12-letter words containing g, o, n, d, i
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- global index — (filename extension) (gid) The filename extension of a Windows 95 "global index" file. .gid files are created by the help browser internal to Windows 95 (also available for other Windows versions) for WinHelp files (hlp), as well as for storing user preferences, such as window position.
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- go down with — If you go down with an illness or a disease, you catch it.
- gobind singh — 1666–1708, tenth and last guru of the Sikhs (1675–1708): assassinated
- godwin's law — (humour) "As a Usenet discussion grows longer, the probability of a comparison involving Nazis or Hitler approaches one." There is a tradition in many groups that, once this occurs, that thread is over, and whoever mentioned the Nazis has automatically lost whatever argument was in progress. Godwin's Law thus practically guarantees the existence of an upper bound on thread length in those groups. However there is also a widely recognised codicil that any intentional triggering of Godwin's Law in order to invoke its thread-ending effects will be unsuccessful.
- gold digging — the work of digging for gold.
- gold farming — the practice of selling virtual assets gained in a computer game for real money
- gold filling — a small amount of gold that a dentist puts in a hole in a tooth to prevent further decay
- gold-beating — the art or process of beating out gold into gold leaf.
- gold-plating — the incorporation of costly and unnecessary features or refinements into a product or structure.
- goldbricking — Present participle of goldbrick.
- golden oldie — Informal. something once popular or valued that has retained its appeal or for which interest has been reawakened, especially a popular song or record.
- 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)
- goldsmithing — The work of a goldsmith; the forging of gold.
- gonadotropic — pertaining to substances formed in the anterior pituitary gland that affect the activity of the ovary or testis.
- gonadotropin — a gonadotropic substance.
- good evening — greeting
- good morning — hello: before noon
- good-looking — of good or attractive appearance; handsome or beautiful: a good-looking young man; a good-looking hat.
- goods engine — a railway locomotive used to haul a freight train.
- goods siding — a short railway track beside the main tracks where goods trains or goods wagons are left when they are not being used
- 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.
- gordian worm — nematomorph.
- gormandising — Present participle of gormandise.
- gormandizers — gourmandise1 .
- gormandizing — Present participle of gormandize.
- gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- granodiorite — a coarse-grained acid igneous rock containing almost twice as much plagioclase as orthoclase: intermediate in composition between granite and diorite
- graving dock — an excavated shore dry dock for the repair and maintenance of ships.
- griffin-hood — (in India and the East) a newcomer, especially a white person from a Western country.
- grosswardein — German name of Oradea.
- ground robin — towhee.
- gynodioecism — the condition of having flowers that are only female in one example of a plant and flowers that have stamens and pistils in another example of a plant of the same species
- hamming code — (algorithm) Extra, redundant bits added to stored or transmitted data for the purposes of error detection and correction. Named after the mathematician Richard Hamming, Hamming codes greatly improve the reliability of data, e.g. from distant space probes, where it is impractical, because of the long transmission delay, to correct errors by requesting retransmission.
- hand-holding — the act of holding hands, especially as a sign or token of affection.
- hard-working — industrious; zealous: a hardworking family man.
- hedgehopping — Present participle of hedgehop.
- herringboned — Simple past tense and past participle of herringbone.
- heterodyning — Present participle of heterodyne.
- high and low — having a great or considerable extent or reach upward or vertically; lofty; tall: a high wall.
- high command — the leadership or highest authority of a military command or other organization.
- hippodroming — (baseball) present participle of hippodrome; Staging games to suit gamblers, especially baseball.
- hold against — resent sb for sth
- holding tank — a tank for the temporary storage of a substance.
- hollingshead — Holinshed.
- hologonidium — soredium.
- homebuilding — the designing or constructing of houses.
- homesteading — a dwelling with its land and buildings, occupied by the owner as a home and exempted by a homestead law from seizure or sale for debt.