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14-letter words containing g, o, i, a

  • glycosidically — In a glycosidic manner; by means of a glycoside.
  • glyoxylic acid — a water-soluble crystalline compound, C 2 H 2 O 3 , that is an intermediate in photorespiration in plants.
  • go around with — If you go around with a person or group of people, you regularly meet them and go to different places with them.
  • go in the tank — to lose or fail badly or on purpose
  • go into detail — elaborate, recount more fully
  • go-cart racing — the sport of riding on karts
  • gold medallist — the winner of competition or race, who is awarded a gold medal
  • goliath beetle — any very large tropical scarabaeid beetle of the genus Goliathus, esp G. giganteus of Africa, which may grow to a length of 20 centimetres
  • gonadectomized — Having undergone gonadectomy.
  • goncalves dias — Antonio [an-taw-nyoo] /ɛ̃ˈtɔ nyʊ/ (Show IPA), 1823–64, Brazilian poet.
  • gone a million — done for; sunk
  • good samaritan — a person who gratuitously gives help or sympathy to those in distress. Luke 10:30–37.
  • googlewhacking — The action of searching for googlewhacks.
  • gosling, james — James Gosling
  • gothic revival — a Gothic style of architecture popular between the late 18th and late 19th centuries, exemplified by the Houses of Parliament in London (1840)
  • gouldian finch — a multicoloured finch, Chloebia gouldiae, of tropical N Australia
  • grade crossing — an intersection of a railroad track and another track, a road, etc., at the same level.
  • graduation day — the day on which the ceremony is held at which university or college degrees and diplomas are conferred
  • grain elevator — elevator (def 4).
  • grand junction — a city in W Colorado.
  • grandiloquence — speech that is lofty in tone, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
  • grangerisation — The act of illustrating a book with pictures taken from published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use.
  • grangerization — The act of illustrating a book with pictures taken from published sources, such as by clipping them out for one's own use.
  • granulomatosis — any disease characterized by the formation of numerous granulomas.
  • granulopoietin — a hormone that promotes the production of white blood cells.
  • graph coloring — graph colouring
  • graphite cloth — a nonwoven fabric made by embedding carbon fibers in a plastic bonding material, used in layers as a substitute for sheet metal, as in the construction of aircraft wings.
  • graphitization — (geology) The formation of graphite from other organic materials.
  • grappling iron — a grapnel.
  • gratifications — Plural form of gratification.
  • gratuitousness — The state or characteristic of being gratuitous.
  • greek catholic — a member of the Greek Orthodox Church.
  • gregariousness — fond of the company of others; sociable.
  • gregorian mode — church mode.
  • gregorian tone — a plainsong melody
  • greisenization — the process whereby granite is converted to greisen
  • grid capacitor — a capacitor connected in series with the grid.
  • grid variation — the angle, at any point on the surface of the earth, between the magnetic and true meridians passing through that point.
  • groundbreaking — the act or ceremony of breaking ground for a new construction project.
  • group dynamics — (used with a plural verb) the interactions that influence the attitudes and behavior of people when they are grouped with others through either choice or accidental circumstances.
  • group marriage — (among primitive peoples) a form of marriage in which a group of males is united with a group of females to form a single conjugal unit.
  • group practice — Also called group medicine. the practice of medicine by an association of physicians and other health professionals who work together, usually in one suite of offices.
  • grouse-beating — hunting for grouse by trying to drive them towards hunters using flags, sticks, and other devices
  • growing season — The growing season in a particular country or area is the period in each year when the weather and temperature is right for plants and crops to grow.
  • grylloblattids — Plural form of grylloblattid.
  • guido d'arezzo — (Guido Aretinus"Fra Guittone") c995–1049? Italian monk and music theorist: reformer of musical notation.
  • gulf of guinea — a large inlet of the S Atlantic on the W coast of Africa, extending from Cape Palmas, Liberia, to Cape Lopez, Gabon: contains two large bays, the Bight of Bonny and the Bight of Benin, separated by the Niger delta
  • gynaecological — Alternative spelling of gynecological.
  • gyroscopically — Using a gyroscope.
  • gyrostabiliser — (British spelling) Alternative form of gyrostabilizer.
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