12-letter words containing g, o, t, h
- geotechnical — of or relating to practical applications of geological science in civil engineering, mining, etc.
- 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 ahead of — to outdo or excel
- get ahold of — to get in touch with
- get in touch — make contact
- get off with — kiss
- get the hook — a curved or angular piece of metal or other hard substance for catching, pulling, holding, or suspending something.
- 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 estate — (esp in Ireland) a housing estate built during an economic boom but unfinished or unoccupied during a recession
- ghost shrimp — a shrimplike crustacean of the genus Callianassa, of the Pacific coast of North America, having a pinkish, transparent body.
- 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.
- gigantomachy — (in Greek mythology) the struggle between the gods and the giants.
- 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.
- glyptography — the description or study of engraved gems or other stones.
- gnathostomes — Plural form of gnathostome.
- go down with — If you go down with an illness or a disease, you catch it.
- go hard with — to cause pain or difficulty to (someone)
- 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
- goldsmithing — The work of a goldsmith; the forging of gold.
- goliath frog — the largest living frog, Rana goliath, which occurs in the Congo region of Africa and can grow to a length of 30 centimetres
- good-hearted — kind or generous; considerate; benevolent.
- gopher state — Minnesota (used as a nickname).
- gospel truth — an unquestionably true statement, fact, etc.
- gothic armor — white armor of the 15th century, marked especially by much fluting and ornamentation.
- grain growth — a tendency of certain grains to grow and absorb others when heated under certain conditions.
- gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
- grandmothers — Plural form of grandmother.
- graph theory — the branch of mathematics dealing with linear graphs.
- graphologist — the study of handwriting, especially when regarded as an expression of the writer's character, personality, abilities, etc.
- 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.
- ground cloth — groundsheet.
- ground sloth — any of various extinct large, edentate mammals from the Pleistocene Epoch of North and South America resembling modern sloths but living on the ground rather than in trees.
- 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
- gymnosophist — one of a group of Jainist philosophers, existing from ancient times to c1000, characterized by refusal to wear clothes and the abandonment of caste marks; a member of the Digambara sect.