12-letter words containing g, o, a, r, u
- ground plane — (in perspective drawing) the theoretical horizontal plane receding from the picture plane to the horizon, beginning at the level of the base line.
- ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
- ground shark — any of various requiem sharks, especially of the genus Carcharhinus.
- ground staff — The people who are paid to maintain a sports ground are called the ground staff.
- ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
- ground track — the path on the earth's surface below an aircraft, missile, rocket, or spacecraft.
- ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
- gulf of riga — a large deep bay on the Baltic Sea
- gustave dore — (Paul) Gustave [pawl gy-stav] /pɔl güˈstav/ (Show IPA), 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
- gut reaction — instinctive response
- gutturonasal — articulated in the back of the mouth and given resonance in the nasal cavity, as the sound represented by (ng) in (ring).
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
- gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
- harrisonburg — a city in N Virginia.
- hazel grouse — a European woodland grouse, Tetrastes bonasia, somewhat resembling the North American ruffed grouse.
- heliogravure — photoengraving.
- heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
- horse guards — the mounted squadrons supplied by the Household Cavalry for ceremonial duties
- housewarming — a party to celebrate a person's or family's move to a new home.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- inauguration — an act or ceremony of inaugurating.
- inauguratory — Inaugural; being the first instance.
- johannesburg — a city in S Transvaal, in the NE Republic of South Africa.
- jugal furrow — (in certain insects) the crease, between the anal and jugal veins, along which the wing folds.
- keratogenous — producing horn or a horny substance.
- keraunograph — an instrument for recording thunderstorms by detecting the radio waves generated
- kluge around — (jargon) To avoid a bug or difficult condition by inserting a kluge. Compare workaround.
- laboursaving — reducing (human) effort, hard work, or labour
- languorously — characterized by languor; languid.
- leaf through — one of the expanded, usually green organs borne by the stem of a plant.
- ligulifloral — having strap-shaped flowers
- long measure — Also called long meter. Prosody. a four-line stanza in iambic tetrameter, often used in hymns, with the second and fourth lines rhyming and sometimes the first and third lines rhyming as well.
- lounge chair — a chair designed for lounging, as an easy chair, chaise longue, or recliner.
- lug foresail — a gaff foresail having no boom or sometimes a partial boom.
- macrophagous — (of an animal) feeding on relatively large particles of food
- major league — The major leagues are groups of professional sports teams that compete against each other, especially in American baseball.
- major-league — Sports. of, relating to, or characteristic of the major leagues.
- majorleaguer — either of the two main professional baseball leagues in the U.S.
- manoeuvering — Present participle of manoeuver.
- manoeuvrings — Plural form of manoeuvring.
- meganthropus — a proposed genus of extinct, late lower Pleistocene primates based on two large lower jaws found in Java, and believed to be either Australopithecine or human.
- mesogastrium — the mesentery of the embryonic stomach.
- microphagous — (of an animal) feeding on small particles of food
- minor league — professional non-premier sports association
- minor-league — of or relating to a minor league.
- modularizing — to form or organize into modules, as for flexibility.
- munro-bagger — a person who climbs as many Munros as possible
- myoneuralgia — myalgia.
- narrow gauge — a standard of measure or measurement.