11-letter words containing g, o, r
- gravestones — Plural form of gravestone.
- gravidation — (obsolete) gravidity.
- gravitation — Physics. the force of attraction between any two masses. Compare law of gravitation. an act or process caused by this force.
- grease wool — shorn fleece before it has been cleaned
- greaseproof — Resistant to grease.
- greasewoods — Plural form of greasewood.
- greasy pole — a pole covered with grease to make it slippery and difficult to climb, often used as entertainment
- greasy wool — untreated wool, still retaining the lanolin, which is used for waterproof clothing
- great abaco — two islands (Great Abaco and Little Abaco) in the N Bahamas. 776 sq. mi. (2010 sq. km).
- great gross — a unit of quantity equivalent to 12 gross. Abbreviation: GGR.
- great mogul — the emperor of the former Mogul Empire in India founded in 1526 by Baber.
- great power — a nation that has exceptional military and economic strength, and consequently plays a major, often decisive, role in international affairs.
- great world — fashionable society and its way of life
- greco-roman — of or having both Greek and Roman characteristics: the Greco-Roman influence.
- greek cross — a cross consisting of an upright crossed in the middle by a horizontal piece of the same length.
- green heron — green-backed heron.
- green onion — a young onion with a slender green stalk and a small bulb, used as a table vegetable, usually raw, especially in salads; scallion.
- green osier — a dogwood tree, Cornus alternifolia, of the eastern U.S., having clusters of small white flowers and dark-blue fruit.
- green pound — a unit of account used in calculating Britain's contributions to and payments from the Community Agricultural Fund of the EU
- green power — the power of money, viewed as a social force.
- green words — green bytes
- greenbottle — any of several metallic-green blowflies, as Phaenicia sericata.
- greengrocer — a retailer of fresh vegetables and fruit.
- greenhouses — Plural form of greenhouse.
- greenockite — a yellow mineral, cadmium sulfide, CdS, associated with zinc ores and used as a source of cadmium.
- gregory iii — Saint, died a.d. 741, pope 731–741.
- gregory vii — Saint (Hildebrand) c1020–85, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1073–85.
- gregory xii — (Angelo Correr, Corrario or Corraro) c1327–1417, Italian ecclesiastic: installed as pope in 1406 and resigned office in 1415.
- gregory xiv — (Niccolò Sfandrati) 1535–91, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1590–91.
- gregory xvi — (Bartolommeo Alberto Cappellari) 1765–1846, Italian ecclesiastic: pope 1831–46.
- grey import — an imported vehicle that does not have an exact model equivalent in the receiving country
- grey plover — the black-bellied plover.
- grey willow — a species of willow, Salix cinerea, with greenish-grey catkins
- grind house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- grind-house — a burlesque house, especially one providing continuous entertainment at reduced prices.
- grindstones — Plural form of grindstone.
- groatsworth — the amount that is, or may be, bought or sold for a groat
- groenendael — former name of Belgian sheepdog.
- groin-vault — a vault or ceiling created by the intersection of vaults.
- gros ventre — a river in W central Wyoming, flowing W to the Snake River. 100 miles (161 km) long.
- grossed out — without deductions; total, as the amount of sales, salary, profit, etc., before taking deductions for expenses, taxes, or the like (opposed to net2. ): gross earnings; gross sales.
- grosseteste — Robert. ?1175–1253, English prelate and scholar; bishop of Lincoln (1235–53). He attacked ecclesiastical abuses and wrote commentaries on Aristotle and treatises on theology, philosophy, and science
- grossierete — grossness or coarseness
- grotesquely — odd or unnatural in shape, appearance, or character; fantastically ugly or absurd; bizarre.
- grotesquery — grotesque character.
- grouchiness — The characteristic or quality of being grouchy.
- ground bait — chum2 (def 1).
- ground ball — a batted ball that rolls or bounces along the ground.
- ground bass — a short fundamental bass part continually repeated throughout a movement.
- ground beam — a reinforced concrete beam for supporting walls, joists, etc., at or near ground level, itself either resting directly upon the ground or supported at both ends by piers.