13-letter words containing g, r, i, p
- fluoroscoping — Present participle of fluoroscope.
- folding press — a fall in wrestling won by folding one's opponent's legs up to his head and pressing his shoulders to the floor
- fore clipping — a word formed by omitting the first part of the form from which it is derived.
- free-spending — spending or tending to spend freely: If you don't mend your free-spending ways, you'll go bankrupt.
- freight depot — (on a rail network) a place where freight is stored while awaiting onward transport
- freight plane — an aeroplane used to transport goods
- furring strip — a strip of wood or metal fixed to a wall, floor, or ceiling to provide a surface for the fixing of plasterboard, floorboards, etc
- gap insurance — GAP insurance pays the difference between what someone owes on their car loan and the actual cash value of the vehicle in the event that it is stolen or damaged.
- gastrohepatic — of, relating to, or involving the stomach and the liver.
- gastroparesis — (pathology) A condition, often a complication of diabetes, characterised by a delayed emptying of the stomach.
- gastrophrenic — (anatomy) Pertaining to the stomach and diaphragm.
- gastroscopist — One who carries out gastroscopy.
- ge-pano-carib — a linguistic phylum comprising a large number of aboriginal languages with scattered distribution in South America east of the Andes.
- genetotrophic — pertaining to nutrition and genetics
- gerontophilia — sexual attraction towards old people
- gerontophobia — a fear of old people.
- give priority — If you give priority to something or someone, you treat them as more important than anything or anyone else.
- gladiatorship — the work of a gladiator
- glass slipper — an imaginary ladies' shoe made of glass, as worn by Cinderella in the fairy tale of that name
- glycoproteins — Plural form of glycoprotein.
- gonadotrophic — Of, pertaining to, or stimulating the functions of the gonads.
- gonadotrophin — a gonadotropic substance.
- gonadotropins — Plural form of gonadotropin.
- gopher client — (networking) A program which runs on your local computer and provides a user interface to the Gopher protocol and to gopher servers. Web browsers can act as Gopher clients and simple Gopher-only clients are available for ordinary terminals, the X Window System, GNU Emacs, and other systems.
- gospel singer — a singer performing gospel music
- gossipmongers — Plural form of gossipmonger.
- gradient post — a small white post beside a railway line at a point where the gradient changes having arms set at angles representing the gradients
- gram-positive — (of bacteria) retaining the violet dye when stained by Gram's method.
- gran paradiso — the highest peak in the Graian Alps, in N Italy. 13,324 feet (4061 meters).
- grand opening — celebratory first-day event
- grand passion — an intense or overwhelming attraction or love.
- grand prairie — a city in NE Texas.
- granite paper — paper containing fibers of various colors that give it a granitelike appearance.
- grantsmanship — skill in securing grants, as for research, from federal agencies, foundations, or the like.
- grape variety — type of grape
- graphemically — In terms of or by means of graphemes.
- graphic algol — (language) A extension of ALGOL 60 for real-time generation of shaded perspective pictures.
- graphic novel — a novel in the form of comic strips.
- graphics card — graphics adaptor
- graphitizable — (chemistry, of carbon) Able to be converted to graphite.
- graphological — Relating to graphology.
- graving piece — a piece of wood let into a wooden hull to replace decayed wood.
- 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.
- greek cypriot — a Cypriot of Greek descent
- gross premium — A gross premium is the total premium of an insurance contract before brokerage or discounts have been deducted.
- group annuity — a plan in which the members of a group, usually employees of the same company, receive annuities upon retirement.
- group captain — an officer holding commissioned rank senior to a wing commander but junior to an air commodore in the RAF and certain other air forces
- group of five — France, Japan, UK, US, and Germany acting as a group to stabilize their currency exchange rates
- growing pains — If a person or organization suffers from growing pains, they experience temporary difficulties and problems at the beginning of a particular stage of development.