12-letter words containing g, o, a, l, e, r
- flagelliform — long, slender, and flexible, like the lash of a whip.
- float bridge — a bridge, as from a pier to a boat, floating at one end and hinged at the other to permit loading and unloading at any level of water.
- floor-manage — to act as or in the manner of a floor manager.
- food allergy — an allergy to a specific type of food
- for a giggle — as a joke or prank; not seriously
- forbearingly — In a forbearing manner.
- foreign-flag — (of a vessel or aircraft) having a registry under a nationality other than one's own: rivalry between U.S.-flag freighters and foreign-flag ships.
- forestalling — Present participle of forestall.
- foretriangle — the triangular area formed by the deck, foremast, and headstay of a sailing vessel
- forgeability — (metallurgy) The quality or degree of being forgeable.
- galactometer — a lactometer.
- galactophore — a galactophorous duct.
- galactorrhea — an abnormally abundant flow of milk in a lactating woman.
- galeniferous — Of a mineral or deposit that contains galena.
- galley proof — a proof, originally one set from type in a galley, taken before the material has been made up into pages and usually printed as a single column of type with wide margins for marking corrections.
- gallows tree — a gallows.
- galvanometer — an instrument for detecting the existence of small electric currents and determining their strength.
- galvanometry — the method or process of determining the strength of electric currents.
- gambrel roof — a gable roof, each side of which has a shallower slope above a steeper one. Compare mansard (def 1).
- gastrodermal — the inner cell layer of the body of an invertebrate.
- gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
- general shop — a shop that sells various types of goods
- generational — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
- geocentrical — Alternative form of geocentric.
- geographical — of or relating to geography.
- geothermally — By geothermal means, especially by means of geothermal energy.
- germanophile — a person who is friendly toward or admires or studies Germany or German culture.
- gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
- gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.
- glabrousness — The quality of being glabrous.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- glatt kosher — prepared for eating according to the dietary laws followed by Hasidic Jews, which differ somewhat from those followed by other observers of kashruth: glatt kosher meat.
- glenohumeral — (anatomy) Of or pertaining to the glenoid fossa and the humerus.
- global reach — When people talk about the global reach of a company or industry, they mean its ability to have customers in many different parts of the world.
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- goal average — the number of goals scored by a team divided by the number of goals it has conceded
- gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
- golden aster — any North American, asterlike, composite plant of the genus Chrysopsis, having bright, golden-yellow flower heads, as C. mariana, of the eastern U.S.
- golden ratio — the ratio of two lengths, equal in value to (1 + √5)/2, and given by b/a = (b + a)/b; it is the reciprocal of the golden section and also equal to (1 + golden section)
- golden share — a share in a company that controls at least 51% of the voting rights, esp one retained by the UK government in some privatization issues
- golden stars — a plant, Bloomeria crocea, of the amaryllis family, native to southern California, having clusters of golden-orange, starlike flowers.
- golden years — the years that follow retirement from work
- gonfaloniers — Plural form of gonfalonier.
- googleganger — a person with whom one shares one’s name, discovered when typing one’s name into an internet search engine
- governmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
- grade school — an elementary school that has its pupils grouped or classified into grades.
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- gram calorie — calorie (def 1a). Abbreviation: g-cal.
- grand coulee — a dry canyon in central Washington: cut by the Columbia River in the glacial period. 52 miles (84 km) long; over 400 feet (120 meters) deep.
- granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.