12-letter words containing g, n, a, r
- granddaddies — Plural form of granddaddy.
- grande-terre — two islands (Basse-Terre and Grande-Terre) separated by a narrow channel in the Leeward Islands of the West Indies: together with five dependencies they form an overseas department of France. 687 sq. mi. (1179 sq. km). Capital: Basse-Terre.
- grandfathers — Plural form of grandfather.
- grandmasters — Plural form of grandmaster.
- grandmothers — Plural form of grandmother.
- grandnephews — Plural form of grandnephew.
- grandparents — a parent of a parent.
- grandstanded — Simple past tense and past participle of grandstand.
- grandstander — the main seating area of a stadium, racetrack, parade route, or the like, usually consisting of tiers with rows of individual seats.
- grangerizing — Present participle of grangerize.
- 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 dress — a loose-fitting, ankle-length dress, usually with long sleeves and a high collar and sometimes having flounces, ruffles, or lace trimming.
- granny smith — a variety of crisp, green-skinned apple, for eating raw or for cooking.
- granny woman — midwife (def 1).
- 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.
- granuloblast — an immature granulocyte.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
- granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
- graphophonic — a phonograph for recording and reproducing sounds on wax records.
- graspingness — The quality of being grasping.
- grass skiing — turfskiing.
- grass sponge — a large, dark brown, commercial sponge, Spongia graminea, of Florida, the West Indies, and the Gulf of Mexico.
- gratefulness — warmly or deeply appreciative of kindness or benefits received; thankful: I am grateful to you for your help.
- gratifyingly — In a manner that gratifies.
- gratulations — a feeling of joy.
- graustarkian — of, like, or characteristic of colorful, implausible, highly melodramatic and romantic situations or circumstances
- grave accent — a mark ( ˋ ) used to indicate:
- gravel-blind — more blind or dim-sighted than sand-blind and less than stone-blind.
- graven image — an idol.
- gravenhages' — a Dutch name of The Hague.
- graving dock — an excavated shore dry dock for the repair and maintenance of ships.
- gravity wind — a light wind directed downslope, occurring at night because of the cooling and densification of the air near the ground.
- gray panther — a member of an organized group of elderly people seeking to secure or protect their rights by collective action.
- gray snapper — a snapper, Lutjanus griseus, of shallow waters off the coast of Florida, having a grayish-green body with a brown spot on each scale.
- 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.
- graybar land — (jargon) The place you go while you're staring at a computer that's processing something very slowly (while you watch the grey bar creep across the screen). "I was in graybar land for hours, waiting for that CAD rendering".
- grayson kirk — Grayson (Louis) 1903–1997, U.S. educator: president of Columbia University 1953–68.
- grease paint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- greasy spoon — a cheap and rather unsanitary restaurant.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- great sunday — Easter Sunday.
- great-nephew — a son of one's nephew or niece; grandnephew.
- greater than — (character) ">" ASCII character 62. Common names: ITU-T: greater than; ket ("<" = bra); right angle; right angle bracket; right broket. Rare: into, toward; write to; blow ("<" = suck); gozinta; out; zap (all from Unix I/O redirection); INTERCAL: right angle. See also less than.
- grecian bend — (especially in the late 19th century) a posture or walk, often considered fashionable, in which the body is bent forward from the waist.
- green dragon — a mythical monster generally represented as a huge, winged reptile with crested head and enormous claws and teeth, and often spouting fire.
- green iguana — the common iguana (Iguana iguana)
- green manure — a crop of growing plants, as clover and other nitrogen-fixing plants, plowed under to enrich the soil.