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12-letter words containing g, r, e, a, t, o

  • gastrotomies — Plural form of gastrotomy.
  • gauge theory — a type of theory of elementary particles designed to explain the strong, weak, and electromagnetic interactions in terms of exchange of virtual particles
  • gelatiniform — Having the form of gelatin.
  • generation c — the people who create and publish material such as blogs, podcasts, videos, etc, on the internet
  • generation o — the youthful voters who supported Barack Obama in the 2008 US Presidential election
  • generation x — the generation born between about 1966 and 1980, especially in the U.S.
  • generation y — members of the generation of people born between the early 1980s and mid-1990s who are seen as being discerning consumers with a high disposable income
  • generation z — members of the generation of people born since the mid-1990s who are seen as confident users of new technology
  • generational — the entire body of individuals born and living at about the same time: the postwar generation.
  • geocentrical — Alternative form of geocentric.
  • geometrician — a person skilled in geometry.
  • geostrategic — Of, pertaining to, or using geostrategy.
  • geothermally — By geothermal means, especially by means of geothermal energy.
  • germinations — Plural form of germination.
  • gerontocracy — government by a council of elders.
  • gesticulator — to make or use gestures, especially in an animated or excited manner with or instead of speech.
  • giant hornet — any large, stinging paper wasp of the family Vespidae, as Vespa crabro (giant hornet) introduced into the U.S. from Europe, or Vespula maculata (bald-faced hornet or white-faced hornet) of North America.
  • giant powder — dynamite composed of nitroglycerin and kieselguhr.
  • 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.
  • give or take — to present voluntarily and without expecting compensation; bestow: to give a birthday present to someone.
  • glatt kosher — prepared for eating according to the dietary laws followed by Hasidic Jews, which differ somewhat from those followed by other observers of kashruth: glatt kosher meat.
  • glutaredoxin — (enzyme) Any of a family of small redox enzymes that use glutathione as a cofactor.
  • goddaughters — Plural form of goddaughter.
  • gold therapy — administration of gold salts as a treatment for disease, especially rheumatoid arthritis.
  • golden aster — any North American, asterlike, composite plant of the genus Chrysopsis, having bright, golden-yellow flower heads, as C. mariana, of the eastern U.S.
  • 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)
  • golden stars — a plant, Bloomeria crocea, of the amaryllis family, native to southern California, having clusters of golden-orange, starlike flowers.
  • good-hearted — kind or generous; considerate; benevolent.
  • good-natured — having or showing a pleasant, kindly disposition; amiable: a warm, good-natured person.
  • gopher state — Minnesota (used as a nickname).
  • governmental — the political direction and control exercised over the actions of the members, citizens, or inhabitants of communities, societies, and states; direction of the affairs of a state, community, etc.; political administration: Government is necessary to the existence of civilized society.
  • governorates — Plural form of governorate.
  • gradeflation — grade inflation.
  • grandmothers — Plural form of grandmother.
  • granodiorite — a coarse-grained acid igneous rock containing almost twice as much plagioclase as orthoclase: intermediate in composition between granite and diorite
  • granulocytes — Plural form of granulocyte.
  • graph theory — the branch of mathematics dealing with linear graphs.
  • 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.
  • gravitometer — an instrument that measures specific gravities
  • grossularite — a mineral, calcium aluminum garnet, Ca 3 Al 2 Si 3 O 12 , occurring in gray-white to pinkish crystals.
  • ground alert — the state of waiting for orders in or near combat airplanes ready to take to the air at once.
  • ground plate — Electricity. a metal plate for making a ground connection to the earth.
  • ground state — the state of least energy of a particle, as an atom, or of a system of particles.
  • ground water — the water beneath the surface of the ground, consisting largely of surface water that has seeped down: the source of water in springs and wells.
  • gustave dore — (Paul) Gustave [pawl gy-stav] /pɔl güˈstav/ (Show IPA), 1832?–83, French painter, illustrator, and sculptor.
  • gut reaction — instinctive response
  • gynantherous — having the stamens converted into pistils by the action of frost, disease, or insects.
  • gyromagnetic — of or relating to the magnetic properties of a rotating charged particle.
  • headstrongly — In a headstrong manner.
  • herring boat — a fishing boat that specializes in catching herring
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