10-letter words containing g, o, r, e, t
- germantown — a NW section of Philadelphia, Pa.: American defeat by British 1777.
- get across — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get around — to receive or come to have possession, use, or enjoyment of: to get a birthday present; to get a pension.
- get on for — to approach (a time, amount, age, etc.)
- get rid of — to clear, disencumber, or free of something objectionable (usually followed by of): I want to rid the house of mice. In my opinion, you'd be wise to rid yourself of the smoking habit.
- ghostwrite — (intransitive) To write under the name of another (especially literary works).
- gingerroot — the rhizome of the ginger plant.
- give forth — to send forth; emit; issue
- glenrothes — a new town in E central Scotland, the administrative centre of Fife: founded in 1948. Pop: 38 679 (2001)
- globe-trot — If someone spends their time globe-trotting, they spend a lot of time travelling to different parts of the world.
- glomerated — Simple past tense and past participle of glomerate.
- glossmeter — an instrument for measuring the reflectivity of a surface.
- gloucester — Duke of, Humphrey.
- go over to — switch to
- go private — to restore private ownership of a corporation by buying back publicly held stock
- goaltender — a goalkeeper.
- goat's-rue — Also called catgut. a hairy American plant, Tephrosia virginiana, of the legume family, having yellow and pink flowers.
- goatsbeard — any of several composite plants of the genus Tragopogon, especially T. pratensis, having yellow flower heads.
- goatsucker — nightjar (def 2).
- gobstopper — a large piece of hard candy.
- godbrother — The son of one's godparent.
- godfathers — Plural form of godfather.
- godmothers — Plural form of godmother.
- godparents — Plural form of godparent.
- goldbeater — a person who pounds gold into thin leaves for use in gilding
- goldthread — a white-flowered plant, Coptis trifolia, of the buttercup family, having a slender, yellow root that is sometimes used as a tonic.
- goniometer — an instrument for measuring solid angles, as of crystals.
- goniometry — an instrument for measuring solid angles, as of crystals.
- gothenburg — Göteborg.
- gouernment — Obsolete spelling of government.
- governante — a housekeeper
- government — 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.
- grace note — a note not essential to the harmony or melody, added as an embellishment, especially an appoggiatura.
- grapestone — the seed of a grape.
- grapholect — an established and standardized written language
- graptolite — any colonial animal of the extinct class Graptolithina, most common in the Ordovician and Silurian Periods, thought to be related to the pterobranchs.
- graveolent — That has a rank smell.
- gravestone — a stone marking a grave, usually giving the name, date of death, etc., of the person buried there.
- great ouse — Ouse (def 2).
- great room — a large, open room in a house, especially a living room that doubles as a family room or dining room.
- great worm — Internet Worm
- greatcoats — Plural form of greatcoat.
- greatsword — Any generally straight bladed double edged sword large enough that it required the use of two hands to wield it effectively.
- greencloth — the green covering of a billiard or gaming table
- greenstone — any of various altered basaltic rocks having a dark-green color caused by the presence of chlorite, epidote, etc.
- greyed out — (of a navigation button, menu item, etc on a computer screen) not highlighted, indicating that the function is unavailable at a given time
- grindstone — a rotating solid stone wheel used for sharpening, shaping, etc.
- groceteria — a grocery store in which customers pick up products from shelves and pay for them on leaving the store, as opposed to one in which they are served by a shop assistant
- grotesques — Plural form of grotesque.
- grottiness — the quality of being grotty