12-letter words containing g, r, a, s, p
- gametophores — Plural form of gametophore.
- gangster rap — a type of rap music whose lyrics feature violence, sexual exploits, and the like.
- garage space — space available for housing a motor vehicle, usually within a purpose-built building
- garlic press — kitchen tool for crushing garlic
- garrison cap — overseas cap.
- gas-operated — (of a firearm) using some of the exhaust gases to operate the action.
- gastroplasty — any plastic surgery on the stomach.
- gastroscopes — Plural form of gastroscope.
- gastroscopic — Of or pertaining to gastroscopy.
- general shop — a shop that sells various types of goods
- generalships — Plural form of generalship.
- glamour puss — a person with an unusually attractive face.
- glamour-puss — a person with an unusually attractive face.
- glossography — a glossator.
- gopher snake — a bullsnake, Pituophis melanoleucus, of western North America, that invades burrows to prey on rodents.
- gopher state — Minnesota (used as a nickname).
- graduateship — the time or condition of being a graduate
- gramophonist — a person who uses a gramophone
- grand rapids — a city in SW Michigan: furniture factories.
- grandnephews — Plural form of grandnephew.
- grandparents — a parent of a parent.
- graphic arts — any of the fine or applied visual arts based on drawing or the use of line, as opposed to colour or relief, on a plane surface, esp illustration and printmaking of all kinds
- 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.
- graspingness — The quality of being grasping.
- grass sponge — a large, dark brown, commercial sponge, Spongia graminea, of Florida, the West Indies, and the Gulf of Mexico.
- grasshoppers — Plural form of grasshopper.
- gravitropism — (biology, botany) a plant's ability to change its growth in response to gravity.
- gray snapper — a snapper, Lutjanus griseus, of shallow waters off the coast of Florida, having a grayish-green body with a brown spot on each scale.
- grease paint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- greasy spoon — a cheap and rather unsanitary restaurant.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- great spirit — the chief deity in the religion of many North American Indian tribes.
- grimsel pass — an Alpine pass in S Switzerland. 7159 feet (2184 meters) high.
- guardianship — the position and responsibilities of a guardian, especially toward a ward.
- gymnocarpous — (of a fungus or lichen) having the apothecium open and attached to the surface of the thallus.
- gypsum board — wallboard composed primarily of gypsum and often used as sheathing.
- helicographs — Plural form of helicograph.
- higher apsis — See under apsis.
- histographic — a treatise on or description of organic tissues.
- hunger pangs — sudden strong feelings of hunger
- hyperalgesia — an exaggerated sense of pain (opposed to hypalgesia).
- hyperalgesic — Of or pertaining to hyperalgesia.
- hypogastrium — the lower and median part of the abdomen.
- hypsographic — a branch of geography that deals with the measurement and mapping of the topography of the earth above sea level.
- imparadising — Present participle of imparadise.
- infographics — Plural form of infographic.
- interspacing — Present participle of interspace.
- jeopardising — Present participle of jeopardise.
- jumpstarting — Present participle of jumpstart.