14-letter words containing g, o, r, i
- group genitive — (in English) a construction in which the genitive ending 's is added to an entire phrase, especially when added to a word other than the head of the noun phrase, as the woman who lives across the street's in That is the woman who lives across the street's cat or the people next-door's in The people next-door's house is for rent.
- 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 medicine — the practice of medicine by a number of specialists working together in association
- group of eight — the Group of Seven nations and Russia, whose heads of government meet to discuss economic matters and international relations
- 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.
- group velocity — the velocity of finite numbers of waves undergoing simple harmonic motion, equal to the phase velocity when it does not vary with the wavelengths of the waves. The group velocity of the set of waves produced in water when a stone is dropped is less than the velocity of the individual waves.
- 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.
- gull-wing door — a car door that opens upwards
- gymslip mother — a girl of school age who has become a mother
- gyroscopically — Using a gyroscope.
- gyrostabiliser — (British spelling) Alternative form of gyrostabilizer.
- gyrostabilized — stabilized by means of a gyrostabilizer.
- gyrostabilizer — a device for stabilizing a seagoing vessel by counteracting its rolling motion from side to side, consisting essentially of a rotating gyroscope weighing about 1 percent of the displacement of the vessel.
- hagiographical — Hagiographic.
- half sovereign — a gold coin of the United Kingdom, discontinued in 1917, equal to 10 shillings.
- hanging scroll — a roll of parchment, paper, copper, or other material, especially one with writing on it: a scroll containing the entire Old Testament.
- heading course — (in brickwork) a course of headers.
- healing powers — beneficial qualities
- heart-stopping — A heart-stopping moment is one that makes you anxious or frightened because it seems that something bad is likely to happen.
- heavy nitrogen — the stable isotope of nitrogen having a mass number of 15.
- hemoglobinuria — the presence of hemoglobin pigment in the urine.
- heresiographer — a person who writes about heresy
- hermit kingdom — Korea during the period, c1637–c1876, when it was cut off from contact with all countries except China.
- herpetological — Of or relating to herpetology, the study of reptiles.
- herpetologists — Plural form of herpetologist.
- herring choker — a native or resident of any of the Maritime Provinces but especially of New Brunswick.
- heterographies — Plural form of heterography.
- heterozygosity — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
- hieroglyphical — Hieroglyphic: related to or resembling hieroglyphs.
- hierogrammatic — of or relating to a hierogram
- hierographical — hierographic
- high-card pool — red dog.
- highway patrol — a state law-enforcement organization whose officers safeguard the highways.
- historiography — the body of literature dealing with historical matters; histories collectively.
- honour killing — a murder committed by a male on a female relative considered to have brought dishonour to the family, usually through sexual activity forbidden by religion or tradition
- horse vaulting — gymnastics performed on horseback
- housing market — property trade
- hunting ground — a section or area for hunting game.
- hydrobiologist — someone who studies or specializes in hydrobiology
- hydrogenolysis — decomposition of a compound resulting from its interaction with hydrogen.
- hydrographical — Hydrographic.
- hydrologically — the science dealing with the occurrence, circulation, distribution, and properties of the waters of the earth and its atmosphere.
- hydromagnetics — magnetohydrodynamics.
- hygroscopicity — absorbing or attracting moisture from the air.
- hypergeometric — of or relating to operations or series that transcend ordinary geometrical operations or series
- hypergolically — in a hypergolic manner
- hypertrophying — abnormal enlargement of a part or organ; excessive growth.