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12-letter words containing g, o, t, h, e, r

  • gametophores — Plural form of gametophore.
  • gauge theory — a type of theory of elementary particles designed to explain the strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions in terms of exchange of virtual particles
  • geochemistry — the science dealing with the chemical changes in and the composition of the earth's crust.
  • geothermally — By geothermal means, especially by means of geothermal energy.
  • gerontophile — someone who is sexually attracted to old people
  • gerontophobe — a person who fears or hates old people or the idea of growing old
  • get together — an offspring or the total of the offspring, especially of a male animal: the get of a stallion.
  • get-together — an informal and usually small social gathering.
  • ghost writer — a person who writes one or numerous speeches, books, articles, etc., for another person who is named as or presumed to be the author.
  • ghostbusters — Plural form of ghostbuster.
  • ghostwriters — Plural form of ghostwriter.
  • ghostwritten — Written by a ghostwriter.
  • giant hornet — any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
  • gift voucher — gift certificate.
  • glatt kosher — prepared for eating according to the dietary laws followed by Hasidic Jews, which differ somewhat from those followed by other observers of kashruth: glatt kosher meat.
  • go the round — to be circulated among a number of people: said of a story, rumor, etc.
  • go the route — If you go the route, you do something fully or continue with a task until you have completely finished.
  • god-botherer — an over-zealous Christian
  • goddaughters — Plural form of goddaughter.
  • gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
  • goldsmithery — the occupation of a goldsmith
  • good-hearted — kind or generous; considerate; benevolent.
  • gopher state — Minnesota (used as a nickname).
  • gospel truth — an unquestionably true statement, fact, etc.
  • grandmothers — Plural form of grandmother.
  • graph theory — the branch of mathematics dealing with linear graphs.
  • grapple shot — a grapnellike projectile fired from a gun and used as a hold for the end of a line in rescue operations or in kedging.
  • gross weight — total weight without deduction for tare, tret, or waste.
  • groundsheets — Plural form of groundsheet.
  • group theory — the branch of mathematics that deals with the structure of mathematical groups and mappings between them.
  • growth curve — a curve on a graph in which a variable is plotted against time to illustrate the growth of the variable
  • gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
  • headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
  • heortologist — a person who studies heortology
  • herpetologic — Alternative form of herpetological.
  • herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
  • heterodyning — Present participle of heterodyne.
  • heterogamete — either of a pair of conjugating gametes differing in form, size, structure, or sex.
  • heterogamety — the condition or state of being heterogametic
  • heterogamous — Genetics. having unlike gametes, or reproducing by the union of such gametes (opposed to isogamous).
  • heterogenous — having its source or origin outside the organism; having a foreign origin.
  • heterogonous — Botany. of or relating to monoclinous flowers of two or more kinds occurring on different individuals of the same species, the kinds differing in the relative length of stamens and pistils (opposed to homogonous).
  • heterografts — Plural form of heterograft.
  • heterography — spelling different from that in current use.
  • heterogynous — having females of two different kinds, one sexual and the other abortive or neuter, as ants.
  • heterologous — Biology. of different origin; pertaining to heterology.
  • heterozygote — a hybrid containing genes for two unlike forms of a characteristic, and therefore not breeding true to type.
  • heterozygous — having dissimilar pairs of genes for any hereditary characteristic.
  • hierogrammat — a writer of hierograms.
  • high treason — treason against the sovereign or state.
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