11-letter words containing g, o, t, s
- galactoside — A glycoside yielding galactose on hydrolysis.
- gametocytes — Plural form of gametocyte.
- gamma stock — any of the third rank of active securities on the London Stock Exchange. Prices displayed by market makers are given as an indication rather than an offer to buy or sell
- gamotropism — the tendency of gametes to attract each other
- gangsterdom — the world of gangsters; gangland
- garbologist — the study of the material discarded by a society to learn what it reveals about social or cultural patterns.
- gas station — service station (def 1).
- gastrectomy — partial or total excision of the stomach.
- gastrocolic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and colon.
- gastrodynia — (pathology) gastralgia (stomach pain).
- gastroliths — Plural form of gastrolith.
- gastromancy — a form of divination by interpreting words and sounds seeming to come from the stomach
- gastronomer — A lover of good food; a connoisseur or gourmet.
- gastronomes — Plural form of gastronome.
- gastronomic — the art or science of good eating.
- gastropathy — (pathology) Any disease of the stomach.
- gastroscope — a lighted flexible tubular instrument passed through the mouth for examining the esophagus, stomach, and duodenum.
- gastroscopy — the examination with a gastroscope to detect disease.
- gastrosophy — the science or art of good eating
- gastrostomy — the construction of an artificial opening from the stomach through the abdominal wall, permitting intake of food or drainage of gastric contents.
- gastrotrich — any of the microscopic, multicellular animals of the class or phylum Gastrotricha, of fresh or salt waters, characterized by bands of cilia on the ventral surface of the bottle-shaped or ribbony body and by a protrusible feeding apparatus at the mouth.
- gazingstock — (archaic) An object, event or person that is stared at (or gazed at) by many people.
- gemmologist — the science dealing with natural and artificial gemstones.
- gemologists — Plural form of gemologist.
- genealogist — a record or account of the ancestry and descent of a person, family, group, etc.
- generations — Plural form of generation.
- genioplasty — Mentoplasty.
- gentlefolks — (nonstandard) gentlefolk.
- geobotanist — a person who studies geobotany
- geocentrism — A belief that Earth is the center of the universe and does not move.
- geodatabase — (geography, computing) A database containing geographical and spatial data.
- geoisotherm — isogeotherm.
- geopolitics — the study or the application of the influence of political and economic geography on the politics, national power, foreign policy, etc., of a state.
- geosteering — Geosteering is the process of directing the drill bit to high-quality parts of the reservoir using petrophysical (=relating to the physical qualities of rock) data.
- geostrategy — The strategic use of geopolitics.
- geostrophic — of or relating to the balance between the Coriolis force and the horizontal pressure force in the atmosphere.
- geotechnics — the application of science in order to utilize the earth's natural resources in engineering projects
- geotextiles — Plural form of geotextile.
- gerodontics — the branch of dentistry dealing with aging and aged persons.
- gestational — the process, state, or period of gestating.
- gestatorial — related to carrying
- get shot of — to get rid of
- get shut of — to get rid of
- get used to — develop habit
- get wise to — having the power of discerning and judging properly as to what is true or right; possessing discernment, judgment, or discretion.
- ghost dance — a ritual dance intended to establish communion with the dead, especially such a dance as performed by various messianic western American Indian cults in the late 19th century.
- ghost image — ghost (def 8).
- ghost story — a tale in which such elements as ghostly visitations and supernatural intervention are used to further the plot and a chilling, suspenseful atmosphere.
- ghost train — a small train at an amusement park that travels through a dark tunnel in which sounds, lights, and mechanized objects are used to scare the people in the train
- ghost-write — If a book or other piece of writing is ghost-written, it is written by a writer for another person, for example a politician or sportsman, who then publishes it as his or her own work.