13-letter words containing g, r, a, c, h
- driving chain — a roller chain that transmits power from one toothed wheel to another
- dutch courage — courage inspired by drunkenness or drinking liquor.
- electrographs — Plural form of electrograph.
- encephalogram — An image, trace, or other record of the structure or electrical activity of the brain.
- enfranchising — Present participle of enfranchise.
- ergatomorphic — pertaining to an ergatomorph
- ethnographica — a collection of ethnographic items
- exchange rate — relative value of currency
- fire watching — the job of watching for fires, especially those caused by aerial bombardment
- fluorographic — of or pertaining to fluorography
- folding chair — a chair that can be collapsed flat for easy storage or transport.
- free reaching — sailing on a free reach.
- french guiana — an overseas department of France, on the NE coast of South America: formerly a French colony. 35,135 sq. mi. (91,000 sq. km). Capital: Cayenne.
- french guinea — former name of Guinea.
- fulbright act — an act of Congress (1946) by which funds derived chiefly from the sale of U.S. surplus property abroad are made available to U.S. citizens for study, research, and teaching in foreign countries as well as to foreigners to engage in similar activities in the U.S.
- gabrilowitsch — Ossip [aw-syip] /ˈɔ syɪp/ (Show IPA), 1878–1936, Russian pianist and conductor, in America.
- galactorrhoea — (British spelling) alternative spelling of galactorrhea.
- gangster chic — a cinematic or literary genre which seeks to glamorize the criminal underworld
- garbage chute — sloped channel for rubbish disposal
- garden orache — a plant of the goosefoot family, Atriplex hortensis, which is cultivated as a vegetable and used like spinach
- garter stitch — a basic knitting pattern that produces an evenly pebbled texture on both sides of the work, created by consistently knitting or purling every stitch of every row.
- gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- girl-watching — the activity of looking at young women to enjoy their attractiveness, perhaps with a view to starting a relationship
- global search — a word-processing operation in which a complete computer file or set of files is searched for every occurrence of a particular word or other sequence of characters
- goliath crane — a gantry crane for heavy work, as in steel mills.
- gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
- googlewhacker — One who searches for googlewhacks.
- grain alcohol — alcohol (def 1).
- grand duchess — the wife or widow of a grand duke.
- grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
- graphemically — In terms of or by means of graphemes.
- graphic algol — (language) A extension of ALGOL 60 for real-time generation of shaded perspective pictures.
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- graphics card — graphics adaptor
- graphological — Relating to graphology.
- grave clothes — the wrappings in which a dead body is interred
- green channel — the route followed in passing through customs in an airport, etc by passengers claiming to have no dutiable goods to declare
- green machine — A computer or peripheral device that has been designed and built to military specifications for field equipment (that is, to withstand mechanical shock, extremes of temperature and humidity, and so forth). Comes from the olive-drab "uniform" paint used for military equipment.
- growth factor — any of various proteins that promote the growth, organization, and maintenance of cells and tissues.
- gunters-chain — a series of objects connected one after the other, usually in the form of a series of metal rings passing through one another, used either for various purposes requiring a flexible tie with high tensile strength, as for hauling, supporting, or confining, or in various ornamental and decorative forms.
- hack together — (jargon) To throw something together so it will work. Unlike "kluge together" or "cruft together", this does not necessarily have negative connotations.
- heortological — of or relating to heortology
- herb of grace — rue2 .
- herb-of-grace — rue2 .
- heterogametic — (of a species or individual organism) having two unlike gametes.
- heterographic — Misspelled; of or pertaining to an incorrect spelling or a spelling that differs from accepted standards.
- heterological — (grammar) Of an adjective, not describing itself.
- high-wire act — a circus trick in which the performer walks across a high wire
- histaminergic — releasing histamine