12-letter words containing g, r, e, a, i
- gila monster — a large, venomous lizard, Heloderma suspectum, of the southwestern U.S. and northwestern Mexico, covered with beadlike scales of yellow, orange, and black.
- gingerbreads — Plural form of gingerbread.
- gingerbready — Resembling or characteristic of gingerbread.
- give or take — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
- glacier lily — a dogtooth violet, Erythronium grandiflorum, of the lily family, native to western North America, having bright yellow flowers.
- glacier milk — water flowing in a stream from the snout of a glacier and containing particles of rock
- glacier peak — a volcanic mountain in NW central Washington, in the Cascade range. 10,541 feet (3213 meters).
- 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)
- gonfaloniers — Plural form of gonfalonier.
- 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.
- graciousness — pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous.
- 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
- gram calorie — calorie (def 1a). Abbreviation: g-cal.
- graminaceous — Of, pertaining to, or resembling a grass.
- graminivores — Plural form of graminivore.
- grammaticise — to make grammatical
- grammaticize — (transitive) To render grammatical.
- 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.
- grangerizing — Present participle of grangerize.
- granite city — a city in SW Illinois, near St. Louis, Missouri.
- granite peak — the highest elevation in Montana, in the S part. 12,799 feet (3901 meters).
- granodiorite — a coarse-grained acid igneous rock containing almost twice as much plagioclase as orthoclase: intermediate in composition between granite and diorite
- grape family — the plant family Vitaceae, characterized by woody climbing vines with tendrils, having alternate, simple or compound leaves, and bearing clusters of small flowers and berries, and including Boston ivy, grape, grape ivy, and Virginia creeper.
- grape picker — someone who picks grapes
- graspingness — The quality of being grasping.
- gravediggers — Plural form of gravedigger.
- gravel-blind — more blind or dim-sighted than sand-blind and less than stone-blind.
- graven image — an idol.
- gravicembalo — a harpsichord.
- gravitometer — an instrument that measures specific gravities
- gravity cell — a cell containing two electrolytes that have different specific gravities.
- gravity feed — the supplying of fuel, materials, etc., by force of gravity.
- gravity wave — Astronomy, Physics. gravitational wave.
- grease paint — an oily mixture of melted tallow or grease and a pigment, used by actors, clowns, etc., for making up their faces.
- great circle — a circle on a spherical surface such that the plane containing the circle passes through the center of the sphere. Compare small circle.
- great divide — the continental divide of North America; the Rocky Mountains.
- great plains — a semiarid region E of the Rocky Mountains, in the U.S. and Canada.
- great primer — an 18-point type of a size larger than Columbian, formerly used for Bibles.
- great schism — a period of division in the Roman Catholic Church, 1378–1417, over papal succession, during which there were two, or sometimes three, claimants to the papal office.
- great spirit — the chief deity in the religion of many North American Indian tribes.