15-letter words containing g, o, n
- gift of tongues — speaking in tongues.
- gigantopithecus — a genus of extinct ape of southern Asia existing during the Pliocene and Pleistocene epochs, known only from very large fossil jaws and teeth and believed to be perhaps the biggest hominoid that ever lived.
- give a monkey's — to care about or regard as important
- glass harmonica — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated, revolving glass bowls, the rims of which are moistened and set in vibration by friction from the fingertips.
- glazier's point — a small, pointed piece of sheet metal, for holding a pane of glass in a sash until the putty has hardened.
- glen canyon dam — Adam Clayton, Jr. 1908–72, U.S. clergyman, politician, and civil-rights leader: congressman 1945–67, 1969–71.
- globe lightning — ball lightning.
- gluconeogenesis — glucose formation in animals from a noncarbohydrate source, as from proteins or fats.
- gluconeogenetic — Of or pertaining to gluconeogenesis.
- glucuronic acid — Biochemistry. an acid, C 6 H 10 O 7 , formed by the oxidation of glucose, found combined with other products of metabolism in the blood and urine.
- glycogenic acid — gluconic acid.
- glyconeogenesis — gluconeogenesis.
- glycuronic acid — glucuronic acid.
- gnome computers — (company) A small UK hardware and software company. They make transputer boards for the Acorn Archimedes among other things. E-mail: Chris Stenton <[email protected]>.
- gnotobiological — relating to gnotobiology
- gnu mirror site — GNU archive site
- go for a burton — to be broken, useless, or lost
- go hand in hand — belong together
- go into details — If someone does not go into details about a subject, or does not go into the detail, they mention it without explaining it fully or properly.
- go on one's way — If you go on your way, you continue with your journey.
- go the distance — the extent or amount of space between two things, points, lines, etc.
- go up in flames — be burned
- go with a swing — If you say that something is going with a swing, you mean that it is lively and exciting.
- goal difference — the number of goals scored by a team minus the number of goals it has conceded
- golden boy/girl — If you refer to a man as a golden boy or a woman as a golden girl, you mean that they are especially popular and successful.
- golden eardrops — a Californian plant, Dicentra chrysantha, of the fumitory family, having bluish-green foliage and branched clusters of yellow flowers.
- golden nematode — a yellowish nematode, Heterodera rostochiensis, that is parasitic on the roots of potatoes, tomatoes, and other solanaceous plants.
- golden pheasant — an Asiatic pheasant, Chrysolophus pictus, having brilliant scarlet, orange, gold, green, and black plumage.
- golden samphire — a Eurasian coastal plant, Inula crithmoides, with fleshy leaves and yellow flower heads: family Asteraceae (composites)
- golden starfish — an award given to a bathing beach that meets EU standards of cleanliness
- golden triangle — (sometimes lowercase) an area of Southeast Asia encompassing parts of Burma, Laos, and Thailand, significant as a major source of opium and heroin.
- goldenrain tree — a small, deciduous Asian tree (Koelreuteria paniculata) of the soapberry family having small yellow flowers and papery fruit pods
- goldilocks zone — a zone around a star having temperatures and other conditions that can support life on planets: Mars is thought to lie on the outer edge of the sun's Goldilocks zone.
- good and proper — thoroughly
- good king henry — a European, chenopodiaceous weed, Chenopodium bonus-henricus, naturalized in North America, having spinachlike leaves.
- good queen bess — Elizabeth I
- good-king-henry — a European, chenopodiaceous weed, Chenopodium bonus-henricus, naturalized in North America, having spinachlike leaves.
- goodheartedness — The quality of being goodhearted.
- goodness of fit — the extent to which observed sample values of a variable approximate to values derived from a theoretical density, often measured by a chi-square test
- gorlin syndrome — a rare congenital disorder in which cancer destroys the facial skin and causes blindness; skeletal anomalies can also occur
- gossipmongering — The behaviour of a gossipmonger; the spreading of salacious rumours.
- gotterdammerung — German Mythology. the destruction of the gods and of all things in a final battle with evil powers: erroneous modern translation of the Old Icelandic Ragnarǫk, meaning “fate of the gods,” misunderstood as Ragnarökkr, meaning “twilight of the gods.”.
- governing class — the social class that holds the power in a country
- government bond — a bond issued by a country's government, in its own currency
- governmentalism — the trend toward expansion of the government's role, range of activities, or power.
- governmentalist — one who promotes the philosophy of governmentalism
- governmentality — (sociology) The organized practices (mentalities, rationalities, and techniques) through which subjects are governed and influenced.
- governmentalize — (US) To bring a private entity under government control; to nationalize.
- grabber pointer — (operating system) A mouse pointer sprite in the shape of a small hand that closes when a mouse button is clicked, indicating that the object on the screen under the pointer has been selected.
- grace-and-favor — noting a residence owned by a noble or sovereign and bestowed by him or her upon some person for that person's lifetime.