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12-letter words containing g, o, a, t

  • gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
  • gonadotropin — a gonadotropic substance.
  • good-hearted — kind or generous; considerate; benevolent.
  • good-natured — having or showing a pleasant, kindly disposition; amiable: a warm, good-natured person.
  • gopher state — Minnesota (used as a nickname).
  • gordian knot — pertaining to Gordius, ancient king of Phrygia, who tied a knot (the Gordian knot) that, according to prophecy, was to be undone only by the person who was to rule Asia, and that was cut, rather than untied, by Alexander the Great.
  • gothic armor — white armor of the 15th century, marked especially by much fluting and ornamentation.
  • 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.
  • governorates — Plural form of governorate.
  • gradeflation — grade inflation.
  • 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.
  • grammatology — the scientific study of systems of writing.
  • 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.
  • grandmothers — Plural form of grandmother.
  • granodiorite — a coarse-grained acid igneous rock containing almost twice as much plagioclase as orthoclase: intermediate in composition between granite and diorite
  • granulations — Plural form of granulation.
  • granuloblast — an immature granulocyte.
  • granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
  • granulocytic — Of, or pertaining to, granulocytes.
  • graph theory — the branch of mathematics dealing with linear graphs.
  • graphologist — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
  • grapple shot — a grapnellike projectile fired from a gun and used as a hold for the end of a line in rescue operations or in kedging.
  • gratuitously — given, done, bestowed, or obtained without charge or payment; free; voluntary.
  • gratulations — a feeling of joy.
  • gravitometer — an instrument that measures specific gravities
  • gravitropism — (biology, botany) a plant's ability to change its growth in response to gravity.
  • 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.
  • groin strain — damage to the groin area caused by overexertion, esp suffered by a sports player
  • grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
  • ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
  • ground fault — the momentary, usually accidental, grounding of a conducting wire.
  • ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
  • 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.
  • gustave dore — (Paul) Gustave [pawl gy-stav] /pɔl güˈstav/ (Show IPA), 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
  • gut of canso — Canso (def 2).
  • 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).
  • gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
  • gynecomastia — abnormal enlargement of the breast in a male.
  • gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
  • halogenating — Present participle of halogenate.
  • halogenation — (chemistry) The reaction of a halogen with something, especially the replacement of a hydrogen atom of an organic compound with a halogen one.
  • hamartiology — the doctrine of sin in Christian theology
  • hanging post — a post from which a door, gate, etc., is hung.
  • hangtown fry — a type of omelet to which fried oysters, bacon, and sometimes onions are added.
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