13-letter words containing g, r, e, a, i
- gradient wind — a wind with a velocity and direction that are mathematically defined by the balanced relationship of the pressure gradient force to the centrifugal force and the Coriolis force: conceived as blowing parallel to isobars.
- graecia magna — Magna Graecia.
- grain refiner — any chemical added to a molten metal or alloy to check grain growth.
- gram-negative — (of bacteria) not retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
- gram-positive — (of bacteria) retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
- gram-variable — of or relating to bacteria that stain irregularly with Gram's stain, being neither Gram-positive nor Gram-negative.
- grammaticized — Simple past tense and past participle of grammaticize.
- grand marnier — a French cognac-based liqueur with an orange flavour
- grand opening — celebratory first-day event
- grand prairie — a city in NE Texas.
- grandchildren — a child of one's son or daughter.
- grandiloquent — speaking or expressed in a lofty style, often to the point of being pompous or bombastic.
- grandioseness — affectedly grand or important; pompous: grandiose words.
- granite paper — paper containing fibers of various colors that give it a granitelike appearance.
- granite state — New Hampshire (used as a nickname).
- granuliferous — full of granules, or producing granules
- grape variety — type of grape
- graphemically — In terms of or by means of graphemes.
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- graphitizable — (chemistry, of carbon) Able to be converted to graphite.
- grass widower — a man who is separated, divorced, or lives apart from his wife.
- grave-robbing — a person who steals valuables from graves and tombs: Graverobbers had emptied the Mayan tomb before archaeologists could examine its contents.
- gravel-voiced — speaking in a rough and rasping tone
- graving piece — a piece of wood let into a wooden hull to replace decayed wood.
- gravity hinge — a hinge closing automatically by means of gravity.
- gravity meter — gravimeter (def 2).
- gravity scale — a scale giving the relative density of fluids
- gray eminence — a person who wields unofficial power, especially through another person and often surreptitiously or privately.
- gray squirrel — a common, grayish squirrel, Sciurus carolinensis, of eastern North America.
- grease nipple — a metal nipple designed to engage with a grease gun for injecting grease into a bearing, etc
- grease pencil — a pencil of pigment and compressed grease encased in a spiral paper strip that can be partially unwound to expose a new point and used especially for writing on glossy surfaces.
- great basinet — a basinet having a beaver permanently attached.
- great britain — an island of NW Europe, separated from the mainland by the English Channel and the North Sea: since 1707 the name has applied politically to England, Scotland, and Wales. 88,139 sq. mi. (228,280 sq. km).
- great calorie — calorie (sense 2)
- great council — (in Norman England) an assembly composed of the king's tenants in chief that served as the principal council of the realm and replaced the witenagemot.
- great grimsby — seaport in Humberside, NE England, at the mouth of the Humber estuary: county district pop. 91,000
- great khingan — a mountain range in NE China: highest peak, 5000 feet (1525 meters).
- great lobelia — a North American plant, Lobelia siphilitica, having long, showy clusters of blue flowers.
- great russian — a member of the main stock of the Russian people, dwelling chiefly in the northern or central parts of the Russian Federation in Europe.
- great society — the goal of the Democratic Party under the leadership of President Lyndon B. Johnson, chiefly to enact domestic programs to improve education, provide medical care for the aged, and eliminate poverty.
- greater ionic — Architecture. noting or pertaining to one of the five classical orders that in ancient Greece consisted of a fluted column with a molded base and a capital composed of four volutes, usually parallel to the architrave with a pulvinus connecting a pair on each side of the column, and an entablature typically consisting of an architrave of three fascias, a richly ornamented frieze, and a cornice corbeled out on egg-and-dart and dentil moldings, with the frieze sometimes omitted. Roman and Renaissance examples are often more elaborate, and usually set the volutes of the capitals at 45° to the architrave. Compare composite (def 3), Corinthian (def 2), Doric (def 3), Tuscan (def 2).
- greater siren — a salamander, Siren lacertina, having external gills, tiny front legs, and no hind legs, inhabiting shallow waters in the southeastern U.S.
- greek revival — a style of architecture, furnishings, and decoration prevalent in the U.S. and in parts of Europe in the first half of the 19th century, characterized by a more or less close imitation of ancient Greek designs and ornamented motifs.
- green gentian — a plant, Frasera speciosa, of the gentian family, native to the northwestern U.S., having open clusters of purple-spotted, greenish-white flowers that blend in with its leaves.
- 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.
- greeting card — card1 (def 4).
- grimes graves — an area of Neolithic flint mines in Suffolk, England, comprising more than 300 mine shafts and galleries.
- gubernatorial — of or relating to a state governor or the office of state governor.
- guerrilla gig — an impromptu musical performance in an unlikely public space, such as an underground train or on the roof of a building, organized by text-message communication between the band and its fans
- guerrilla war — a war between an established army and a guerrilla group