12-letter words containing g, r, a, d, i, e
- gastrodermis — the inner cell layer of the body of an invertebrate.
- gay-friendly — welcoming to gay people
- gendarmeries — Plural form of gendarmerie.
- giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
- gift-wrapped — A gift-wrapped present is wrapped in pretty paper.
- gingerbreads — Plural form of gingerbread.
- gingerbready — Resembling or characteristic of gingerbread.
- glandiferous — bearing nuts or acorns
- glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
- glycerinated — to impregnate with glycerin.
- golden ratio — the ratio of two lengths, equal in value to (1 + √5)/2, and given by b/a = (b + a)/b; it is the reciprocal of the golden section and also equal to (1 + golden section)
- gormandizers — gourmandise1 .
- gourmandizer — One who gourmandizes.
- grace period — a period of time after a payment becomes due, as of a loan or life-insurance premium, before one is subject to penalties or late charges or before the loan or policy is canceled.
- gradeability — a measure of a truck's pulling power expressed as the steepest grade the truck can climb with a full load.
- gradeflation — grade inflation.
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- grand finale — the concluding portion of a performance or entertainment, as a musical show, rodeo, etc., usually spectacular and involving most or all of the prior participants.
- grand siècle — the 17th century in French art and literature, esp the classical period of Louis XIV
- grand vizier — the chief officer of state of various Muslim countries, as in the former Ottoman Empire.
- granddaddies — Plural form of granddaddy.
- granodiorite — a coarse-grained acid igneous rock containing almost twice as much plagioclase as orthoclase: intermediate in composition between granite and diorite
- gravediggers — Plural form of gravedigger.
- gravel-blind — more blind or dim-sighted than sand-blind and less than stone-blind.
- gravity feed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- great divide — the continental divide of North America; the Rocky Mountains.
- grecian bend — (especially in the late 19th century) a posture or walk, often considered fashionable, in which the body is bent forward from the waist.
- griddlebread — bread or cake made on a griddle
- griddlecakes — Plural form of griddlecake.
- grosswardein — German name of Oradea.
- gutturalized — pronounced with guttural coarticulation.
- hairdressing — the act or process of cutting, combing out, doing up, or styling hair.
- hard feeling — resentment; ill will
- hard-wearing — resistant to extensive wear; durable: a pair of hardwearing jeans.
- heartrending — causing or expressing intense grief, anguish, or distress.
- hedge garlic — an erect, cruciferous herb, Sisymbrium officinale, having a garlicky odor.
- heliographed — Simple past tense and past participle of heliograph.
- highly rated — generally considered to be of high quality
- in danger of — liable to
- in regard to — to look upon or think of with a particular feeling: to regard a person with favor.
- indian giver — a person who gives a gift and then takes it back.
- induced drag — the drag force generated in the production of lift.
- ingurgitated — Simple past tense and past participle of ingurgitate.
- interchanged — Simple past tense and past participle of interchange.
- interdigital — Between the fingers or toes.
- intergrading — Present participle of intergrade.
- interlarding — Present participle of interlard.
- interrogated — to ask questions of (a person), sometimes to seek answers or information that the person questioned considers personal or secret.
- irregardless — regardless.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.