the Pacific Ocean, often near naval bases.
- gormandized — Simple past tense and past participle of gormandize.
- gormandizer — A person who gormandizes; a glutton or gourmand.
- gormandizes — Third-person singular simple present indicative form of gormandize.
- gourmandise — unrestrained enjoyment of fine foods, wines, and the like.
- gourmandism — a person who is fond of good eating, often indiscriminatingly and to excess.
- gourmandize — to enjoy fine food and drink, especially often and in lavish quantity.
- gradational — any process or change taking place through a series of stages, by degrees, or in a gradual manner.
- 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).
- graduations — Plural form of graduation.
- grand piano — a piano having the frame supported horizontally on three legs.