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15-letter words containing g, r, i

  • general holiday — a public holiday
  • general meeting — business: for all members
  • general officer — an officer ranking above colonel.
  • general paresis — a syphilitic brain disorder characterized by chronic inflammation and degeneration of cerebral tissue resulting in mental and physical deterioration.
  • general science — basic science taught as a school subject
  • general studies — a school subject that includes a variety of skills and topics (such as comprehension, and current affairs, which may complement the study of A-levels in specific subjects)
  • generalisations — Plural form of generalisation.
  • generalizations — Plural form of generalization.
  • generating unit — a unit that generates electricity
  • geochronologist — A geologist whose speciality is geochronology.
  • geodemographics — the study and grouping of the people in a geographical area according to socioeconomic criteria, esp for market research
  • geodetic survey — a land area survey in which the curvature of the surface of the earth is taken into account.
  • geometric ratio — the ratio of consecutive terms in a geometric progression.
  • geomorphogenist — one who studies, or is an expert in, geomorphogeny
  • geomorphologist — A geologist whose speciality is geomorphology.
  • georg simon ohm — Georg Simon [gey-awrk zee-mawn] /geɪˈɔrk ˈzi mɔn/ (Show IPA), 1787–1854, German physicist.
  • geostrophically — By means of, or in terms of, geostrophy.
  • gerald mulligan — Gerald Joseph ("Gerry"; "Jeru") 1927–96, U.S. jazz saxophonist, bandleader, and composer.
  • geranium family — the plant family Geraniaceae, typified by herbaceous plants or small shrubs having lobed leaves, showy flowers, and slender, beak-shaped fruit, and including the crane's-bills, stork's-bills, and cultivated geraniums of the genus Pelargonium.
  • german-speaking — able to speak German
  • gesneria family — the plant family Gesneriaceae, characterized by herbaceous plants having a basal rosette of usually toothed leaves, tubular two-lipped flowers, and fruit in the form of a berry or capsule, and including the African violet, gloxinia, and streptocarpus.
  • get it together — to achieve one's full potential, either generally as a person or in a particular field of activity
  • get the picture — understand
  • giant schnauzer — one of a German breed of large working dogs, resembling a larger and more powerful version of the standard schnauzer, having a pepper-and-salt or pure black, wiry coat, bushy eyebrows and beard, and a docked tail set moderately high, originally developed as a cattle herder but now often used in police work.
  • giant sunflower — a composite plant, Helianthus giganteus, of eastern North America, growing nearly 12 feet (4 meters) high and having very large yellow flower heads.
  • giant water bug — any of various aquatic bugs, as of the family Belostomatidae (giant water bug)
  • gibraltar board — a type of lining board with a cardboard surface and a gypsum core
  • gila woodpecker — a dull-colored woodpecker, Melanerpes uropygialis, of the southwestern U.S. and Mexico.
  • gilbert islands — a group of islands in the W Pacific: with Banaba, the Phoenix Islands, and three of the Line Islands they constitute the independent state of Kiribati; until 1975 they formed part of the British colony of Gilbert and Ellice Islands; achieved full independence in 1979. Pop: 82 902 (2005). Area: 295 sq km (114 sq miles)
  • gingerbread man — biscuit in the shape of a man
  • girdle traverse — a climb that consists of a complete traverse of a face or crag
  • girlie magazine — soft porn magazine
  • give it a whirl — If you decide to give an activity a whirl, you do it even though it is something that you have never tried before.
  • give me a break — to smash, split, or divide into parts violently; reduce to pieces or fragments: He broke a vase.
  • give sb a break — You can say 'give me a break' to show that you are annoyed by what someone has said or done.
  • give sth a rest — If someone tells you to give something a rest, they want you to stop doing it because it annoys them or because they think it is harming you.
  • give the finger — any of the terminal members of the hand, especially one other than the thumb.
  • glass harmonica — a musical instrument composed of a set of graduated, revolving glass bowls, the rims of which are moistened and set in vibration by friction from the fingertips.
  • glass menagerie — a play (1945) by Tennessee Williams.
  • glazier's point — a small, pointed piece of sheet metal, for holding a pane of glass in a sash until the putty has hardened.
  • globe artichoke — artichoke (defs 1, 2).
  • glossographical — relating to glossography
  • gloucester city — a city in W New Jersey, on the Delaware River.
  • gloucestershire — a county in SW England. 1255 sq. mi. (2640 sq. km). County seat: Gloucester.
  • glucocorticoids — Plural form of glucocorticoid.
  • glucuronic acid — Biochemistry. an acid, C 6 H 10 O 7 , formed by the oxidation of glucose, found combined with other products of metabolism in the blood and urine.
  • glycuronic acid — glucuronic acid.
  • gnu mirror site — GNU archive site
  • go like a dream — to move, develop, or work very well
  • go through with — to move or proceed, especially to or from something: They're going by bus.
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