10-letter words containing g, o, p
- gipsy moth — a European moth, Lymantria dispar, introduced into North America, where it is a serious pest of shade trees: family Lymantriidae (or Liparidae)
- girl power — an assertiveness and self-confidence shown by girls and young women
- give up on — abandon: sb
- glove shop — a shop that sells gloves
- glucophore — a chemical group responsible for sweetness of taste
- glycolipid — any of a class of lipids, comprising the cerebrosides and gangliosides, that upon hydrolysis yield galactose or a similar sugar, a fatty acid, and sphingosine or dihydrosphingosine.
- glycophyte — any plant that will only grow healthily in soils with a low content of sodium salts
- glyphosate — a compound, C 3 H 8 NO 5 P, used to kill a wide range of weeds.
- glyptodont — any edentate mammal of the extinct genus Glyptodon, of the Pleistocene Epoch, having the body covered by a horny and bony armor.
- gnetophyte — Any of the plant division Gnetophyta, consisting of woody plants that differ from other gymnosperms in having vessel elements (which transport water within the plant) as found in flowering plants.
- go private — to restore private ownership of a corporation by buying back publicly held stock
- goa powder — a brownish-yellow, odorless, crystalline powder obtained from the wood or the trunk of the Brazilian tree Andira araroba, used as a source of chrysarobin.
- goalkeeper — (in ice hockey, field hockey, lacrosse, soccer, etc.) a player whose chief duty is to prevent the ball or puck from crossing or entering the goal.
- gobstopper — a large piece of hard candy.
- godparents — Plural form of godparent.
- gold plate — a thin coating of gold, usually produced by electroplating
- gold point — the point at which it is equally expensive to buy, sell, export, import, or exchange gold in adjustment of foreign claims or counterclaims.
- gold-plate — to coat (base metal) with gold, especially by electroplating.
- goldplated — to coat (base metal) with gold, especially by electroplating.
- goloptious — voluptuous
- gomphiasis — looseness of the teeth.
- gonioscope — an optical instrument used for measuring the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye.
- gonioscopy — an optical instrument used for measuring the angle of the anterior chamber of the eye.
- gonopodium — the modified anal fin of a male poeciliid fish, serving as an organ of copulation.
- good speed — good luck; success: to wish someone good speed.
- good sport — sb good-humoured
- googleplex — Misspelling of googolplex.
- googolplex — a number that is equal to 1 followed by a googol of zeros and expressed as .
- goose-step — to march in a goose step: Troops goose-stepped past the reviewing stand.
- goosebumps — Plural form of goosebump.
- gopherwood — yellowwood.
- gospellize — to evangelise
- gossipping — idle talk or rumor, especially about the personal or private affairs of others: the endless gossip about Hollywood stars.
- gossiprede — (obsolete) The relationship between a person and his sponsors.
- gramophone — a phonograph.
- gramophony — the art, technique, or practice of recording sound on disc
- grand chop — (in China and India trade) a customs clearance.
- grand coup — the trumping of a trick that could have been taken by the winner's partner.
- granophyre — a fine-grained or porphyritic granitic rock with a micrographic intergrowth of the minerals of the groundmass.
- grapelouse — an insect that attacks grape vines
- grapestone — the seed of a grape.
- graphalloy — a compound of graphite impregnated with Babbitt metal, bronze, copper, gold, etc., used as a low-friction material.
- graphitoid — resembling graphite
- grapholect — an established and standardized written language
- graphology — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
- graptolite — any colonial animal of the extinct class Graptolithina, most common in the Ordovician and Silurian Periods, thought to be related to the pterobranchs.
- gray power — the organized influence exerted by elderly people as a group, especially for social or political purposes or ends.
- green soap — a soap made chiefly from potassium hydroxide and linseed oil, used in treating some skin diseases.
- grey power — the political, financial, or social influence of elderly people
- gros point — a large stitch used in embroidery. Compare petit point (def 1), tent stitch.