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12-letter words containing g, i, t

  • gradeability — a measure of a truck's pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load.
  • gradeflation — grade inflation.
  • gradualistic — Of or pertaining to gradualism.
  • graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
  • graft hybrid — a hybrid plant that is produced by grafting and that exhibits characters of both the stock and the scion.
  • grain growth — a tendency of certain grains to grow and absorb others when heated under certain conditions.
  • grallatorial — belonging or pertaining to the wading birds, as the snipes, cranes, storks, and herons, many species of which have very long legs.
  • grammaticise — to make grammatical
  • grammaticism — a point or principle of grammar.
  • grammaticize — (transitive) To render grammatical.
  • gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
  • gran turismo — (of an automobile) certified as conforming to the specifications, as fuel capacity and engine displacement, for a class of standard automobiles (Gran Turismo) qualified to engage in various types of competitions. Abbreviation: GTO.
  • granite city — a city in SW Illinois, near St. Louis, Missouri.
  • granite peak — the highest elevation in Montana, in the S part. 12,799 feet (3901 meters).
  • granny smith — a variety of crisp, green-skinned apple, for eating raw or for cooking.
  • granodiorite — a coarse-grained acid igneous rock containing almost twice as much plagioclase as orthoclase: intermediate in composition between granite and diorite
  • grant-in-aid — a subsidy furnished by a central government to a local one to help finance a public project, as the construction of a highway or school.
  • granulations — Plural form of granulation.
  • granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
  • graphic arts — any of the fine or applied visual arts based on drawing or the use of line, as opposed to colour or relief, on a plane surface, esp illustration and printmaking of all kinds
  • graphologist — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
  • gratifyingly — In a manner that gratifies.
  • gratuitously — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
  • gratulations — a feeling of joy.
  • graustarkian — of, like, or characteristic of colorful, implausible, highly melodramatic and romantic situations or circumstances
  • gravitometer — an instrument that measures specific gravities
  • gravitropism — (biology, botany) a plant's ability to change its growth in response to gravity.
  • gravity cell — a cell containing two electrolytes that have different specific gravities.
  • gravity feed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
  • gravity wave — Astronomy, Physics. gravitational wave.
  • gravity wind — a light wind directed downslope, occurring at night because of the cooling and densification of the air near the ground.
  • gray catbird — any of several American or Australian birds having catlike cries, especially Dumetella carolinensis (gray catbird) of North America.
  • grayanotoxin — a toxin found in the nectar of some species of rhododendron and other plants of the family Ericaceae and in food made from their nectar, as unpasteurized honey, poisonous to humans and animals.
  • grease paint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
  • great circle — a circle on a spherical surface such that the plane containing the circle passes through the center of the sphere. Compare small circle.
  • great divide — the continental divide of North America; the Rocky Mountains.
  • great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
  • great primer — an 18-point type of a size larger than Columbian, formerly used for Bibles.
  • great schism — a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378–1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office.
  • great spirit — the chief deity in the religion of many North American Indian tribes.
  • greenlighted — to give permission to proceed; authorize: The renovation project was green-lighted by the board of directors.
  • grey wagtail — a greyish species of wagtail, Motacilla cinerea, found in temperate regions
  • grid circuit — that part of a circuit that contains the cathode and the grid of a vacuum tube.
  • grid current — the current that moves within the vacuum tube from the grid to the cathode.
  • grindability — to wear, smooth, or sharpen by abrasion or friction; whet: to grind a lens.
  • groin strain — damage to the groin area caused by overexertion, esp suffered by a sports player
  • gross profit — gross receipts less the cost of goods or production but before the deduction of such other costs as rent or salaries.
  • gross weight — total weight without deduction for tare, tret, or waste.
  • grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
  • grotesquerie — Grotesque quality or grotesque things collectively.
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